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| Author | : Peter Lacy |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2016-04-30 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1137530707 |
Waste to Wealth proves that 'green' and 'growth' need not be binary alternatives. The book examines five new business models that provide circular growth from deploying sustainable resources to the sharing economy before setting out what business leaders need to do to implement the models successfully.
| Author | : Diane Mulcahy |
| Publisher | : AMACOM |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2016-11-15 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0814437346 |
Today, most Americans are working in the gig economy--mixing together short-term jobs, contract work, and freelance assignments. Learn how to embrace the independent and self-sufficient world of freelance! The Gig Economy is your guide to this uncertain but ultimately rewarding world. Packed with research, exercises, and anecdotes, this eye-opening book supplies strategies--ranging from the professional to the personal--to help you leverage your skills, knowledge, and network to create your own career trajectory. In this book, you will learn how to: Construct a life based on your priorities and vision of success Cultivate connections without networking Create your own security Build flexibility into your financial life Face your fears by reducing risk Corporate jobs are not only unstable--they’re increasingly scarce. It’s time to take charge of your own career and lead the life you want, one immune to the impulsive whims of an employer looking only at today’s bottom line. Start mapping out your place in the gig economy today!
| Author | : Raphael J Heffron |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 2022-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 3030894606 |
The ambition of most countries across the world is to develop a low-carbon economy, evidenced by the fact that the vast majority of countries have signed the Paris COP21 agreement. This book contends that this global societal transition to a low-carbon economy must be just. As such, it will be an invaluable and accessible reference for scholars from all research disciplines who aim in their research to see a fairer, more equitable and inclusive world where sustainability is at the fore and climate targets are achieved. This is the first in-depth and original analysis to explore the central importance of law in achieving a just transition to a low-carbon economy. In addition, it advances the JUST framework, a unique framework for assessing the just transition. This important research and theoretical tool provides a practical perspective as it ensures the geographical space and timelines of development are factored into analysis. The research also provides analysis on the just transition movement around the world and the influence of international institutions. Through several case studies on Just Transition Commissions and Critical Mineral Development, the book details and demonstrates key elements of justice, including distributive, procedural, restorative, recognition, and cosmopolitan justice. It is clear from the analysis that while these are vast areas for analysis, if applied in practice, they all centrally contribute to ensuring society will advance in achieving a just transition to a low-carbon economy.
| Author | : Robert U. Ayres |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 387 |
| Release | : 2014-05-30 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0262027437 |
Why the global economy has become increasingly unstable, and how financial “de-carbonization” could break the pattern of bubble-driven wealth destruction. The global economy has become increasingly, perhaps chronically, unstable. Since 2008, we have heard about the housing bubble, subprime mortgages, banks “too big to fail,” financial regulation (or the lack of it), and the European debt crisis. Wall Street has discovered that it is more profitable to make money from other people's money than by investing in the real economy, which has limited access to capital—resulting in slow growth and rising inequality. What we haven't heard much about is the role of natural resources—energy in particular—as drivers of economic growth, or the connection of “global warming” to the economic crisis. In The Bubble Economy, Robert Ayres—an economist and physicist—connects economic instability to the economics of energy. Ayres describes, among other things, the roots of our bubble economy (including the divergent influences of Senator Carter Glass—of the Glass-Steagall Law—and Ayn Rand); the role of energy in the economy, from the “oil shocks” of 1971 and 1981 through the Iraq wars; the early history of bubbles and busts; the end of Glass-Steagall; climate change; and the failures of austerity. Finally, Ayres offers a new approach to trigger economic growth. The rising price of fossil fuels (notwithstanding “fracking”) suggests that renewable energy will become increasingly profitable. Ayres argues that government should redirect private savings and global finance away from home ownership and toward “de-carbonization”—investment in renewables and efficiency. Large-scale investment in sustainability will achieve a trifecta: lowering greenhouse gas emissions, stimulating innovation-based economic growth and employment, and offering long-term investment opportunities that do not depend on risky gambling strategies with derivatives.
| Author | : Patti, Sebastiano |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2019-10-11 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1522595643 |
Sustainable development remains a significant issue in a globalized world requiring new economic standards and practices for the betterment of the environment as well as the world economy. However, sustainable economics must manage environmental solutions to issues on multiple levels and within various disciplines. There is a need for studies that seek to understand how environmental economics and governance within small and large sectors affect the capability and wellbeing of the global economy. Advanced Integrated Approaches to Environmental Economics and Policy: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential publication that focuses on the strategic role of environmental issues within the global economy. While highlighting topics such as complementary currency, reusable waste, and urban planning, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, environmental lawyers, economists, sociologists, politicians, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on increasing an organization’s sustainable performance at both public and private levels.
| Author | : Martin Sandbu |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2020-06-16 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0691204527 |
"This is a proposal for a short book (of around 50,000 words) that speaks directly to the state we are in. The populist insurgency on both sides of the Atlantic and in Europe has deep roots in decades of mismanagement of economic and cultural change and as a result there are large groups of people who feel they no longer belong to the societies they live in, the disinfranchised, the left behind. The appeal of the anti-liberal populists who have emerged is that they convince those who feel left behind that national leaders are no longer working in their interests hence the rhetoric of 'putting America first' and 'making America great again' or the Brexiteers claining that they are 'taking back control.' In undemocractic regimes elsewhere populists play on people's feelings of insecurity in an unpredictable and fast changing world, promising security and order in exchange for democratic freedom. Liberal openness has been put on the defensive so it is up to us, electorates, politicians and policy makers, to show how an open and liberal economic system can once again belong to everyone. In the second part of the book Martin Sandbu outlines four key areas of economic policy that he believes will address not just the symptoms but the underlying causes of the current inequality which has led to so many people, especially the young and the most vulnerable being left behind. These include productivity, regional development, improved access to business finance for SMEs, and increaed representation for workers. He makes a number of other recommendaitons regarding housing, education for all, universal basic income and taxation. He concludes by saying that while these proposals add up to a radical package in total they are necessary reforms to ensure a sense of belonging and without them we could be opening the door to a radicalism which is both illiberal and undemocratic"--
| Author | : Liz . Crawford |
| Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2012-04-20 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0071787186 |
GET READY FOR THE AGE OF SHOPPER MARKETING Consumers today are armed with a wealth of content--price comparisons, reviews, and even online inventory data--and this is good news for marketers, because these tools empower consumers, making them into shoppers who are more willing than ever to interact with your brand . . . but for a price. The value of these shoppers' attention is soaring, and The Shopper Economy gives you the framework for capturing and monetizing this valuable commodity. Liz Crawford, a leading marketing innovator and consumer behavior analyst, gives a fast-paced and comprehensive look at how the unprecedented availability of information is a boon to brands, because it lets shoppers perform the labor of marketing when they watch and share ads, recommend products, and interact with brands and each other. Crawford presents interviews with marketers and shoppers, and case studies of how brands like 7-Eleven, Carnival Cruises, and Kia are using Shopkick, foursquare, and other platforms to stay ahead of accelerating changes in consumer empowerment by encouraging and rewarding everyday activities--entering a store, messaging, recommending, "Liking," playing, and more. From these examples you will learn how to Accurately measure and assess the value of shoppers' activities Translate the four key shopper behaviors--attention, participation, advocacy, and loyalty--into "Shopper Currency," real and virtual rewards that have measurable value to buyers and sellers Improve your business's ROI in shopper marketing by avoiding activity-foractivity's- sake and other common pitfalls Align your brand more seamlessly with your shoppers' own personal "brands" The Shopper Economy provides you with a high-level strategy that makes every shopper interaction a valuable transaction. It offers invaluable insights about today's rapidly evolving marketing landscape and proven solutions for how your brand can turn "path-to-purchase" models and consumer reward programs into lasting and profitable relationships with shoppers everywhere. PRAISE FOR THE SHOPPER ECONOMY "Every ten years, Consumer Marketing reinvents itself. If the 1990s were about Category Management, Shopper Insights has been the driver of the moment. Liz Crawford deconstructs the movement with precision." -- Paco Underhill, CEO Envirosell Inc., and author of Why We Buy “"A fascinating account of the present and future direction of marketing to shoppers. It is a brave new world that Liz Crawford writes about with real clarity. Her book is a bright door to the future." -- Herb Sorensen, PhD, Global Scientific Advisor, TNS Global Retail & Shopper Practice, and author of Inside the Mind of the Shopper "If you want to understand how to motivate shoppers and leverage the new shopper currency--behavior--you need to read this book. Liz Crawford details shopper behaviors, old and new, and provides a road map for brands that need to meet marketing and sales goals in an unbelievably complex shopping environment." -- Al McClain, CEO and founder, RetailWire.com "A refreshing and thought-provoking exploration of today's dynamic, highly digital consumer market place. I highly recommend [that] anyone who thinks they know something about shopper marketing or wants to think about it a bit more out of the box read this book and take Liz Crawford's advice to heart." -- Dan Flint, PhD, director, University of Tennessee Shopper Marketing Forum
| Author | : Richard P. Appelbaum |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 343 |
| Release | : 2016-06-14 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 150170334X |
The world was shocked in April 2013 when more than 1100 garment workers lost their lives in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka. It was the worst industrial tragedy in the two-hundred-year history of mass apparel manufacture. This so-called accident was, in fact, just waiting to happen, and not merely because of the corruption and exploitation of workers so common in the garment industry. In Achieving Workers' Rights in the Global Economy, Richard P. Appelbaum and Nelson Lichtenstein argue that such tragic events, as well as the low wages, poor working conditions, and voicelessness endemic to the vast majority of workers who labor in the export industries of the global South arise from the very nature of world trade and production. Given their enormous power to squeeze prices and wages, northern brands and retailers today occupy the commanding heights of global capitalism. Retail-dominated supply chains—such as those with Walmart, Apple, and Nike at their heads—generate at least half of all world trade and include hundreds of millions of workers at thousands of contract manufacturers from Shenzhen and Shanghai to Sao Paulo and San Pedro Sula. This book offers an incisive analysis of this pernicious system along with essays that outline a set of practical guides to its radical reform.
| Author | : Jonathan Haskel |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2018-10-16 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0691183295 |
Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source of long-term success. But this is not just a familiar story of the so-called new economy. Capitalism without Capital shows that the growing importance of intangible assets has also played a role in some of the larger economic changes of the past decade, including the growth in economic inequality and the stagnation of productivity. Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake explore the unusual economic characteristics of intangible investment and discuss how an economy rich in intangibles is fundamentally different from one based on tangibles. Capitalism without Capital concludes by outlining how managers, investors, and policymakers can exploit the characteristics of an intangible age to grow their businesses, portfolios, and economies.
| Author | : Rob Dietz |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0415820936 |
This powerful book sets out arguments and an agenda of policy proposals for achieving a sustainable and prosperous, but non-growing economy, also known as a steady-state economy. The authors describe a plan for solving the major social and environmental problems which face us today on a finite planet with a rapidly growing population.
