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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456688003321

Autore

Lowitt Eric <1972->

Titolo

The future of value [[electronic resource] ] : how sustainability creates value through competitive differentiation / / Eric Lowitt ; foreword by William Sarni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, 2011

ISBN

1-283-23985-X

9786613239853

1-118-07823-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SarniWilliam

Disciplina

658.4/08

Soggetti

Management - Environmental aspects

Strategic planning - Environmental aspects

Value

Social responsibility of business

Sustainable development

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Foreword (William Sarni).Preface.Acknowledgments.About the Author.Introduction.Part One: How Sustainability Creates Value.1. Sustainable Companies Are Market Leaders.2. Sustainable Market Leaders Compete on Sustainability.3. Competing on Sustainability Creates Value.Part Two: How to Create Value in Your Organization.4. Crafting Sustainability Strategy.5. Leading Strategy and Management Efforts.6. Embedding Sustainability into the Value Chain.7. Analyzing and Communicating Performance.8. Renewing Sustainability Efforts.9. Keeping Sustainable and Agile.Appendix A: Research Methodology.Appendix B: Interviewees.Appendix C: Interview Protocol.Notes.Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Enhance business performance by using sustainability for competitive advantage. The Future of Value reveals what it takes for companies to grow and outperform the competition in today's growth-constrained, sustainability conscious world. The author shows leaders how to use



sustainability as a powerful, pragmatic lens to enhance business performance. He also explores how to craft and oversee a portfolio of effective tools, develop competitive strategies, and adjust value chain activities, talent management practices, and corporate policies to help organizations execute powerful sustainability strategies. He provides a systematic, yet instantly familiar, model all companies can use to connect sustainability with their growth and competitive strategies. In this way, the author shows leaders how to shape, color, and own The Future of Value. Outlines the keys to implementing sustainability in organizations to achieve business success today and tomorrow Reveals how to engage stakeholders in day to day sustainability management as a means to shape and fuel efforts to continuously renew their sustainability strategies The author is a 15-year veteran of sustainability and strategy management consulting, having worked with clients in the US, Japan, Australia, and Europe. He has an MBA in Strategic Management from The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and writes a regular column for Sustainable Life Media and GreenBiz, two of the world's most heavily trafficked sustainability news and thought leadership portals The author draws useful and accessible conclusions from a rich, diverse set of corporate interviewees. A core part of his research was the selection and interrogation of more than 25 Global Fortune 500 companies' sustainability, strategy, and finance leads"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNICASUBO0341873

Autore

Cohn, Norman

Titolo

Les fanatiques de l'apocalypse : millénaristes révolutionnaires et anarchistes mystiques au Moyen Age / Norman Cohn ; traduit de l'anglais par Simone Clémendot avec la collaboration de Michel Fuchs et Paul Rosenberg ; traduction revue par l'auteur et complétée par Maurice Angeno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Payot, 1983

Titolo uniforme

The pursuit of millennium

ISBN

2228132101

Edizione

[Edition revue et augmentée]

Descrizione fisica

378 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

Bibliotheque historique

Disciplina

236

Soggetti

Millenarismo

Millenarismo - Europa - Sec. 10.-16

Cristianesimo - Europa - Sec. 10.-16

Sette religiose - Europa - Sec. 10.-16

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliografia P. 347-375.