Green business merupakan kegiatan sukarela perusahaan yang bertujuan untuk mencapai kinerja lingkungan yang lebih baik dan secara bersamaan berdampak pada kinerja perusahaan yang lebih kompetitif. Green business sebagai sebuah konsep yang tidak hanya beorientasi pada profit saja tetapi sebagai langkah-langkah untuk memberikan perlindungan pada lingkungan: udara, air, tanah, ekosistem. Motivasi …
This Open Access book provides a detailed account of firms’ research and development (R&D) management practices, and whether and how R&D management practices are associated with the success and the nature (explorative or exploitive) of innovation, using a unique survey of firms in Japan. While there is wide agreement that innovation is a key determinant for growth of firms, there are few stud…
This open access book examines a particular factor in the enduring international success of German companies. Beyond industrial specialization, peaceful labor relations, local financial markets and the “miracle of the Mittelstand”, it focuses on a characteristic aspect of governance within the German economy: The Chambers of commerce and industry. Important characteristics of the Chamber sy…
This book is a one-stop reference for practitioners and academics in finance, business and economics, providing a holistic reference to the international agriculture business. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, looking at the issues, opportunities and investable themes in the global agricultural space, combining research and practical tools.
Often it is useful to compose a consumer profile to give the abstract idea of a ‘‘target consumer’’ a face and a personality Advertising Budget ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SMALL BUSINESS 17 that can then be used to shape the advertising message. 2. What media type will be most useful in reaching the target consumer? 3. What is required to get the target consumer to purchase the product? Does the …
How engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries attempt to reconcile competing domains of public accountability. The growing movement toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) urges corporations to promote the well-being of people and the planet rather than the sole pursuit of profit. In Extracting Accountability, Jessica Smith investigates how the public accountability of corporation…
This book examines the interconnectedness of the species extinction crisis, biodiversity loss, and the global economic and financial systems. The author explains that business activities, financial markets, investments, accounting, and corporate governance contribute to environmental degradation but can also be part of the solution to biodiversity conservation. The book offers various framework…