Companies which have to manage global supply chains face a high level of complexity in that there is a large number of suppliers in diverse socio-economic contexts as well as a growing demand for control of social and environmental criteria in these supply chains. Sustainable supply chain...

Companies which manage global supply chains face a high level of complexity with a large number of suppliers in diverse socio-economic contexts and growing expectations by customers and standardization schemes to control social and environmental aspects. In the context of sustainable development...

A large body of literature claims that corporate sustainable development is a cross-functional challenge, which requires all functional units to be involved. However, it remains uncertain to what extent and in which way different corporate functions are actually involved in corporate...

This chapter proposes a framework to position ecopreneurship in relation to other forms of environmental management. The framework can also be easily adapted to corporate sustainability. The framework provides a reference for managers for introducing ecopreneurship. Five basic positions are...

This chapter proposes a framework to position ecopreneurship in relation to other forms of environmental management. The framework provides a reference for managers to introduce ecopreneurship. Five basic positions are distinguished according to the degree of environmental orientation of a...