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John R. McIntyre (Ed.) - Strategies for Sustainable Technologies and Innovations - 9781781006825 - V9781781006825
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Strategies for Sustainable Technologies and Innovations

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Description for Strategies for Sustainable Technologies and Innovations Hardback.
Corporations across the world are becoming increasingly aware of the threat of environmental degradation and the growing importance of sustainable business practices. This raises a vital question: How can for-profit firms (and other profit-conscious enterprises such as government organizations) implement more environmentally friendly policies without sacrificing profitability? This innovative volume tackles that complex question, offering detailed recommendations for making strategic technological choices that are economically advantageous, ecologically sustainable and socially responsible.

Expert contributions examine the contextual factors that affect implementation of more sustainable technology and innovation practices, offering a number of empirical methodologies to describe and explain these multidimensional influences. What ... Read more

Students and professors of business, management studies and economics will find much to admire in this path-breaking volume. Managers, policymakers and other practitioners will also benefit greatly from this book s timely and insightful recommendations.

Contributors include: G. Abu-Lebdeh, R. Bardy, S. Beheiry, S. Berger-Douce, S.M. Bhale, S. Bioly, C. Gendron, R. Guimaraes, T. Houé, S. Kakoty, R.N. Kar, M. Klumpp, G. Le Boulch, T. Machiba, M. Massaro, R. Oudghiri, T. Sagafi-Nejad, C. Schmitt, P. Shrivastava, S. Zelewski

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Cheltenham, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781006825
SKU
V9781781006825
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About John R. McIntyre (Ed.)
Edited by John R. McIntyre, Professor & Executive Director, CIBER, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, US, Silvester Ivanaj, Professor, ICN Business School and researcher, CEREFIGE and Vera Ivanaj, Associate Professor, ENSIC and researcher, CEREFIGE, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France

Reviews for Strategies for Sustainable Technologies and Innovations
‘There is no debate about the fact that a “business as usual” approach is an environmentally unsustainable one. Given the magnitude of the environmental challenges the world faces today, extensive changes in corporate strategies and significant innovation advances are absolutely necessary if we are to avoid substantial decreases in our quality of living. This set of internationally recognized authors provides ... Read more

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