Prolog: Der Gegenentwurf -- I Einleitung -- Schicksalsfragen -- Fortschritt im Zwielicht -- II Die Paradoxie des Fortschritts -- Nachhaltigkeit – was ist das? -- Industrielle Entwicklungsphasen -- Stunde Null und das Wunder danach -- Fortschrittsnachweise -- Ende der Gewissheit -- Können wir...

Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is measured by employment growth. I find that team...

We develop a comprehensive multi-level approach to ecological economics (CML-approach) which integrates philosophical considerations on the foundations of ecological economics with an adequate operationalization. We argue that the subject matter and aims of ecological economics require a...

Most problems related to biodiversity management have an ecological as well as a socio-economic dimension. Consequently, there has been a growing recognition that adequate management recommendations directed at such problems can only be developed if knowledge from ecology, economics and various...

This article develops eleven criteria focusing on the relative importance and strength of different, especially socio-economic drivers of and pressures on biodiversity. These refer to the syndrome concept designed to assess global environmental risks and the DPSIR framework developed to guide...