Many countries and regions face unprecedented social and environmental crises and disruptive events whose impact can no longer be ignored. Sustainable entrepreneurs offer new solutions to these problems that involve replacing the current linear economies by circular systems. Sustainable...

Chapter 1: Speaking of transitions -- Chapter 2: Business Modelling -- Part 1: Definition Stage -- Chapter 3: Motive and context -- Chapter 4: The dream -- Chapter 5: The value proposition -- Part 2: Design Stage -- Chapter 6: Business model archetypes -- Chapter 7: Parties involved -- Chapter...

The new challenge for organisations is to deal with the complex issue of sustainability. However, the confusion surrounding "sustainability" hinders its implementation. This article formulates a framework consisting of three aspects to analyse the conceptual developments that underlie...

CSR und Nachhaltigkeit in Unternehmen - Grundlagen und Strategien: Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Organisationen -- Historische Betrachtung -- Legitimation und Rechtfertigung -- Wertschöpfung und Geschäftstätigkeit -- CSR und Nachhaltigkeit im Kerngeschäft des Unternehmens --...

In both practice-oriented and academic discourses the concepts of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and human resource management (HRM) are often treated separately. It is argued here that this is an outdated approach. Starting from the observation that organisations develop towards open...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the changes that have occurred in Quality Management to demonstrate that a generational change has occurred. It then seeks to establish a firm theoretical basis for the identified change. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...