The causal impact of material productivity on microeconomic competitiveness and environmental performance in the European Union
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DOI: 10.1007/s10018-018-0223-z
Abstract: Interdisciplinary scholars and policymakers in the European Union (EU) claim that increasing material productivity improves the competitiveness of firms. However, the current evidence base has two main shortcomings. First, most studies fail to provide evidence… read more here.
Keywords: material productivity; causal impact; productivity; microeconomic competitiveness ... See more keywords
The circularity of the urban ecosystem material productivity: The transformation of biomass into technomass in Southern Patagonia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2018.03.001
Abstract: Abstract Cities are vortex of the anthropogenic accumulated matter: technomass. The urban metabolism captures ecological stocks from other ecosystems to produce technomass in a complex process involving stocks and fluxes, energy and information. As such,… read more here.
Keywords: material productivity; southern patagonia; technomass; ecosystem ... See more keywords