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Sustainability and the Performance Economy

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The dominating concept of sustainable development encompasses three dimensions of welfare — economic, environmental and social. It has its origin in forestry management and is of a static nature.

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  1. OECD (2002). Aggregated Environmental Indices: Review of Aggregation Methodologies in Use, Paris, OECD.

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© 2010 Walter R. Stahel

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Stahel, W.R. (2010). Sustainability and the Performance Economy. In: The Performance Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230274907_5

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