04309nam a2200481 a 4500001001000000003000700010005001700017006001900034007001500053008004100068010001700109020001800126020003500144020003500179020003500214035002200249035002300271035002500294035002300319035002100342040002700363050002500390082001700415100003300432245016300465250001200628260004100640300002400681504005100705505069600756520182501452533014703277650004703424650005503471650001903526650004603545650003603591655002903627700002803656710002803684856009603712999001903808EBC697745MiAaPQ20250821113852.0m     o  d |      cr cn|||||||||110425s2011    caua    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2011015808  z9781118074527  a9781118078242 (electronic bk.)  a9781118078259 (electronic bk.)  a9781118078235 (electronic bk.)  a(MiAaPQ)EBC697745  a(Au-PeEL)EBL697745  a(CaPaEBR)ebr10494493  a(CaONFJC)MIL323985  a(OCoLC)757394809  aMiAaPQcMiAaPQdMiAaPQ 4aHD30.255b.L687 201104a658.4/082221 aLowitt, Eric,d1972-933545114aThe future of valueh[electronic resource] :bhow sustainability creates value through competitive differentiation /cEric Lowitt ; foreword by William Sarni.  a1st ed.  aSan Francisco :bJossey-Bass,c2011.  axxi, 248 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aMachine generated contents note: Foreword (William Sarni).Preface.Acknowledgments.About the Author.Introduction.Part One: How Sustainability Creates Value.1. Sustainable Companies Are Market Leaders.2. Sustainable Market Leaders Compete on Sustainability.3. Competing on Sustainability Creates Value.Part Two: How to Create Value in Your Organization.4. Crafting Sustainability Strategy.5. Leading Strategy and Management Efforts.6. Embedding Sustainability into the Value Chain.7. Analyzing and Communicating Performance.8. Renewing Sustainability Efforts.9. Keeping Sustainable and Agile.Appendix A: Research Methodology.Appendix B: Interviewees.Appendix C: Interview Protocol.Notes.Index.  a"Enhance business performance by using sustainability for competitive advantage. The Future of Value reveals what it takes for companies to grow and outperform the competition in today's growth-constrained, sustainability conscious world. The author shows leaders how to use sustainability as a powerful, pragmatic lens to enhance business performance. He also explores how to craft and oversee a portfolio of effective tools, develop competitive strategies, and adjust value chain activities, talent management practices, and corporate policies to help organizations execute powerful sustainability strategies. He provides a systematic, yet instantly familiar, model all companies can use to connect sustainability with their growth and competitive strategies. In this way, the author shows leaders how to shape, color, and own The Future of Value. Outlines the keys to implementing sustainability in organizations to achieve business success today and tomorrow Reveals how to engage stakeholders in day to day sustainability management as a means to shape and fuel efforts to continuously renew their sustainability strategies The author is a 15-year veteran of sustainability and strategy management consulting, having worked with clients in the US, Japan, Australia, and Europe. He has an MBA in Strategic Management from The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and writes a regular column for Sustainable Life Media and GreenBiz, two of the world's most heavily trafficked sustainability news and thought leadership portals The author draws useful and accessible conclusions from a rich, diverse set of corporate interviewees. A core part of his research was the selection and interrogation of more than 25 Global Fortune 500 companies' sustainability, strategy, and finance leads"--cProvided by publisher.  aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 0aManagementxEnvironmental aspects.9335452 0aStrategic planningxEnvironmental aspects.9335453 0aValue.9335454 0aSocial responsibility of business.935615 0aSustainable development.935091 4aElectronic books.9351421 aSarni, William.93354552 aProQuest (Firm)933545640uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=697745zClick to View  c271910d271910