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Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Bernard Paranque
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Description for Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Hardback. This volume argues the need for a radical break with the methodological individualism that dominates economics, management and finance, asking 'How should we (re)define the concept of value?' and serving as a stepping stone for the rethinking of academic finance. Series Editor(s): Sun, William. Series: Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: KFF; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 756.
As a response to ongoing economic, social and environmental crises, many private actors have enlarged their definition of 'value' to include environmental and social elements. Such practices, however, appear incompatible with the current epistemological structure of academic financial discourse. This paradox challenges us to reconsider the foundations of modern finance, particularly the dominant role of shareholders. The volume argues there is a need to turn the established order upside down. Studies in economics and finance have to be embedded in environmental and social welfare to answer the challenges we face, and there is a need for a radical break ... Read more
As a response to ongoing economic, social and environmental crises, many private actors have enlarged their definition of 'value' to include environmental and social elements. Such practices, however, appear incompatible with the current epistemological structure of academic financial discourse. This paradox challenges us to reconsider the foundations of modern finance, particularly the dominant role of shareholders. The volume argues there is a need to turn the established order upside down. Studies in economics and finance have to be embedded in environmental and social welfare to answer the challenges we face, and there is a need for a radical break ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Condition
New
Series
Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785609800
SKU
V9781785609800
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About Bernard Paranque
Edited by Bernard Paranque, Kedge Business School, AG2R LA MONDIALE Finance Reconsidered , Marseille, France Roland Perez, Universite De Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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