Sustainable Business : : Managing the Challenges of the 21st Century.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Business Series
• Author: Fischer, Manuel.
• TeilnehmendeR: Foord, Daniel.; Frecè, Jan.; Hillebrand, Kirsten.; Kissling-Näf, Ingrid.; Meili, Rahel.; Peskova, Marie.; Risi, David.; Schmidpeter, René.; Stucki, Tobias.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Business Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (156 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Why Sustainability? -- 1.1 The Anthropocene -- 1.2 The Ecological Challenges: Planetary Boundaries -- 1.3 Adding the Social Dimension -- 1.4 The Role of Economic Growth -- Literature -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: The Concept of Sustainable Development -- 2.1 ``Our Common Future ́́or The Brundtland Report -- 2.2 Three Dimensions of Sustainable Development -- 2.3 Three Approaches to Sustainable Systems -- 2.4 Policy Action and SDGs -- 2.5 Knowledge and Tackling Sustainability Challenges -- Literature -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3: Challenges of Managing Common Resources -- 3.1 What Is Meant by Tragedy of the Commons? -- 3.2 The Logic of Collective Action or the Prisoner Dilemma -- 3.3 Social Dilemma -- 3.4 How to Cope with the ``Tragedy of the Commons, ́́Prisoners or Social Dilemma? -- Literature -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Corporate Sustainability -- 4.1 Sustainability as the New Management Paradigm in Business Administration -- 4.1.1 Sustainability as Innovative Business Concept -- 4.1.2 Strategic Management -- 4.1.3 New Business Administration Model -- 4.2 Three Levels of Corporate Sustainability -- 4.2.1 Production Level -- 4.2.2 Product Level -- 4.2.3 Organizational Level -- 4.3 Technological Change: The Role of Green Innovation -- 4.3.1 Where Is the Largest Impact Reduction Possible? -- 4.3.2 The Speed of Technological Change -- 4.3.3 What Hampers Green Innovation? -- 4.3.4 The Importance of Policy Instruments -- 4.3.5 Green Innovation in a Spatial Context -- 4.4 Sustainability and Corporate Values -- 4.4.1 Functions of Corporate Values -- 4.4.2 Scope of Application -- 4.4.3 Vision, Mission, and Corporate Values -- 4.4.4 Definition of Corporate Values -- 4.5 Sustainability Reporting -- 4.5.1 Why Sustainability Reporting?.

4.5.2 Sustainability Reporting Standards -- 4.6 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) -- 4.6.1 The Business Case for CSR -- 4.6.2 The Ethical Fallacy of the Business Case for CSR -- 4.6.3 The Managerial Fallacy of the Business Case for CSR -- 4.6.4 Overcoming Business Case Thinking: Extending CSR -- 4.6.5 The CSR Arena and Its Various Players -- 4.6.6 Towards a Comprehensive Definition of CSR -- Literature -- Chapter 5: Social Innovation (or Why We Need the Civil Society) -- 5.1 Social Innovation: What Is It and How Can It Be Measured? -- 5.2 Implementing Social Innovation in Practice -- 5.3 Scaling and Replicating Social Innovations -- Literature -- Chapter 6: Policy Instruments and Financial System -- 6.1 Policy Instruments -- 6.1.1 Instruments for Dealing with External Effects -- 6.1.2 International Comparison of the Measures Implemented -- 6.2 Financial System -- 6.2.1 Sustainable Finance Is Becoming More Important -- 6.2.2 Accelerating the Impact of the Financial System -- Literature -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7: Sustainable Consumption -- 7.1 SDGs and Sustainable Consumption -- 7.1.1 The Relevance of Consumption in a Globalized World -- 7.1.2 Consumption of Natural Resources Over Time -- 7.2 What Is Sustainable Versus Unsustainable Consumption? -- 7.2.1 Sustainable Consumption Impact Areas -- 7.2.2 How to Achieve More Sustainable Consumption -- 7.3 Encouraging Sustainable Consumption -- 7.3.1 Behavioral Economics -- 7.3.2 The Role of Policy -- Literature -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8: Sustainability in a Digital Context -- 8.1 The Sustainability Potential of a Digital Society -- 8.2 Sustainability of ICT -- 8.3 Sustainability Through ICT -- 8.4 Sustainability of Digital Artifacts -- 8.5 Indirect Impacts of Digital Artifacts -- Literature -- Chapter 9: The Future of Sustainable Business: The Circular Economy.

9.1 The Concept of a Circular Economy -- 9.1.1 Macro-level Perspective -- 9.1.2 Micro-level Perspective -- 9.1.3 The Specific Challenges of a Circular Economy -- 9.2 The Impact of the Circular Economy Transition -- 9.3 Accelerating the Circular Economy Transition -- 9.3.1 Where Do We Stand in the Transition Process? -- 9.3.2 Political Initiatives -- 9.3.3 The Whole System Has to Transform -- Literature -- Further Reading -- Outlook -- Literature.