Capitalism at the crossroads
Subtitle: aligning business, earth, and humanity
By: Stuart L. Hart ; [ new foreword by Al Gore ]
Edition: 2nd ed
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780136134398
Subjects: Social responsibility of business; Capitalism
Other titles: Aligning business, earth, and humanity
Description: "Capitalism is indeed at a crossroads, facing international terrorism, worldwide environmental change, and an accelerating backlash against globalization. Companies are at crossroads, too: finding new strategies for profitable growth is now more challenging. Both sets of problems are intimately linked. Learn how to identify sustainable products and technologies that can drive new growth while also helping to solve today's most crucial social and environmental problems. Hart shows how to become truly indigenous to all markets -- and avoid the pitfalls of traditional 'greening' and 'sustainability' strategies. This book doesn't just point the way to a capitalism that is more inclusive and more welcome: it offers specific techniques to recharge innovation, growth, and profitability."--Publisher's marketing.
Notes: "First printing July 2007"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Al Gore; title: Foreword / Fisk Johnson; title: Pt. 1. Mapping the terrain; title: From obligation to opportunity; title: Worlds in collision; title: The sustainable value portfolio; title: Pt. 2. Beyond greening; title: Creative destruction and sustainability; title: The great leap downward; title: Reaching the base of the pyramid; title: Pt. 3. Becoming indigenous; title: Broadening the corporate bandwidth; title: Developing native capability; title: Toward a sustainable global enterprise