Competitive Environmental Strategy - A Guide To The Changing Business Landscape (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.)

Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on environmental "management" to one focused on strategy."Competitive Environmental Strategy" examines the effects of environmentalism on corporate management, explaining how and why environmental forces are driving change and how business managers can think about environmental issues in a strategic way. The author discusses: the evolving drivers of corporate environmental strategy, including regulators, shareholders, buyers and suppliers, insurers, investors, and consumers how environmentalism alters basic conceptions of competitive strategy and organizational design how external institutions create both opportunity and limitations for environmental strategy how environmental threats can be incorporated into risk management, capital acquisition, competitive position, and other management concerns The book ends with an overall discussion of competitive environmental strategy and draws connections to the emerging issue of sustainable development. Each chapter features insets that ask fundamental questions about the relationship between environmental protection and business strategy, and ends with a list of additional recommended readings. Every individual who wishes to engage in business management in the 21st century will need an appreciation for the implications of environmental issues on corporate activities, and vice-versa."Competitive Environmental Strategy" offers a valuable overview of the subject, and provides a wealth ofreal-world examples that demonstrate the validity and applicability of the concepts for business people, clearly showing how managers are turning an understanding of environmental issues to competitive advantage.

General

Imprint:	Island Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2000
First published:	April 2000
Authors:	Andrew J. Hoffman
Dimensions:	280 x 216 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	2nd Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-55963-771-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business ethics Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General
LSN:	1-55963-771-4
Barcode:	9781559637718

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