Sustainable Business : Theory and Practice of Business Under Sustainability Principles
Geoffrey. Wells
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Cheltenham : : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (304 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: historical and emerging themes in sustainable business; PART I The Sustainable Firm; 1. Towards an integrated conceptual framework for corporate social and environmental sustainability; 2. Developing and communicating social capital for sustainable organizations and their communities; 3. The sustainable firm as an ethical construct; PART II Sustainable Business Management; 4. Sustainability accounting and reporting: an overview, contemporary developments and research possibilities. - 11. Innovation in sustainable business practices: greening the family firm12. Sustainability in the retail and services sector; 13. Appraising corporate sustainability of construction contractors: concepts and approaches; PART IV International Environment of Sustainable Business; 14. International trade law, climate change and carbon footprinting; 15. The economics of climate change: the Stern and Garnaut reports and their implications for business; Index. - 5. Carbon accounting and carbon auditing for business6. Sustainable marketing in principle and practice; 7. Socially responsible humanre source management: a conceptual framework; 8. Examining the influence of commoncore virtues in leader- member exchange (LMX): connecting virtue-based leadership traits to sustainable performance in a moderated mediation model; 9. Strategic risk assessment for pursuing sustainable business in the construction industry: diagnostic models; PART III Sustainable Business in Practice; 10. Sustainable entrepreneurship in family businesses. - Recent surveys of international CEOs confirm that companies increasingly see sustainability as critical to their business strategy. The rigorous academic framework for the field of sustainable business required to respond to this need is now emerging. This book presents important new work in the theory of the sustainable firm, in the application of sustainability principles to key management disciplines, in sustainable business in practice, and in the international challenges that are critical to sustainability demands. Sustainable Business will prove invigorating for both undergraduate and gr
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| ISBN | 9781781001851
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