Sustainable development and innovations: Lessons from the Red Queen

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 395-416

  Rammel, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive flexibility; Economic efficiency; Evolution; Innovations; Red Queen

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORY;

INNOVATIONS; NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS; PATH DEPENDENCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INNOVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0346623765     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2003.004210     Document Type: Review

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