03649nam 2200757Ia 450 991096340330332120200520144314.09786613113801978128311380912831138059781906884826190688482X9781906884437190688443997860000403836000040385(CKB)2670000000081094(OCoLC)708569290(CaPaEBR)ebrary10447973(SSID)ssj0000668268(PQKBManifestationID)12238549(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000668268(PQKBWorkID)10697259(PQKB)10325892(SSID)ssj0000658129(PQKBManifestationID)11393044(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658129(PQKBWorkID)10680996(PQKB)10796518(MiAaPQ)EBC835811(Au-PeEL)EBL835811(CaPaEBR)ebr10447973(CaONFJC)MIL311380(Perlego)868888(FR-PaCSA)88961070(FRCYB88961070)88961070(EXLCZ)99267000000008109419910423d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPrinciples of ecology and management international challenges for future practitioners /Alan Sitkin1st ed.Woodeaton, Oxford Goodfellow Pub.c20111 online resource (284 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781906884239 1906884234 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to Ecology and Management -- The ecological mindset -- Basic science for managers -- The estrangement of management and ecology -- Case study: Detroit focuses on SUVs not survival -- 2 Resource Depletion -- Energy inputs -- Non-energy inputs -- Case study: Peak oil -- 3 Pollution -- Pollution sources -- Environmental impacts -- Sectoral factors -- Case study: Steeling South Africans against pollution -- 4 Environmental Economics and Politics -- Environmental economics -- Environmental politics -- Case study: Making Britain's green and sceptr'd isle -- 5 Corporate Greening Strategies -- Implementing the transition -- Controls and measurements -- Case study: Lenovo and its Greenpeace rankings -- 6 Green Operations -- Knowledge management -- Value chain functions -- Case study: BASF has a brand new bag -- 7 Green Marketing -- Green consumption -- Corporate green marketing approaches -- Case study: Wal-mart eats its greens -- 8 Ecology and International Business -- Multinational enterprises and the environment -- International dilemmas -- Case study: Chinese greens -- 9 Green Sectors for the Future -- Staples -- Living patterns -- Case study: Cybertran's foray into light rail -- 10 Clean Energy and New Ventures -- Clean energy -- Launching new ventures -- Case study: Birthing green energy ventures -- References -- Glossary -- Index.An environmental business book written by a business school professor for business school students.EcologyEnvironmental ecologyEcology.Environmental ecology.658.4083Sitkin Alan1797870MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963403303321Principles of ecology and management4340358UNINA