Sustainable Business Management

This comprehensive textbook gives an insight into all relevant aspects of business administration, as they are all subject to fundamental changes due in the transformation to a more sustainable economy. It starts with the background on sustainability and the scientific classification of sustainable business administration. Next, it sheds light on the boundary conditions regarding environmental economics and social responsibility. The next section deals with management functions, from strategy and international management to change management, legal implications and HR management. The last part focuses on value creation.

Auteur

Prof. Dr. Dr. Dietmar Ernst lehrt Corporate Finance an der European School of Finance der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (HfWU) in Nürtingen. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sailer lehrt an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt in Nürtingen. Er leitet den Masterstudiengang Controlling und beschäftigt sich insbesondere mit Controlling, Nachhaltigkeit und Komplexität. Prof. Dr. Robert Gabriel lehrt Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt in Nürtingen und hat über 100 internationale Unternehmen bei der Entwicklung und Umsetzung ihrer Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien unterstützt.

Contenu

1. Sustainable Business Management 2. Sustainability - An Introduction 3. Economic Perspective and Environmental Economics 4. Social Responsibility: From Profit to the Common Good - and Back Again 5. Understanding Transformation 6. Strategic Sustainability Management 7. Agile Leadership 8. Legal Foundations of Responsible Corporate Governance 9. Corporate Compliance 10. International Management and Sustainability 11. Integral Management - New Perspectives for Sustainable Development 12. Marketing and Sustainability 13. Sustainable Procurement and Logistics Management 14. Sustainable Production 15. Sustainable Product Management 16. Sustainable Innovation Management 17. Sustainability Controlling 18. Sustainability - Disclosure and Audit 19. Sustainable Financial Management 20. Sustainable Investing 21. Operational Environmental Management 22. Enterprise Future: A Utopian Retrospective Back from the Year 2050