<i>‘Sustainability in business is complex because of the interdependencies and interconnectedness to other elements of the firm’s core business. The </i>Handbook on the Business of Sustainability<i> is a compilation of chapters that constitute a “call to action” on the business aspects of sustainable growth. It brings forward novel concepts to help businesses think through the critical issues. I have no doubt it will be an invaluable resource to academics, practitioners, and policymakers.’</i>

- Erika H. James, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, US,

<i>‘Sustainable growth is perhaps the single most important issue facing humanity. Management research is yet to comprehensively map out the opportunities for business. In this </i>Handbook<i> of sustainable business, George, Haas, Joshi, McGahan and Tracey have convened the leading scholarly voices. This book will undoubtedly become a key reference for business and sustainable growth.’</i>

- Mauro F. Guillen, Cambridge Judge Business School, UK,

<i>‘This Handbook brings together over 70 prominent thought leaders on sustainability, and provides a much needed framework that simplifies the complexity of sustainable business into four clear themes: (1) organizing for sustainability, (2) implementing sustainable development, (3) sustainability in practice, and (4) measuring outcomes and social impact. The Handbook will certainly generate discussion and trigger the next generation of ideas and research evidence to guide businesses.’</i>

- Sarah A. Soule, Stanford Graduate School of Business, US,

This ground-breaking Handbook uniquely focuses on the business of sustainability, offering a fresh insight and practical solutions to the challenges that businesses face in making human activity sustainable. It is organized into four distinctive themes that cut across levels of analysis and illustrate a rich set of solution contexts that will guide future research. The Handbook on the Business of Sustainability offers a comprehensive review of research and empirical evidence on sustainable business, exploring the importance of private sector engagement and implementation. World leading scholars cover the key areas such as organization, execution and the measurement of outcomes and social impact. The insightful case studies also provide critical context and complement the chapters highlighting emerging practices and solutions for the successful application of sustainability initiatives in business. The Handbook will be an invaluable resource for academics, practitioners, and policymakers to reflect on the ‘concept and practice’ of articulating and strategizing in order to achieve sustainability targets.
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Contents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction to the business of sustainability: an organizing framework for theory, practice and impact Gerard George, Martine R. Haas, Havovi Joshi, Anita M. McGahan and Paul Tracey 2 PART II ORGANIZING FOR SUSTAINABILITY 2 Purpose-driven companies and sustainability 24 Claudine Gartenberg 3 Legitimacy judgments and prosociality: organizational purpose explained 42 Rodolphe Durand and Chang-Wa Huynh 4 Stakeholder governance: aligning stakeholder interests on complex sustainability issues 62 Sinziana Dorobantu, Abhishek Gupte and Sam Yuqing Li 5 Entrepreneurship, sustainability, and stakeholder theory 83 Peter G. Klein and Ileana Maldonado-Bautista 6 Firm–NGO collaborations for sustainability: a comparative research agenda 99 Kate Odziemkowska 7 Partnerships and place: the role of community enterprise in cross-sector work for sustainability 117 Neil Stott, Michelle Darlington, Jennifer Brenton and Natalie Slawinski PART III IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 8 Organizational culture for sustainability 137 Jennifer Howard-Grenville and Tirza Gapp 9 Paradoxical tensions in business sustainability: how corporations develop sustainable ventures 151 Thijs Geradts and Justin Jansen 10 Gender equality in organizations: the dynamics of space 169 Carol T. Kulik, Sukhbir Sandhu, Sanjeewa Perera and Sarah A. Jarvis 11 Sustainability for people and the planet: placing workers at the center of sustainability research 188 Julie Yen, Julie Battilana and Emilie Aguirre 12 Sustainability science and corporate cleanup in community fields: the translation, resistance and integration process model 214 P. Devereaux Jennings, Maggie Cascadden and Andrew J. Hoffman 13 Entrepreneurs as essential but missing actors in the Sustainable Development Goals 232 Elizabeth Embry, Jeffrey G. York and Stacey Edgar 14 Sustainable entrepreneurship under market uncertainty: opportunities, challenges and impact 251 Brandon H. Lee, Panayiotis (Panikos) Georgallis and Jeroen Struben PART IV SUSTAINABILITY-IN-PRACTICE 15 Towards a more sustainable cement and concrete industry 273 Reto Gieré 16 Understanding firm- and field-level change toward sustainable development: insights from the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicines, 1960‒2020 300 Tobias Bünder, Nikolas Rathert and Johanna Mair 17 Can businesses truly create shared value? A healthcare case study of value creation and appropriation 320 Prakash J. Singh and Mehrdokht (Medo) Pournader 18 Increasing employment pathways for returning citizens in Washington, DC: the Georgetown University Pivot Program 331 Alyssa Lovegrove 19 Conflicting institutional logics as a safe space for collaboration: action research in a reforestation NGO 343 Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx and Ryan K. Merrill 20 Smart cities: a review of managerial challenges and a framework for future research 360 Thomas Menkhoff 21 A road to preserving biodiversity: understanding psychological demand drivers of illegal wildlife products 390 Vian Sharif and Andreas B. Eisingerich 22 Transition finance: a new framework for managing funding to carbon-intensive firms 405 Anastasiya Ostrovnaya, Milica Fomicov, Charles Donovan, Zoe Knight and Jonathan Amacker PART V MEASURING OUTCOMES AND SOCIAL IMPACT 23 Impact assessment and measurement with sustainable development goals 423 Hao Liang, David Fernandez and Mikkel Larsen 24 Becoming a generalized specialist: a strategic model for increasing your organization’s SDG impact while minimizing externalities 438 Kendall Park, Matthew G. Grimes and Joel Gehman 25 Impact measurement tools and social value creation: a strategic perspective 458 Leandro Nardi, Sergio G. Lazzarini and Sandro Cabral 26 Creating and distributing sustainable value through public–private collaborative projects 473 Jens K. Roehrich and Ilze Kivleniece 27 Scaling up collaboration for social impact: the governance and design of corporate–nonprofit partnerships 500 Aline Gatignon 28 Addressing the market failures of environmental health products 516 Diana Jue-Rajasingh and Jordan Siegel 29 When money fails to talk: unintended consequences of using monetary incentives to elicit sustainable behaviours 543 Michelle P. Lee 30 Greenwashing through compliance to renewable portfolio standards 561 Arkangel M. Cordero and Wesley D. Sine Index
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‘Sustainability in business is complex because of the interdependencies and interconnectedness to other elements of the firm’s core business. The Handbook on the Business of Sustainability is a compilation of chapters that constitute a “call to action” on the business aspects of sustainable growth. It brings forward novel concepts to help businesses think through the critical issues. I have no doubt it will be an invaluable resource to academics, practitioners, and policymakers.’
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781839105333
Publisert
2022-02-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
169 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
608

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Edited by Gerard George, Michael Brown Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, McDonough School of Business and Director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, Georgetown University, Martine R. Haas, Lauder Chair Professor and Professor of Management, The Wharton School, and Director of the Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies, University of Pennsylvania, US, Havovi Joshi, Director, Centre for Management Practice, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Anita M. McGahan, University Professor and George E. Connell Chair in Organizations and Society, University of Toronto, Canada and Paul Tracey, Professor of Innovation and Organization, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK and Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne, Australia