This book introduces readers to the main types of corporate sustainability practices. The first section examines both the ratings provided by international agencies and the various ESG (Environmental, Social and Government) indexes existing at 2021. In turn, the second part empirically...

Part I: Climate Change challenge, CSR, ESG issues: the state of the art -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapater 2: Self-consciousness and awareness as adaptation enablers -- Chapter 3: Climate change challenges and the policy makers initial response -- Chapter 4: SRI, ESG and Value of...

Chapter 1: Images of Reality: Metaphors, Archetypes, Symbols, And Cultures -- Chapter 2: Images in Existing Family Business Theories: Metaphors and Root Metaphors -- Chapter 3: Family Metaphors in Business -- Chapter 4: Visualizing Sustainability: The Visible and The Invisible -- Chapter 5: When...

Part I – General aspects of ESG -- 1. Introduction: the multiples roles of corporate governance under ESG (Paulo Câmara) -- 2. Sustainability as a game changer in corporate governance (Guido Ferrarini) -- 3. ESG and the shift on corporate purpose (Beate Sjåfjell) -- 4. Sustainability and...

Part I Sustainable Enterprise Value Creation and Stakeholder Capitalism -- 1 Stakeholder Capitalism’s Promising Resurgence -- 2 The New Business Operating Context of the 2020s -- 3 Business Leadership Priorities for Implementing Stakeholder Capitalism -- Part II A Practical Guide to Creating...

An overview of family business. Profiles, definitions and the main challenges of the business life-cycle -- Professionalization and managerialization in family firms: A still open issue -- The survival of family businesses: The challenge of succession -- The growth of family businesses: the path...

Wirtschaft und Klöster -- Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit -- Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen -- Arbeitsethos im Kloster -- Corporate Governance und Führung -- Verantwortung aus klösterlicher Sicht -- Entwicklung von Ordensgemeinschaften

Chapter 1. The Meaning of Corporate Governance and Its Role in the Banking Sector -- Chapter 2. Corporate Governance Theories and the Banking Sector -- Chapter 3. Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector: A Literature Review -- Chapter 4. CG Stock Markets and the Environmental, Social and...

This book provides a rich collection of essays discussing and showcasing the transformation of businesses around the world towards sustainability and responsibility. Based on a framework of global theoretical approaches, it presents practical examples and cases from a variety of industries,...