Fundamentals of sustainable business : a guide for the next 100 years / / Matthew Tueth
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| Autore: |
Tueth Matthew <1953->
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| Titolo: |
Fundamentals of sustainable business : a guide for the next 100 years / / Matthew Tueth
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| Pubblicazione: | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (228 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 658.4083 |
| Soggetto topico: | Business enterprises - Environmental aspects |
| Sustainable development | |
| Social responsibility of business | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1. Houston, We Have a Problem""; ""1.1 Our Early Approach to Mounting Problems""; ""1.2 Our Problems Continue""; ""1.3 Early Visionaries and the Resistance to Change""; ""1.4 Do Current Free-Market Mechanisms Help?""; ""1.5 An Intelligent Beginning""; ""1.6 Are the Results Worth the Effort?""; ""2. Selecting a Design Consultant""; ""2.1 The Problem with Stewardship""; ""2.2 Naturally Our Best Foot Forward""; ""2.3 Pernicious Material Processes""; ""2.4 Nature�s Path of Production""; ""2.5 Two Closed-Loops into One"" |
| ""2.6 Nature�s Energy Path""""2.7 Following Nature�s Energy Path""; ""2.8 Other Sun-Powered Opportunities""; ""2.9 Envision a Sun-Powered Human Society""; ""2.10 Cutting Our Nuclear Power Losses""; ""2.11 The Advantages of Local Energy Production""; ""2.12 Changing Energy Trends""; ""2.13 Innovations Solving Multiple Problems""; ""3. The Bull�s Eye""; ""3.1 The Triple Top-line""; ""3.2 The Short Post on the Three-Legged Stool""; ""3.3 The Nature of the Movement""; ""3.4 High Stakes and New Takes""; ""3.5 How Do We Begin?""; ""3.6 No Silver Bullet""; ""3.7 The Better Part of Valor"" | |
| ""3.8 The Toyota Way""""3.9 Approaching the Bull�s Eye""; ""3.10 Intelligent Building Design""; ""3.11 Urgent Challenges, Appropriate Remedies""; ""3.12 Early Organizational Change""; ""3.13 The Score Card""; ""3.14 A Helping Hand""; ""3.15 Staff Roles in the Transition""; ""4. Businesses Taking Care of Business""; ""4.1 United States For-Profit Companies""; ""New Belgium Brewery, Fort Collins, CO � Beer Brewery""; ""New Seasons Market, Portland, OR � Grocery Stores""; ""Google, Mountain View, CA � Internet Information Access"" | |
| ""Patagonia, Ventura, CA � Outdoor Performance Clothing""""Timberland, Inc., Stratham, NH � Footwear and Outdoor Clothing""; ""GoLite LLC, Boulder, CO � Outdoor Clothing and Equipment""; ""Aveda, Blaine MN � Hair Care, Skin Care, and Makeup Products""; ""Frito-Lay, Plano, TX � Snack Food Production""; ""Burgerville, Vancouver, WA � Fast Food Restaurants""; ""Metro Health Hospital and Village, Wyoming, MI � Full Service Health Care Facility""; ""Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Waterbury, VT � Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa Processor and Distributor"" | |
| ""Wainwright Bank, Boston, MA � Commercial Bank""""Bazzani Associates, Grand Rapids, MI � Commercial Real Estate Development""; ""Interface, Inc., Atlanta, GA � Soft-Surface Floor Covering Manufacturer""; ""Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA � Full-Service Flooring Manufacturing""; ""Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, MI � Commercial Office Furniture Manufacturer""; ""Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI � Commercial Office Furniture Manufacturer""; ""4.2 European For-Profit Companies""; ""Allianz SE, Munich, Germany � Insurance, Banking, Asset Management"" | |
| ""Co-operative Financial Services, Manchester, United Kingdom � Consumer Cooperative"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Fundamentals of Sustainable Business begins by briefly describing the legacy of environmental and social problems that have arisen as a result of conventional business practices, and then details the coalescence of a broad-based contemporary movement that has been called "The Next Industrial Revolution". Combining the long-term interests of business, community, and the natural world, the resulting sustainable business reformation is unlike any previous human endeavor. The book deftly synthesizes a diverse collection of movement components, including some original concepts, and provides a sin |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Fundamentals of sustainable business |
| ISBN: | 1-282-75774-1 |
| 9786612757747 | |
| 981-283-933-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824068403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
World Scientific series on 21st century business ; ; v. 4.