Pioneering family firms' sustainable development strategies / edited by Pramodita Sharma and Sanjay Sharma.

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"This book describes the sustainable development journey of 15 business families committed to using their enterprises as a force of societal good. In turn, each family reaps benefits of high economic returns, while contributing to society and environment. The youngest family firm is in its 20s, whil...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing (Publisher)
Other Authors: Sharma, Pramodita (Editor)
Sharma, Sanjay, 1955- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.
Series:New horizons in sustainability and business series
Subjects:
Business enterprises > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Elgar Online)
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages).
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • PART I
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 Pioneering business families committed to sustainable development / Pramodita Sharma and Sanjay Sharma
  • PART II DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINABILITY
  • 2 Sustainability comes naturally: Rocky Mountain Soap Company, a purpose-driven family business / Pramodita Sharma, Sanjay Sharma and Alexa Steiner
  • 3 Supreme Creations and Wings of Hope: A symbiotic care of environment and society / Pramodita Sharma, Sanjay Sharma and Alyssa Schuetz
  • 4 Biofilter: A Hungarian champion for the circular economy and stakeholder capitalism / Caroline Seow and Maria José Parada
  • PART III TRANSFORMED FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • 5 The evolution of a sustainable energy family business: The case of Thermax / Kavil Ramachandran and Yashodhara Basuthakur
  • 6 Kemin Industries: A sustainable future in focus / Justin B. Craig and Gary Bowman
  • 7 Social capital as a pathway to sustainability at State Garden / Pramodita Sharma and Rocki-Lee DeWitt
  • 8 Griffith Foods: Nourishing the world / Stuart L. Hart
  • 9 Royal Van Wijhe Coatings: Sustainability over four generations / Judith van Helvert and Rosemarie Steenbeek
  • 10 GMA Garnet's circular economy: Jebsen & Jessen's leadership in environmental sustainability / Marta Widz and Vanina Farber
  • 11 Tahbilk: A fifth-generation Australian family wine business's journey to sustainability / Michael Browne, Chris Graves and Francesco Barbera
  • PART IV INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY
  • 12 The role of family values in institutional change toward sustainability in the Bordeaux wine industry / Sanjay Sharma, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva and Joerg S. Hofstetter
  • 13 The Wallenberg family of Sweden: Sustainable business development since 1856 / Sarah Jack and Mattias Nordqvist
  • Index.