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Resource Scarcity as a Stimulus for Advantageous Innovations

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Resource scarcity has become an increasingly conditioning factor in economic development and, consequently in the international relationships. In this paper it is indicated that, in order to greatly modify resource utilization, new criteria in designing and managing production processes should be introduced which consider the availability of primary commodities and energy sources, as well as the environmental quality. Such an innovation activity should be an opportunity for economic benefits either for individual companies or the whole society. Indeed, while obtaining materials, energy and environmental efficiencies, also improvements in global efficiency (notably productivity, product performance, flexibility) have to be obtained so that the required investments can be effective. Finally, some meaningful case studies — concerning environmental, mineral, agro-industrial, agro-food and energy resources — are here examined and discussed from both a technical and an economic standpoint.

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Barbiroli, G., Raggi, A., Fiorini, M. (1996). Resource Scarcity as a Stimulus for Advantageous Innovations. In: Misra, K.B. (eds) Clean Production. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79940-2_21

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