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Challenges and strategies related to Green Growth transitions are occurring globally. European and Asian regions of the world play a very considerable role in these transitions. This final chapter provides a closing to the book with contributions clearly identified. The chapter highlights insights and linkages within the book as well as providing areas for further research. We make a distinction between “Greener Growth” and “Deep Green Growth”. Greener Growth is conceptualised as a policy focused version of sustainability where the environmental impacts of growth are minimised by making investment in the Environment a driver for economic growth. Deep Green Growth is anchored in sustainability science and defined as the increase of all economic activity that is not harmful to natural and social capital. We argue that Deep Green Growth is possible, and see ‘Greener Growth’ just as the start of the journey towards radical change in the design of consumption and production systems.
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Technical efficiency measures a relative ratio between a maximum output and actual output under given inputs. Productivity not only measures the amount that was produced, but also the ratio of output produced to the input used. Thus, productivity is an important element influencing a firm’s sustainable growth and competitiveness.
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Foreign Direct Investment.
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See Kates et al. (2001) for a discussion of sustainability science, including guiding principles and operative framework.
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We wish to thank the various contributors to this book for their time and effort on the very important issues facing to the environment and man. We wish to thank the publishers for their help in making this book occur and the Greening of Industry Network for their continued support. We also wish to thanks Professor Ken Peattie and Hyonsu Kim for their very useful comments. Finally, we want to thanks Maria Gabriela Maddonia, Katarzyna Gruszka, Alex Peattie, Nicola O’Connor and Dr. Alastair Smith. They all made substantial editorial contributions to this book. We are particularly indebted to Dr. Alastair Smith, who also helped us to shape chapters 10, 1 and 16.
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Vazquez-Brust, D.A., Sarkis, J. (2012). Conclusion: The Green Way Forward?. In: Vazquez-Brust, D., Sarkis, J. (eds) Green Growth: Managing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy. Greening of Industry Networks Studies, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4417-2_16
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