In diesem Band sind die überarbeiteten Beiträge zur 14. Konferenz der WACRA Europe (World Association for Case Method Research and Case Method Application) abgedruckt. Inhalt: I. Some philosophical, ideological and theoretical views: Elmar A. Stuhler: Essential aspects of our 14th International Conference (5-12); Rashida Atthar: Sustainable Development. Its Relevance for Developed and Developing Countries (13-24); Mike Danaher: Japanese Policy-Making and Ecological Sustainable Development (25-38); John Raven: Toward a sustainable society: The marketplace, information-empowerment, and democracy (39-48); Charles François / Ricardo Rodríguez Ulloa: General Conditions for Sustainable Development (49-54); Mansour Mohammadian: Bioeconomics: A new vision for sustainability (55-65); Stuart R. Lynn / Marty E. Zusman: Technology, Inequality and Sustainability (67-78); Vladimir Degtiar: Global problems in the steps of introduction of sustainable development (79-98); Dana R. Fisher / David S. Liebl: Indicators of Sustainability as a Tool for Community Needs Assessment (99-110); Jean-Jacques Blanc: Bioethism: a paradigm for life on Earth and mankind's sustainability with a sustainable development (111-130); John Shanks: What everybody knows. Priority shifts for survival and enlightenment (131-136); Evelyne Volpe: La Ville Perenne et toujours en Devenir (137-146); Elohimjl: Humans still must learn to be "intelligent" enough (147-170); Gerard de Zeeuw: Sustainable research (171-178). II. Strategic views supported by measurement, modelling and/or simulation: Elohimjl: The Conference of WACRA EUROPE in Madrid as a CASE. Learning to organize a Task Force (5-20); Vyachslav Navrotsky: Ecological Crisis and Sustainable Development (21-30); Benno Pilardeaux: The Green Revolution Syndrome. Socio-economic and ecological side-effects on an agrarian development strategy (31-40); Helena Knyaseva: Sustainability and Coevolution of Complex Systems: The Synergetic Approach (41-52); Hellmut Löckenhoff: Measuring sustainable performance for societal control. Modelling/Simulation for decision support and policy assessment (53-64); Vicent Castellar-Busó / Rafael Pla-López: Ecological consequences of a social model: sustainable development versus ecological hecatomb (65-78); Lorenzo Escot / Miguel-Angel Galindo: The Effects of Catch-Up Process on Sustainable Development (79-90); Alexander V. Ryzhenkov: Towards System Dynamics Modelling of Sustainable Development (91-104); Paplo Asensio: Sustainable Development in higher education: Agricultural Engineering for Land Use and Environment in Germany (105-112); Majda Bastic: Sustainable development as a factor of competitive advantage. Qualitative measures and comparability (113-122); Ashley D. Lloyd / Andrew M. McCosh / Alison U. Smart / Peter R. N. Barrar: Competitive Advantage through Investments in Technology: A Business Process Perspective (123-134); Dimitrios Tsagdis: Rehabilitating Business Process Re-engineering through Research for Sustainable Superior Organisational Performance (135-151); Stig Rée: Environmental concerns and Economics - The interplay between strategic, political and innovative process of management in Bennet BV (153-160); Francisco Parra-Luna: Towards measuring sustainable development: A methodological attempt (161-168); Elmar A. Stuhler: Sustainable Development: The Role of WACRA EUROPE e. V. (169-173).