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Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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What does sustainability in the business environment really mean? The concept has evolved from a vague goal to "save the planet" to become a strategic imperative for business to enhance performance across many dimensions. We live in an age of increasing corporate accountability and if a business expects to survive for the long term, it must adhere to ever higher standards of behavior and continuously develop more sustainable ways of doing business....
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Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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This book on sustainable business is for advanced business education students, practicing managers and executives, and environmental lawyers. Sustainability is a global megatrend with ramifications across all functional areas of business. This book addresses an underdeveloped topic in the field of sustainable business, specifically, the use of corporate resources dedicated to legal compliance. Supply chain, operations, and marketing professionals...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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We live in an increasingly global economy in which the effects of shrunken economies, broadened communication, and widespread meteorological incidents associated with climate change are leaving virtually no one untouched. As a result, a working knowledge of concepts such as the triple bottom line and sustainability have become mandatory. Systems thinking, foundational for grasping these concepts, is based on transdisciplinary theories, deriving in...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Unsettled times can arise from a variety of causes, including environmental (e.g., earthquake), climatic (e.g., floods), economic (e.g., recession), social (e.g., illness), or political (e.g., civil unrest). They can result in citizens' loss of homes/possessions, jobs, health, or mobility. Citizens move from above the level of consumption adequacy, where their behaviors reflect long-term and higher-order needs, to below the level of consumption adequacy,...
65) Achieving service excellence: maximizing enterprise performance through innovation and technology
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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As the service sectors play an increasingly important role in all economies worldwide, service executives and professionals are well advised to recognize two main pathways to achieving sustainable success in services, namely, enhancing the strategic differentiation and operational excellence of their service enterprises; obviously, these executives and their employees need to develop the knowledge and skills required to achieve such success. This...
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Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Designed for executives in companies that manufacture or sell products, this book outlines the challenges of launching a service and solutions business within a product-oriented organization. The target audience-- manufacturers, industrial suppliers, technology firms, and other vendors of business goods--views services and solutions as a means to financial growth, reduced revenue volatility, greater differentiation from the competition, increased...
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Publisher
Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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A practical guide on how to navigate the complexities of ethical leadership in sport, recognizing the increasing pressure placed on individuals and organizations in sport to ruthlessly compete to win, and at the same time to be exemplary social role models. Most leaders know right from wrong, but giving voice to your values isn't always straightforward. This book explores how to approach the ethical decisions, dilemmas, and value-based conflicts that...