Sustainable Business: Managing the Challenges of the 21st Century
- 2h 52m
- Daniel Foord, David Risi, Ingrid Kissling-Näf, Jan Frecè, Kirsten Hillebrand, Manuel Fischer, Marie Peskova, Rahel Meili, René Schmidpeter, Tobias Stucki
- Springer
- 2023
This open access book is a compact guide to the development of sustainable business, which has become the central concept in discussions about the future development of humanity and planet earth. It provides basic terminology and concepts on sustainable business and offers insights into a new management paradigm that integrates social and environmental dimensions into business models, strategies, and operations. New business concepts such as the donut economy, the circular economy, social innovation and sustainable leadership are introduced and the book outlines how they influence the way we run businesses today and in the future. This book lays the foundation for new management thinking in business and academia, making it a essential reader for professionals and students alike.
About the Author
Institute for Sustainable Business, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland
Manuel Fischer, Daniel Foord, Jan Frecè, Kirsten Hillebrand, Ingrid Kissling-Näf, Rahel Meili, Marie Peskova, David Risi, René Schmidpeter, Tobias Stucki
This book originates from the Institute of Sustainable Business at Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. Manuel Fischer, Daniel Foord, Jan Frecè, Kirsten Hillebrand, Ingrid Kissling-Näff, Rahel Meili, Mari Peskova, David Risi, René Schmidpeter and Tobias Stucki are all researchers in various positions at this institute.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Why Sustainability?
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The Concept of Sustainable Development
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Challenges of Managing Common Resources
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Corporate Sustainability
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Social Innovation (or Why We Need the Civil Society)
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Policy Instruments and Financial System
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Sustainable Consumption
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Sustainability in a Digital Context
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The Future of Sustainable Business: The Circular Economy
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Outlook
