Cross-sector leadership for the green economy: integrating research and practice on sustainable enterprise

Technology breakthroughs in sustainable renewable energy and energy conservation technologies require that there be a strong institutional ecosystem in place which supports innovation, but the nature of this foundation and how it works is not well-known. Becoming a leader necessitates new forms of cross-sectorcooperation. ALFRED MARCUS teaches and conducts research in strategic management, macroeconomics, business ethics, and business and the natural environment. He has been chair of the Carlson School's Strategic Management and Organization Department, Director of the Carlson School's Strategic Management Research Center, and a Visiting Professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management and at the Norwegian School of Management. PAUL SHRIVASTAVAcurrently the David O'Brien Distinguished Professor and Director of the David O'Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. SANJAY SHARMADean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University,Montreal, the largest English language business school in Canada. STEFANO POGUTZTenured Researcher and Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management and Technology at Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy. INDICE: Preface: New Forms of Cross-Sector Cooperation for Achieving Breakthroughs in Sustainable Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Technologies - Part 1: Voices from the Field: Emerging Models of Cross-Sector Cooperation in the Green Economy - Chapter 1: The Green Economy Partnership Process, Jack Hogin, Minnesota Environmental Initiative - Part 2: Voices from Academia: New Models for Cross-Sector Cooperation - Chapter 2: Overcoming Problems in the Emergence Of New Technology Clusters, Alfred Marcus, University of Minnesota & Adam Fremeth, Ivey School of Business Western Ontario, Canada - Chapter 3: The Price of Policy Risk - Empirical Insights from Choice Experiments with EuropeanPhotovoltaic Project Developers, Sonja Lüthi and Rolf Wüstenhagen, Universityof Saint Galeen, Switzerland - Chapter 4: A Framework for Understanding Firm Investment in Collaborative International Environmental Technology Ventures, Gurneeta Vasudeva, University of Minnesota - Part 3: Putting it All Together Paradoxes and Potential in the Emerging Green Economy -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11940-6
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 23/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés