Corporate Strategy and Sustainability
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-77313-7 (ISBN)
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Corporate Strategy and Sustainability is a substantially updated, detailed overview of sustainability issues for business and economics students. Built to teach the evolution of the history of sustainability practices, this edition has expanded coverage of social sustainability issues, non-Western perspectives and sustainable supply chains. Rich in cases, these too have been updated to demonstrate best practice and the practical application of theory. Extensive discussions of tools show how incorporate sustainability issues apply to strategic decision making. The book accentuates the value and importance of a strong sustainability approach in an age of climate change emergency. This textbook is an ideal companion to instructors and students of sustainability in business, economics and management.
Peter N. Nemetz received a PhD in Economics from Harvard University and is Professor Emeritus of Strategy and Business Economics in the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia, Canada. For twenty-nine years he held a visiting research position in the Department of Health Sciences Research at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He has published more than one hundred books, academic articles, and consulting reports in the areas of natural disaster economics, natural resource and environmental economics and policy, international business, sustainability, and epidemiology. His most recent works include: The Economics and Business of Sustainability (Routledge 2022) and Unsustainable World: Are We Losing the Battle to Save our Planet? (Routledge Earthscan 2022).
PART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL Preface Chapter 1. Introduction and Context Chapter 2: A Brief History of Corporate Response to Sustainability Issues PART 2: SOME KEY CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY Chapter 3: Eco-efficiency, Circular economy and other paradigms Chapter 4: Closing the Loop: Mimicking Nature – Biomimicry and Industrial Ecology Chapter 5: Thinking Systemically (I) Mass Balances and Industrial Metabolism Chapter 6: Thinking Systematically (II) Life-Cycle Analysis Chapter 7: Thinking Systemically (III): Carbon Accounting Chapter 8: Thinking Systemically (IV): LCA, Carbon Footprinting and Input-Output Analysis PART 3: CASE STUDIES Chapter 9: Waste to Profits. The Case of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Ltd. Chapter 10: Designing the Corporation of the 21st Century. Case Study of Interface Inc. Chapter 11: MOWI – world leader in aquaculture – a questionable solution Chapter 12: The Search for Innovative Business Models. Case Study of Ooteel Forest Products Ltd. Chapter 13: Assessing Ooteel’s Strategic Options Chapter 14: Defining Sustainability and its Components. Case Study of Suncor Ltd. Chapter 15: Volkswagen: a case study in corporate malfeasance and recovery Chapter 16: Five short cases: Patagonia, H&M, Walmart, Ford, fossil fuel companies PART 4: SPECIAL TOPICS Chapter 17: Internalizing Sustainability into Corporate Strategy Chapter 18: Reforming the financial system Chapter 19: Social Enterprise and the Social Return to Investment Chapter 20: Corporate Culture and Leadership Chapter 21: Afterword
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.12.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 136 Tables, black and white; 128 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 133 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Marketing / Vertrieb | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-367-77313-9 / 0367773139 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-367-77313-7 / 9780367773137 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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