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2023 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. The Systems View of Life and Ecological Economics for Developing Sustainable Business Models

Authors : Ove Jakobsen, Fritjof Capra

Published in: Value Creation for a Sustainable World

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Today an increasing number of business models claim to be sustainable despite the environmental, social and economic problems that, far from improving, are in fact getting worse. It seems impossible to reach the objectives described in UN’s sustainable development goals (SDG’s) without making deeper changes in the dominating economic paradigm which is based on and driven by profit maximization and promoting economic growth.

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Metadata
Title
The Systems View of Life and Ecological Economics for Developing Sustainable Business Models
Authors
Ove Jakobsen
Fritjof Capra
Copyright Year
2023
Book
Value Creation for a Sustainable World

Print ISBN: 978-3-031-38015-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-38016-7

Copyright Year: 2023

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38016-7_2