Managing the natural environment is fundamental to many businesses, yet management scholars have understudied how natural resources are acquired and deployed, how they constrain and challenge strategy and innovation, and how they differ from more conventionally studied resources in management.

Contents: Introduction: Developing Thought Leadership on Managing Natural Resources 1. The Management of Natural Resources: An Overview and Research Agenda Gerard George, Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx and Teng Lit Liak Part I Risk and Uncertainty in the Natural Environment 2. Scarcity in the Twenty-First Century: How the Resource Nexus Affects Management Simon J.D. Schillebeeckx, Mark Workman, and Charles Dean 3. A raw materials transition for a low-carbon economy: Challenges and opportunities for management in addressing the trilemma of competitiveness, supply security and sustainability Roh Pin Lee, Ronny Reinhardt, Florian Keller, Sebastian Gurtner, and Lutz Schiffer 4. Risk Management and Adaptation in Oil and Gas Commodity Resource Markets Connie Van der Byl and Birgitte Grøgaard Part II Natural Resources and Interorganizational Relationships 5. Arrangements to Access Natural Resources: The roles of localness and interdependence Karin Andrea Wigger and Marta Bystrowska 6. Natural Imprinting and Vertical Integration in the Extractive Industries Forough Zarea Fazlelahi and J. Henri Burgers Part III Natural Resource Dynamics inside Organizations and Over Time 7. The Giving River: How organizational actorhood and history have shaped the management of water Brett Crawford, Siddharth Mehra, and Yulong Hu 8. Natural Resources and the Resource-Based View Bettina Bastian, Ulf Henning Richter, and Christopher L. Tucci 9. A Human Leap of Ecological Faith: The Role of Indeterminacy and Irreversibility in Ecological Sensemaking Jason Good Part IV Sustainability Today and Tomorrow: Rebuilding Failing Institutions 10. Sustainability Science and Water Usage: Science as a Method for the Corporate Governance of Natural Resources Van V. Miller and Michael J. Pisani 11. Towards a Global Climate Strategy: Reconciling Ecological, Entrepreneurial and Social Elements of Sustainability André C. Presse and Falko Paetzold Index

'This book is an invaluable resource for all those studying natural resources. The splendid collection of chapters shows the diverse ways in which natural resources impact management studies. Comprehensive in character, this text advances fruitful avenues of inquiry and sets a high bar for all that follows.' --Andreas Rasche, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark'An innovative and well-researched book on the importance of managing natural resources from a strategic point of view. This judiciously edited volume provides coverage of a fresh collection of important issues and of a number of rigorous approaches to analyse them. This book is of great interest to all business scholars in the fields of sustainability, environmental management, corporate social responsibility, and natural resource dynamics.' --J. Alberto Aragon-Correa, University of Granada, Spain and University of Surrey, UK'Economic theory has so seriously warped the meaning of ''nature'' that we now view natural resources as an impediment. We speak blithely of the ''natural resources curse'' and the ''Dutch disease'' as if nature is the enemy of human progress. Thankfully, Managing Natural Resources: Organizational Strategy, Behaviour and Dynamics offers a much-needed shift in the conversation. The editors have drawn together 11 delightful chapters that re-enchant the concept of nature as the antidote to an increasingly hyper-rationalized view of the natural environment. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how natural and human resources are intimately connected.' --Roy Suddaby, University of Victoria, Canada and Newcastle University, UK