An entrepreneurial model of economic and environmental co-evolution

Ecological Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 375-383

  Potts, Jason ^a,b   Foster, John ^a   Straton, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic evolution; Entrepreneurship; Sustainable economic growth

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78449260110     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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