Business

Export-led growth, global integration, and the external balance of Small Island Developing States

Journal article / This paper presents a macroeconomic model for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean structuralist tradition.

A realistic alternative to the neoliberal magical market

Perspective / A belief in the "magic of the marketplace" influences policies around the world. But what if it's wrong?

Do voluntary corporate actions improve cumulative effects assessment? Mining companies’ performance on Sami lands

Journal article / How far has reliance on voluntary action improved mining companies' assessments of cumulative effects on indigenous peoples and their land use?

Why efforts to make small and mid-size enterprises more sustainable need to address gender and social equity

SEI brief

SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy Pathways

Initiative / This initiative aims to guide decision-makers towards more cohesive and constructive governance of bioeconomy pathways, with a focus on the Global South.

How business counts: Aligning water sustainability metrics for the Sustainable Development Goals

Perspective / Water is getting attention in the context of green economic development. How can we make water sustainability measures more relevant and consistent?

Exploring the co-benefits of urban green infrastructure improvements for businesses and workers’ well being

Journal article / This article presents findings from a two-year study looking at co-benefits derived from urban green infrastructure investment.

Dematerialization, decoupling, and productivity change

Journal article / This paper proposes a novel explanation for why economic output has not historically been decoupled from total energy and material throughput.

A sustainable Europe through business unusual

Perspective / We need business unusual and Estonia’s successful track record in the last 25 years gives us hope that it will be able to make its mark, writes Lauri Tammiste.