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Managing Sustainable Business : An Executive Education Case and Textbook
Lenssen, Gilbert G. (ed.); Smith, N. Craig (ed.) - 2019
This book offers 32 texts and case studies from across a wide range of business sectors around a managerial framework for Sustainable Business. The case studies are developed for and tested in executive education programmes at leading business schools. The book is based on the premise that the...
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Services and the Green Economy
Jones, Andrew (ed.); Ström, Patrik (ed.);  … - 2016
support services (Helge Lea Tvedt)-. Part Two: Services and the Transition to Green Economy -- Greening Finance and Financing … the Green: Considerations and observations on the role of finance in energy transitions (Hans-Martin Zademach and Johanna …
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Designing a Sustainable Financial System : Development Goals and Socio-Ecological Responsibility
Walker, Thomas (ed.); Kibsey, Stéfanie D. (ed.);  … - 2018
the worldwide, supranational sustainable finance discussions about how we can transition to a new socio-ecological system … where finance, human well-being, and planetary health are recognized as being highly intertwined …1. Introduction -- 2. An Alternative Finance Approach for a More Sustainable Financial System -- 3. Social and …
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The Low Carbon Economy : Understanding and Supporting a Sustainable Transition
Paterson, Fred (ed.); Baranova, Polina (ed.);  … - 2017
This edited collection explores the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to a low carbon economy, and outlines the different approaches taken to ensure the sustainability of such a transition. Chapters explore the nature of the transformation from a ‘brown’ to ‘green’...
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The Goals of Sustainable Development : Responsibility and Governance
Crowther, David (ed.); Seifi, Shahla (ed.);  … - 2018
This book analyses various aspects of social responsibility, corporate responsibility, sustainability and governance. Rather than focusing narrowly on a single perspective, it investigates a number of problems and scenarios that can all be considered an aspect of one of these fields, and shows...
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Circular Business Models : Developing a Sustainable Future
Larsson, Mats - 2018
This book explores the need to develop business strategies, organize and fund transformation projects and manage the transformation programme in order to further a circular economy. Circular Business Models outlines sustainable business models that can be used by companies to move transformation...
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Sustainability in Innovation and Entrepreneurship : Policies and Practices for a World with Finite Resources
Peris-Ortiz, Marta (ed.); Leal-Rodríguez, Antonio L. (ed.) - 2018
This book provides a richly illustrated study of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship. Specifically, it examines the ways in which governmental policies and practices modify the social conditions necessary to promote innovation in businesses and by so doing impact economic...
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Progressive Business Models : Creating Sustainable and Pro-Social Enterprise
Zsolnai, Laszlo (ed.); O'Higgins, Eleanor (ed.) - 2018
This book presents and analyses exemplary cases of progressive business, understood as ecologically sustainable, future-respecting and pro-social enterprise. The authors present a number of companies following progressive business practices from a range of industries including ethical and...
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Building New Bridges Between Business and Society : Recent Research and New Cases in CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance
Lu, Hualiang (ed.); Schmidpeter, René (ed.);  … - 2018
This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between business and society by addressing key issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, ethics and governance. Thanks to the different visions and perspectives offered by a global group of authors with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396638
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ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and new management standards
Heras-Saizarbitoria, Iñaki (ed.) - 2018
This book is a comprehensive reference on ISO management system standards and their implementation. The impacts that ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 have had on business performance are analyzed in depth, and up-to-date perspectives are offered on the integration of these and other management standards...
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