Over the last few years, environmental issues have entered into policy design, particularly development and growth policies. Natural resources are considered necessary production inputs and environmental quality is considered a welfare determinant. The integration of environmental issues into...

The introduction and adoption of green technologies are considered the most cost effective way to reduce environmental pressure without compromising economic competitiveness. The scientific literature has emphasized the crucial role played by diffusion pathways of green technologies along the...

Chapter 1: Introduction to Participation and Cooperative Approaches for Sustainability by Andrea Bernardi - Massimiliano Mazzanti - Salvatore Monni -- Chapter 2: The co-operative firm: An old institution for a new world. Entrepreneurial biodiversity and circular economy by Andrea Bernardi -...

Sustainable development is a concept strictly connected with basic needs of the individuals. During the last years a number of empirical studies have tried to discover and quantify the causal relations between economic growth and environmental consumption and degradation. The most widely used...