This first volume in the series addresses the pressing need to align businesspractices with the requirements of a sustainable world. Delivering new modelsfor conducting business, implications of undertaking new approaches, and waysbusinesses are transforming and being transformed by their environments. CHARLES WANKEL is Associate Professor of Management at St. John's University, New York, USA. . JIM STONER is Professor of Management Systems and Chairholder of Fordham University's James A.F. Stoner Chair for Global Sustainability, USA. . INDICE: PART I: NEW MODELS - How Business, Resources, and People Fit Together in a Sustainability Model - Business Logic for Sustainability - Sustainability as a Business Model - Investing in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Business Ventures in the Developing World: Key Lessons and Experiences of the EcoEnterprises Fund - PART II: ACTION IMPLICATIONS: MOTIVATING AND INFLUENCING BUSINESS - Integrating Sustainability Contents into Business Curricula and - Understanding How to Do It - The Contribution of Interdisciplinary Skills to the Sustainability of Business - Public Disclosure of Firms' Environmental Performance: Effects and Consequences - The Influence of Corporate Governance on an Effective Approach to - Deal with Climate Change - Taxes and Sustainability - PART III: BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONS OF AND BY ITS ENVIRONMENT - Advanced Energy Efficiency and Alternative Supplies for Profitable Climate Protection - From Carbon to Carbohydrates: Toward Sustainability in the Plastics Industry - Humanizing Sustainability: The Concept of Fair Value Chain Creation FVC2 - Sustainable Development in Latin America: In the Dumps? - Dynamics, Trends, and Developments in the Wine Industry - Participation of Agribusiness Stakeholders in Global Environmental Questions - The New Trends of Sustainable Consumption: Farmers' Market as a Tool to Re-educate Consumers - PART IV: CONCLUSION - New Directions to New Futures from the Nebulous Present
- ISBN: 978-0-230-10281-1
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 294
- Fecha Publicación: 19/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido