Building the Impact Economy [electronic resource] : Our Future, Yea or Nay /
Martin, Maximilian.author.
This book develops a comprehensive framework for creating sustainable new business approaches on a massive scale. It relates the power of entrepreneurship, investment and technology to four areas in which progress is urgently needed to get out of the world's current impasse. These are: game-changing innovations in companies; a way forward for the global fashion industry that reconciles competitiveness and worker dignity; turning around the energy crisis; and restoring capital markets to being the funders of human progress and prosperity that they once were-the pieces of the puzzle that is our future. Numerous case studies and actionable guidelines show how to concretely get the job done.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Prologue: What's at Stake -- Part I: Big Business:Climb to Sustainability -- Part II: Upgrade Supply Chains vs. Dress to Kill -- Part III: Fixing Energy, the Mother of All Markets -- Part IV: Capital Markets, Time to Graduate from the Casino -- Epilogue: Leth's Do It!.
This book develops a comprehensive framework for creating sustainable new business approaches on a massive scale. It relates the power of entrepreneurship, investment and technology to four areas in which progress is urgently needed to get out of the world's current impasse. These are: game-changing innovations in companies; a way forward for the global fashion industry that reconciles competitiveness and worker dignity; turning around the energy crisis; and restoring capital markets to being the funders of human progress and prosperity that they once were-the pieces of the puzzle that is our future. Numerous case studies and actionable guidelines show how to concretely get the job done.
Macroeconomics.
Business ethics.
Climatic changes.
Globalization.
Renewable energy sources.
Entrepreneurship.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Business Ethics.
Climate Change.
Emerging Markets/Globalization.
Renewable and Green Energy.
Entrepreneurship.