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The difficulties in moving towards corporate sustainability raise
the question of how environmental and social management can be
integrated better with economic business goals. Over the last
decade, the relationship between environmental and economic
performance, and more recently the interaction between
sustainability performance and business competitiveness, have
received considerable attention in both theory and practice.
However, to date, only partial aspects of the relationship between
sustainability performance, competitiveness and economic
performance have been studied from a theoretical as well as an
empirical perspective. And, to date, no unique relationship has
prevailed in empirical studies. A number of explanations have been
put forward to explain this, including methodological reasons, such
as the lack of statistical data, the low quality of that data, or
the fact that such data is often available for short time periods
only. Other theoretical explanations have been developed, such as
the influence of different corporate strategies or the relatively
small influence of environmental or sustainability issues as one
factor among many on the economic or financial success of firms.
So, how should the business case for sustainability be managed?
This is the starting point for this book, which compiles insights
on a large number of aspects of the link between sustainability
performance, business competitiveness and economic success in an
attempt to provide a comprehensive and structured view of this
relationship. The book provides an unrivalled body of knowledge on
the state of theory and practice in this field and identifies
prospective future fields of work. The book includes: conceptual
frameworks for the interaction of social, environmental and
economic issues in business environments; case studies of companies
that have successfully integrated social, environmental and
economic issues; analyses of the causal and empirical relationship
between environmental and/or social performance, business
performance and firm-level competitiveness; concepts and tools
useful for improving business value with proactive operational
strategies; assessment of the factors influencing operational
sustainability strategies and their economic impact; and
comparisons of interactions between sustainability performance and
firm competitiveness across industry sectors and countries.
Managing the Business Case for Sustainability is the definitive
work in its field: the most comprehensive book yet published on the
theory and practice of managing sustainability performance,
competitiveness, environmental, social and economic performance in
an integrated way. It will be essential reading for managers,
academics, consultants, fund managers, governments and government
agencies, NGOs and international bodies who need a broad and
comprehensive overview of the business case for sustainability.
In the past, 'Global Management' meant optimizing production and
commercialization activities around the world in an international
business context. With the emergence and rise of the creative
economy, the global game has changed. This book is about the global
management of creativity and related innovation processes, and
examines how companies, organizations and institutions can foster
the transformation of an original idea to its successful execution
and international diffusion. The Global Management of Creativity
gives a clear framework for analyzing creativeness in organizations
in an international context, and pinpointing important key elements
that should be tracked. Comprising expert contributions and written
by a wide array of leading scholars in economics, management of
innovation and creativity, this book is an insightful resource.
This volume provides empirical and theoretical material for
managers, students and academics in the field of international
management of creativity and innovation. It is also suitable for
those who are interested in industrial economics, management of
technology, and innovation and industrial studies.
This book addresses the intersection of entrepreneurship,
innovation and sustainability (EIS), presenting high-quality
research illuminating the relationship between the three fields.
The EIS nexus is particularly relevant from a European point of
view given the focus of the European Commission on corporate social
responsibility (CSR) and sustainability, as well as their prominent
role the European Union in general. Also, the rapid economic growth
witnessed especially in the BRIC countries in recent years requires
that firms reconcile sustainability aspects with profitability and
innovation, and entrepreneurs are seen as key diffusers of these
aims. Sustainability requires both radical and incremental
innovation at many different levels (technology, product, process,
system). In many cases, such innovations come from small and
medium-sized enterprises and so the role of the entrepreneur is key
to their success.
Over the past decades, the Boundary Element Method has emerged as a
ver satile and powerful tool for the solution of engineering
problems, presenting in many cases an alternative to the more
widely used Finite Element Method. As with any numerical method,
the engineer or scientist who applies it to a practical problem
needs to be acquainted with, and understand, its basic principles
to be able to apply it correctly and be aware of its limitations.
It is with this intention that we have endeavoured to write this
book: to give the student or practitioner an easy-to-understand
introductory course to the method so as to enable him or her to
apply it judiciously. As the title suggests, this book not only
serves as an introductory course, but also cov ers some advanced
topics that we consider important for the researcher who needs to
be up-to-date with new developments. This book is the result of our
teaching experiences with the Boundary Element Method, along with
research and consulting activities carried out in the field. Its
roots lie in a graduate course on the Boundary Element Method given
by the authors at the university of Stuttgart. The experiences
gained from teaching and the remarks and questions of the students
have contributed to shaping the 'Introductory course' (Chapters
1-8) to the needs of the stu dents without assuming a background in
numerical methods in general or the Boundary Element Method in
particular."
This introductory course on the classical Boundary Element Method also contains advanced topics such as the Dual Reciprocity and the Hybrid Boundary Element Methods. The latter methods are extensions that permit the application of BME to anisotropic materials, as well as multi-field problems and fluid-structure interaction. The class-tested textbook offers a clear and easy-to-understand introduction to the subject, including worked-out examples that describe all the basic features of the method. The first two chapters not only establish the mathematical basis for BEM but also review the basics of continuum mechanics for field problems, perhaps a unique feature for a text on numerical methods. This helps the reader to understand the physical principles of the field problems, to apply the method judiciously, and toe critically evaluate the results.
In the past, 'Global Management' meant optimizing production and
commercialization activities around the world in an international
business context. With the emergence and rise of the creative
economy, the global game has changed. This book is about the global
management of creativity and related innovation processes, and
examines how companies, organizations and institutions can foster
the transformation of an original idea to its successful execution
and international diffusion. The Global Management of Creativity
gives a clear framework for analyzing creativeness in organizations
in an international context, and pinpointing important key elements
that should be tracked. Comprising expert contributions and written
by a wide array of leading scholars in economics, management of
innovation and creativity, this book is an insightful resource.
This volume provides empirical and theoretical material for
managers, students and academics in the field of international
management of creativity and innovation. It is also suitable for
those who are interested in industrial economics, management of
technology, and innovation and industrial studies.
Consistency and Credibility? identifies in its first part the
extent of correlation between actual environmental performance, the
use of physical environmental performance indicators and corporate
environmental reporting in the paper and electricity industries in
Germany and the UK. The results suggest environmental performance
is mainly country-related, possibly due to differences in
environmental legislation. This implies that any assessment of the
relationship between environmental and economic performance of
firms needs to be based on actual environmental performance data
and cannot take reporting quality or information about the
intensity of use of specific tools, such as environmental
performance indicators as a proxy variable. The second part of the
book therefore analyses the relationship between environmental and
economic performance. Based on the results, the book's second part
concludes that for firms in environmentally-intensive industries it
is difficult to create a positive link between their environmental
and economic performance, and that market settings as well as
strategy considerations both can have an effect, but situational
aspects determine which of these dominates. Consistency and
Credibility? provides useful information for practitioners as well
as deeper insights for academics about the link of environmental
reporting and environmental performance measurement and how this
interacts with economic success. It thus reveals valuable strategic
insights in how aiming for corporate sustainability can help to
create business success and which factors are critical for
achieving this.
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