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29 produkter
New Developments in Eco-Innovation Research
Av Jens Horbach, Christiane Reif
Häftad, 2018
1098 kr
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Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in the …
Towards a Sustainable Economy
Paradoxes and Trends in Energy and Transportation
Av Pascal da Costa, Danielle Attias
Häftad, 2018
880 kr
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This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances – mainly in the domains of energy and transportation – contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it …
Governance and Management of Sustainable Innovation
Learning from Experience to Shape the Future
Av Mattia Martini, Rick Hölsgens m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1753 kr
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Sustainable innovation (SI) is considered to be a key driver of societal progress in an era of enormous economic, environmental and societal challenges, and the uncertainties and future consequences that come with them. This book provides evidence, insights and reflections related to specific …
Governance and Management of Sustainable Innovation
Learning from Experience to Shape the Future
Av Mattia Martini, Rick Hölsgens m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
1753 kr
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Sustainable innovation (SI) is considered to be a key driver of societal progress in an era of enormous economic, environmental and societal challenges, and the uncertainties and future consequences that come with them. This book provides evidence, insights and reflections related to specific …
Business Models for the Circular Economy
A European Perspective
Av Viktor Prokop, Jan Stejskal m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1207 kr
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Increased ecological awareness and the growing scarcity of resources have led to the introduction of new environmental standards, triggering enterprises, regions, and even countries to adopt new business models and industrial reconversion approaches. However, despite increased interest in business …
Business Models for the Circular Economy
A European Perspective
Av Viktor Prokop, Jan Stejskal m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
1207 kr
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Increased ecological awareness and the growing scarcity of resources have led to the introduction of new environmental standards, triggering enterprises, regions, and even countries to adopt new business models and industrial reconversion approaches. However, despite increased interest in business …
Systems and Innovation Research in Transition
Research Questions and Trends in Historical Perspective
Inbunden, 2024
552 kr
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In the last decades it has become more and more imperative for our societies, and for decision makers in all areas of society, to understand the dynamics through which innovation systems develop and through which socio-technical systems transform themselves. As both innovation and transformation …
Systems and Innovation Research in Transition
Research Questions and Trends in Historical Perspective
Häftad, 2025
443 kr
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In the last decades it has become more and more imperative for our societies, and for decision makers in all areas of society, to understand the dynamics through which innovation systems develop and through which socio-technical systems transform themselves. As both innovation and transformation …
Forgotten Entrepreneurs of the Circular Economy
How Informal Entrepreneurs Drive Circularity in Marginalized Contexts
Av Viktor Prokop, Susanne Durst m. fl.
Inbunden, 2027
1781 kr
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This book challenges dominant narratives of the circular economy by spotlighting informal entrepreneurs in marginalised contexts. Over 2 billion informal workers worldwide—waste pickers, repair artisans, and recyclers—recover 15-35% of urban waste in low- and middle-income countries, yet remain …
Business and Sustainability
Between Government Pressure and Self-Regulation
Inbunden, 2014
1098 kr
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Demands for sustainability policies have set new challenges for business both on the individual firm level and on the level of organized business interests. This edited volume brings together economic, social, environmental, and cultural dimensions of sustainability that comprise different …
Business and Sustainability
Between Government Pressure and Self-Regulation
Häftad, 2016
1098 kr
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Demands for sustainability policies have set new challenges for business both on the individual firm level and on the level of organized business interests. This edited volume brings together economic, social, environmental, and cultural dimensions of sustainability that comprise different …
Towards a Sustainable Economy
Paradoxes and Trends in Energy and Transportation
Av Pascal da Costa, Danielle Attias
Inbunden, 2018
1207 kr
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This book provides an interdisciplinary account of how technological advances – mainly in the domains of energy and transportation – contribute to the transformation towards a more sustainable economic system. Drawing on methods from engineering, the management sciences and economics, which it …
New Developments in Eco-Innovation Research
Av Jens Horbach, Christiane Reif
Inbunden, 2018
1131 kr
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Eco-innovations are crucial for reducing the environmental damages arising from economic activities, and are one of the main drivers of a successful transition towards sustainable development and remedying essential climate change problems. This book provides an overview of recent advances in the …
Dynamic Governance of Energy Technology Change
Socio-technical transitions towards sustainability
Inbunden, 2013
1098 kr
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Formulating effective responses to the global challenges of mitigating climate change and securing a sustainable energy future requires a clear understanding of the interdependent causalities between institutions, local decision making, strategic alliances and eco-innovations, as well as policies. …
Indicator Systems for Sustainable Innovation
Av Jens Horbach
Häftad, 2005
1131 kr
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In the recent past, environmental innovations have led to a considerable reduction of many pollutants; however, further innovation is required to tackle remaining pollution sources. This work analyses the significance and the effects of framework conditions on innovation activities that contribute …
Material Flow Management
Improving Cost Efficiency and Environmental Performance
Av Bernd Wagner, Stefan Enzler
Häftad, 2005
1131 kr
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Material flow management gets right to the core of industrial production and its environmental impact. Basically, material flows are invariably at the nucleus of industrial production. Ecological effects are initially caused by materials: consumption and entropy of scarce resources as well as …
Hazardous Chemicals in Products and Processes
Substitution as an Innovative Process
Av Andreas Ahrens, Angelika Braun m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
1098 kr
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Substitution of hazardous substances is a prioritised objective in chemical regulation and risk management. However, it is experienced as a tough task with often inconsistent results. Based on thirteen case studies, this book analyzes substitution as an innovation process and attempts to give …
Innovations Towards Sustainability
Conditions and Consequences
Av Marco Lehmann-Waffenschmidt
Häftad, 2007
1098 kr
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In 1999, the German federal ministry of education and research (BMBF) decided to include two new priorities in its environmental research policy portfolio. One was concerning socio-ecological research aiming at a better understandingofthe socialdimensionofthe sustainabilitytriadandthe other …
New Frontiers in Environmental and Social Labeling
Av Ulrike Grote, Arnab K. Basu m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
1098 kr
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The attractiveness of product labeling stems from their voluntary nature to achieve environmental and social goals. It is argued that through product price premia which reflect the willingness of consumers to pay more for green and socially conscious products, labels have the potential to generate …
Agent-Based Models of Energy Investment Decisions
Inbunden, 2008
1098 kr
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As societies face the challenge of securing an efficient and environmentally sound energy supply, researchers have strived to determine the future development of energy consumption, infrastructure and technology endowment.This book proposes a new agent-based approach to studying the development of …
Innovation for Sustainable Electricity Systems
Exploring the Dynamics of Energy Transitions
Av Barbara Praetorius, Dierk Bauknecht m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1643 kr
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Innovation is key to achieving a sustainable electricity system. New technologies and organizational changes can bring about more sustainable, climate-friendly electricity structures. Yet the dynamics of innovation are complex, and difficult to shape. This book, written by experts in the field, …
Economics of Climate Change Policies
Macroeconomic Effects, Structural Adjustments and Technological Change
Av Rainer Walz, Joachim Schleich
Inbunden, 2008
1098 kr
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In its latest Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) projects that without further action the global average surface t- perature would rise by a further 1. 8–4. 0°C until the end of this century. But even if the rise in temperature could be limited to the …
Distorted Time Preferences and Structural Change in the Energy Industry
A Theoretical and Applied Environmental-Economic Analysis
Inbunden, 2009
1098 kr
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The present study is a slightly revised version of my PhD thesis which was accepted at the Economics Department of Dresden University of Technology in July 2008. It has a long and a short history. For it began, as suggested theme, as a fundamental evaluation of evolutionary economics for ecological …
Agent-Based Models of Energy Investment Decisions
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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As societies face the challenge of securing an efficient and environmentally sound energy supply, researchers have strived to determine the future development of energy consumption, infrastructure and technology endowment.This book proposes a new agent-based approach to studying the development of …
Innovation for Sustainable Electricity Systems
Exploring the Dynamics of Energy Transitions
Av Barbara Praetorius, Dierk Bauknecht m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
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Innovation is key to achieving a sustainable electricity system. New technologies and organizational changes can bring about more sustainable, climate-friendly electricity structures. Yet the dynamics of innovation are complex, and difficult to shape. This book, written by experts in the field, …
Economics of Climate Change Policies
Macroeconomic Effects, Structural Adjustments and Technological Change
Av Rainer Walz, Joachim Schleich
Häftad, 2010
1010 kr
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In its latest Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) projects that without further action the global average surface t- perature would rise by a further 1. 8–4. 0°C until the end of this century. But even if the rise in temperature could be limited to the …
Distorted Time Preferences and Structural Change in the Energy Industry
A Theoretical and Applied Environmental-Economic Analysis
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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The present study is a slightly revised version of my PhD thesis which was accepted at the Economics Department of Dresden University of Technology in July 2008. It has a long and a short history. For it began, as suggested theme, as a fundamental evaluation of evolutionary economics for ecological …
Sustainability Innovations in the Electricity Sector
Av Dorothea Jansen, Katrin Ostertag m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1098 kr
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The future of modern societies depends on their ability to deal with the challenge of climate change in the coming decades. One essential component is a better understanding of innovation processes in the energy sector. This book focuses on sustainability innovations in renewable energies, combined …
Sustainability Innovations in the Electricity Sector
Av Dorothea Jansen, Katrin Ostertag m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
1098 kr
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The future of modern societies depends on their ability to deal with the challenge of climate change in the coming decades. One essential component is a better understanding of innovation processes in the energy sector. This book focuses on sustainability innovations in renewable energies, combined …
