Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the cross-fertilization between environmental concerns and trade law, through an analysis of their primary texts and case law, and seek to what extent the concept of sustainable development is, or can be, embodied in such field of law. The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore China's current policy and policy options regarding the shift to a low‐carbon (LC) development. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses both a literature review and empirical systems analysis of the trends of socio‐economic...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe green technological trajectories in eco‐industrial parks and reveal the effect of the selected environment on the trajectories in China, by means of case studies of the Lubei Group and the Guitang Group. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The public‐university‐government triple helix for sustainable development has been proposed, through introducing a new element (public) into the triple helix model while retaining the balance between economic growth and eco‐system development (Etzkowitz and Zhou). This study...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss, theoretically and practically, the role of civil society groups in eco‐innovation. Design/methodology/approach – Starting from a discussion on the emergence of “triple helix twins”, “quadruple helix” and “N‐tuple helices”,...

Continued exponential and asymmetrical growth in both population and individual economic productivity would propel world society along a path that is environmentally unsustainable, economically inequitable, and hence socially unstable. Terrorist activity in September 2001 may be vivid evidence...

In today’s changing world, knowledge, and the processes to generate it and manage it, have become key factors in creating competitive business advantage. However, the challenges facing contemporary global societies, from human conflicts to environmental degradation, call for an expanded...

Purpose – The impact of knowledge management on the financial success of companies has not yet been properly researched. This paper aims to make a contribution by examining the relationship between sustainable sales growth and knowledge management activities in 108 Finnish small and...

Purpose – This paper presents best practices of global and local initiatives for social and economic capital development. It introduces the notion of “megacommunities” representing broad multilateral stakeholder groups that work together for the resolutions of large‐scale health,...

Purpose – The paper seeks to pinpoint new directions of the evolution of knowledge in the Arab region, and to outline the role of knowledge management principles in constructing the knowledge society. Design/methodology/approach – The article addresses initiatives towards narrowing the...