Business and the Natural Environment: A Research Overview

ISBN-13: 9780815375821 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 100 str.

Andrew J. Hoffman; Susse Georg

Opis

This shortform book provides a research map for scholars new to the area. With the inclusion of an expert survey of existing literature, this book brings the research story into the age of the anthropocene and is essential primary reading.

O autorze

Andrew J. Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan; a position that holds joint appointments in the Management & Organizations department at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the Sustainable Systems group at the School of Natural Resources & Environment. He has published over 100 articles/book chapters, as well as 14 books, which have been translated into six languages. In this work, he focuses on the processes by which environmental issues both emerge and evolve as social, political and managerial issues. He receieved his joint PhD in Management and Civil & Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Susse Georg is Professor of Sustainable Innovation at the University of Aalborg, Copenhagen campus, in Denmark. Prior to her appointment at Aalborg University in 2012, she held a professorship at Copenhagen Business School and was co-director for CBS’ research platform on ‘Sustainable Business’. She has published articles, book chapters and two books on the development of corporate environmental management, clean technologies and sustainable cities. She is currently researching the organizational and institutional changes necessary for increased use of intermittent renewable energy in smart energy systems. She received her PhD in Environmental Economics and Policy from Copenhagen Business School.