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Sustainable Business Developmentby David L. Rainey
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 38.00In today's turbulent business environment, leaders must think more broadly about what a corporation is and how it can create a richer future. This book provides a comprehensive sense of what sustainable business development is and how companies can use it to make a significant difference. more...
The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won't Learn in Business Schoolby Selena Rezvani
ABC-CLIO 2009; US$ 30.00A groundbreaking, empowering collection of advice?richly illustrated with the stories of women at top echelons of their fields?that advances the leadership outlook for Generation X and Y women like no book before it. more...
Building Social Businessby Muhammad Yunus
PublicAffairs 2010; US$ 25.95The Nobel Peace Prize-winner shows how the social business model can harness the entrepreneurial spirit to address poverty, hunger, and disease more...
We Firstby Simon Mainwaring
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 12.99A social media expert with global experience with many of the world’s biggest brands —including Nike, Toyota and Motorola—Simon Mainwaring offers a visionary new practice in which brands leverage social media to earn consumer goodwill, loyalty and profit, while creating a third pillar of sustainable social change through conscious contributions from customer purchases. These innovative private sector partnerships answer perhaps the most pressing issue facing business and thought leaders today: how to practice capitalism in a way that satisfies the need for both profit and a healthy, sustainable planet. Mainwaring provides case studies from companies such as P&G, Walmart, Starbucks, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Nike, Whole... more...
Responsible Businessby Manfred Pohl; Nick Tolhurst
John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 37.95Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship are now essential elements of modern business. Responsible Business is a vital "how to" guide providing information on all aspects of the CSR process. This highly accessible book is full of insights from those responsible for implementing CSR strategy inside companies – whether as CSR managers or at top management level – with coverage of all the important aspects of CSR – from what a sustainability manager's job involves, how to handle stakeholder dialogue, supply chain management to auditing, CSR and the law, and communicating CSR. Divided into bite-size easy-to-read chapters complete with practical checklists or "dos and don'ts", Responsible Business... more...
Cannibals with Forksby John Elkington
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 1998; US$ 11.95The revolutionary seven dimensions that lead to sustainable business practice are identified and explored as well as the ?blind-spots? that most corporate leaders have that prevent them from joining the revolution more...
Working For Women?by Celia Briar
Routledge 1997; US$ 55.95This text examines ways in which women's patterns of paid and unpaid work have been mediated by the policies of governments throughout the 20th century. It looks at the state in defining what is women's work and men's work, and at equal pay. more...
Enterprising Womenby Salie Westwood; Parminder Bhachu
Routledge 1988; US$ 57.95Enterprising Women brings together black and white British women in a collection that confronts stereotypes of black British women and previous accounts of their lives. more...
Human Firmby John Tomer
Routledge 1999; US$ 200.00This book argues that in the age of globalisation and rapid technological change, an understanding of business behaviour and government policy towards business requires an appreciation of the firm's human dimension. more...
Women's Employment and the Capitalist Familyby Ben Fine
Routledge 1992; US$ 180.00The current interest in the position of women reflects thier economic importance. Equally important is the recognition of this in a literature examining the rapidly changing lives of women. Women's Employment and the Capitalist Family critically assesses much of this literature and contributes to it by offering an explanation of women's labour market participation. more...