Author : W. Edward Stead
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,13 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780765611314
This work fills the need for a strategic management text that gives full attention to sustainability and environmental protection. It includes chapter-by-chapter case studies of two organizations that exemplify many of the principles of environmentally sound management practices.
Author : Thomas Wunder
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 2019-09-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030060144
This book offers innovative ideas and frameworks for sustainable strategizing to advance business by scaling-up its positive impact, which is so urgently needed at this time in the 21st century. It shows practitioners how to effectively deal with socio-ecological systems’ disruptions to their operating environments and play an active role in transforming markets toward a sustainable future. In short, the book demonstrates how to make business sense of sustainability, highlighting new approaches and examples that translate sustainability into strategy and action. The ultimate goal is to provide a path toward a thriving future for both business and society. This book was written for strategy practitioners and decision makers who want to understand why sustainable strategizing is important in today’s business world and are seeking actionable business knowledge they can apply in their companies. It was also written for students of management and can be used as a supplemental text to support traditional graduate and undergraduate management courses.
Author : Benoit Leleux
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 16,45 MB
Release : 2018-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319974459
Despite recent optimism and global initiatives, the implementation of corporate sustainability programs has been slow at best, with less than a third of global companies having developed a clear business case for their approach to sustainability. Presenting numerous award-winning cases and examples from companies such as Unilever, Patagonia, Tumi, DSM and Umicore alongside original ideas based upon 20 years of consulting experience, this book reveals how to design and implement a stronger sense of focus and move sustainability programs forward. This proven combination of purpose, direction and speed is dubbed “Vectoring”. Based upon practitioner cases and data analysis from the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Vectoring offers a plain-spoken framework to identify the relative position of companies compared to their peers. The framework and its 4 archetypes deliver insights for practitioners to locate inhibitors and overcome them by providing practical suggestions for process improvements. This includes designing and executing new sustainability programs, embedding the SDGs within company strategy and assessing the impact of sustainability programs on competitiveness and valuation. Offering directions for CFOs to shift companies from integrated reporting to integrated thinking in order to accelerate their sustainability programs, Winning Sustainability Strategies shows how to achieve purpose with profit and how to do well by doing good.
Author : Helen Borland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0429858981
Business Strategies for Sustainability brings together important research contributions that demonstrate different approaches to business strategies for sustainability. Many corporate initiatives toward what firms perceive to be sustainability are simply efficiency drives or competitive moves – falling far short of actual strategies for ecological sustainability. To suggest true ecological sustainability strategies, this new research anthology adopts an interdisciplinary, or transdisciplinary, approach to discern what business strategies might look like if they were underpinned by environmental and ecological science. The 23 chapters in this anthology reflect five main topic sections: (a) delineating sustainability challenges and visions; (b) contradiction, integration and transformation of business and sustainability logics; (c) innovating and developing strategic capabilities for sustainability; (d) assessing and valuing sustainability; and (e) toward multi-level engagement and collaboration.
Author : Leon, Ramona-Diana
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 30,38 MB
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1522527176
As the economy fluctuates, so does the need for resilient business practices. If organizations can remain strong and steady during difficult times, they will be more fruitful during successful periods as well. Managerial Strategies for Business Sustainability During Turbulent Times is a crucial resource that discusses successful methods and techniques for building sturdy company practices. Featuring pertinent topics such as sustainable supply chains, knowledge management, information sharing, and performance evaluations, this is an ideal scholarly reference source for CEOs, managers, business students, and researchers that would like to discover more unique and engaging ways to build a strong business foundation.
Author : Markovic, Stefan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 50,60 MB
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1789908353
Sustainability is a top priority for organizations and a key strategy in corporate agendas, but the effective deployment of any strategy demands that the strategy is consistent, functional, and aligned. This Handbook advocates sustainability strategies that encompass environmental, social, and economic dimensions at department-level.
Author : Pejic-Bach, Mirjana
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,22 MB
Release : 2022-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1799877957
In today’s changing business environment, managers and employees need essential capabilities such as innovativeness to successfully reach organizational goals. In this digitalized era, it is obvious that undigitized firms and organizations will not survive changing demands unless they can quickly adapt and form new business strategies. The upcoming era necessitates a digital transformation in all institutions from government to the non-profit sector. In such a change-oriented and complex business era, both entrepreneurs and leaders must keep up with the latest developments around them. Management Strategies for Sustainability, New Knowledge Innovation, and Personalized Products and Services discusses the emerging topics of digital transformation, new knowledge innovation, sustainability, and personalized products and services and provides a theoretical infrastructure to share the latest empirical research findings within management, knowledge creation, sustainability practices, artificial intelligence, and digital business functions and strategies. Covering a wide range of topics such as Industry 4.0 and user satisfaction, it is ideal for industry professionals, practitioners, consultants, educators, scholars, researchers, academicians, and students.
Author : Stead
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,38 MB
Release : 2015-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0765628953
When this classic text was first published in 1992 it provided a unique focus for the burgeoning concern for sustainability and sustainable organizational practices. The book's impact continues to be felt today as large multinational corporations are making substantial commitments to the 'triple bottom line' of economic success, social responsibility, and environmental protection, and sustainability has become a part of curricula in business schools around the globe. Featuring extensive new material throughout, this new edition of "Management for a Small Planet" maintains the same unique vision and approach that made the original so influential. Unlike other texts on the topic, it employs a strategic, general management perspective within theoretical frameworks on how organizations can be instrumental in moving humankind toward a more sustainable world. Part I includes chapters dedicated to each dimension of sustainability: biophysical, economic, and social. Part II contains the specifics on the formulation and implementation of sustainable management practices, all grounded in the principles of organizational behavior, leadership, and business strategy. The book is an ideal text for any course concerned with environmental management and sustainable management practices.
Author : Rodrigues, Susana Serrano
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 42,2 MB
Release : 2020-06-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1522598871
As the planet’s natural resources continue to be depleted, society’s environmental awareness has grown. Businesses especially are being coerced into incorporating more sustainable approaches to carrying out their activities. Organizations that develop sustainable business strategies that deliver enhanced value by radically reducing material inputs and engaging consumers on circular economy will be well-positioned for success. Mapping, Managing, and Crafting Sustainable Business Strategies for the Circular Economy is an essential reference source that discusses implementing sustainable business strategies as well as economic policies for the modern business era. Featuring research on topics such as global business, urban innovation, and cost management, this book is ideally designed for managers, operators, manufacturers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, business professionals, and students seeking coverage on utilizing natural resources in the most sustainable way.
Author : Jafar Rezaei
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 31,51 MB
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 303055385X
This book presents a diverse set of decision-making methodologies to solve some of the most important decisions that most organizations face today. It is an excellent demonstration of some great challenges in our society in the area of sustainability. These great challenges, ranging from sustainability in logistics to the use of renewable energies, needs to be urgently addressed. Sustainability has become one of the most important topics in management and many organizations are taking big steps towards sustainability. Organizations are attempting to use cleaner production technologies and renewable energies sources, to improve health and safety issues within their industries and the products and services they offer. These points involve several important strategic and managerial decisions, highlighted in this book. The book can be used by decision-makers and policy-makers as exemplary guidelines to solve sustainability problems.
