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

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

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Superior document:SpringerBriefs in Business Series
:
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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (156 pages)
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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.

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