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Author Stead, W. Edward

Title Sustainable strategic management / Jean Garner Stead and W. Edward Stead
Edition Second edition
Published Armonk, New York ; London, England : M.E. Sharpe, [2014]
©2014
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1 The Emergence of Sustainable Strategic Management 3 -- Case Vignette 1: Creating Value Through Sustainability at Eastman Chemical Company 3 -- The Changing Economic Worldview 7 -- Pursuing the Triple Bottom Line 10 -- Coevolution and Organizational Survival 11 -- Transformational Change: A Critical Pathway to Organizational Sustainability 14 -- From Strategic Planning to Sustainable Strategic Management 15 -- Chapter Summary 26 -- 2 In Search of Sustainability 28 -- The Science of Sustainability 28 -- The Issue Wheel: Carrying Capacity Meets the Human Footprint 33 -- Ecological Sustainability: Management Happens on Earth 38 -- Social Sustainability: Searching for Equity 46 -- Sustainability: A New Way of Thinking 54 -- Chapter Summary 56 -- Case Vignette 2: The Meaning of Sustainability at Eastman Chemical Company 57 -- 3 Environmental Analysis for Sustainable Strategic Management 60 -- The Coevolving Factors Determining Environmental Turbulence 61 -- The Coevolving Sectors of the Macro Environment 63 -- Traditional Industry Analysis 70 -- Business Ecosystems: Ideal Structures for Sustainable Strategic Management 77 -- The Coevolving Markets of the World 88 -- Environmental Forecasting 91 -- Chapter Summary 95 -- Case Vignette 3: A Brief Environmental History of the Chemical Industry 96 -- 4 SSM Resource Assessment 99 -- The Resources of the Firm 99 -- SSM Resource Assessment Data-Gathering Tools 109 -- Analyzing and Evaluating Resources and Capabilities to Build Core Competencies 117 -- Creating Stakeholder Value via Eco- and Socio-Efficiency 121 -- Beyond Eco- and Socio-Efficiency: Eco- and Socio-Effectiveness 125 -- Chapter Summary 128 -- Case Vignette 4: Eco-Efficiency at Eastman Chemical Company 129 -- 5 SSM Competitive Level Strategies 131 -- The Nature of Competitive Level Strategies 131 -- SSM Competitive Level Strategies 139 -- Strategies Dependent on Relative Competitive Position and Market Type 149 -- Chapter Summary 166 -- Case Vignette 5: Product Stewardship at Eastman Chemical Company 167 -- 6 SSM Corporate Level Strategy 170 -- Corporate Expansion Strategies 172 -- The Build or Buy Decision 183 -- Retrenchment and Restructuring Strategies 187 -- SSM Corporate Portfolio 190 -- Chapter Summary 201 -- Case Vignette 6: Corporate Strategy at Eastman Chemical Company 202 -- 7 Choosing and Implementing SSM Strategies 206 -- Choosing Portfolios of SSM Strategies 206 -- Instilling SSM Value Systems 214 -- Creating Meaning Beyond Profit 217 -- Designing Self-Renewing Learning Structures 221 -- Establishing Transformational Change Processes 224 -- Chapter Summary 226 -- Case Vignette 7: Strategies, Structures, and Processes for Implementing SSM at Eastman Chemical Company 227 -- 8 Organizational Governance and Strategic Leadership in SSM 231 -- Establishing Effective Corporate Governance Mechanisms for SSM 231 -- Emerging Perspectives on Organizational Leadership 239 -- Effective Business Ecosystem Leadership 245 -- Building Trusting Relationships 246 -- Chapter Summary 247 -- Case Vignette 8: Strategic Leadership at Eastman Chemical Company 248
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-269) and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Sustainable development
Strategic planning
Management
Form Electronic book
Author Stead, Jean Garner
Taylor & Francis
ISBN 9781351276320 (electronic bk.)
1351276328 (electronic bk.)