Innovative Approaches to Global Sustainability

Herausgegeben:Wankel, Charles; Loparo, Kenneth A.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A concrete, action-based look at the ways businesses can become sustainable as moving towards a sustainable world becomes more and more important.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-10405-1
• 2008
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 141mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9780230104051
• ISBN-10: 0230104053
• Artikelnr.: 28242175

Autorenporträt

CHARLES WANKEL is an Associate Professor at St. Johns University, USA.   JIM STONER is a Professor at Fordham University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGE Introduction: Exploring New Frameworks, Practices, and Initiatives for a Sustainable World; J.A.F.Stoner & C.Wankel "SOAR" from the Mediocrity of Status Quo to the Heights of Sustainable Development; J.M.Stavros & J.R.Sprangel, Jr. PART II: INNOVATIONS IN FINANCIAL THINKING AND ACTION - BEYOND THE PRIMACY OF TODAY'S STOCK PRICE Sustainable Wealth Creation beyond Shareholder Value; M.A.Lundqvist & K.Williams Limits of Shareholder Value to Achieving Global Sustainability; F.Figge & T.Hahn Green Chemistry and EVA: A Framework for Incorporating Environmental Action into Financial Analysis; G.Archer, A.Larson, M.White, & J.G.York PART III: EXPLORING NEW MODELS FOR MOVING TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE WORLD Monkey See, Monkey Do: Resource Dependence. Knowldege Exchange, and Sustainable Innovations in Zoos; N.A.M.Horstman, F.G.A.de Bakker, E.Masurel, & P.P.van Hemert Toward Environmental Sustainability: Developing Thinking and Acting Capacity within the Canadian Oil and Gas Industry; L.P.Milton & J.A.F.Stoner PART IV: SOWING THE SEEDS FOR A VIABLE FUTURE Designing Undergraduate Education on "Managing for Sustainability"; P.Shrivastava, D.E.Allen & T.Bunn Hiller The Sustainability Coordinator: A Structural Innovation for Managing Sustainability; G.Rands, B.Ribbens & D.Connelly