This book combines three disciplines - economics, physics and international business policy - in an attempt to answer the important questions whether sustainable development is possible and how it might be achieved. On the one hand, the concept of sustainability is subject to physical laws, on the other, it implies economic efficiency which is ecologically sustainable - the authors speak of "ecoefficiency." Most importantly, the main economic actors in the field of cost efficient allocation must work together. Hence, international business policy operating on a global level must keep open the...