New Age of Sustainable Capitalism: Business Models to Drive Growth and Social Change (Collection), ePub, The

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FT Press, May 2, 2013 - Business & Economics - 785 pages

A brand new collection of cutting-edge guides to sustainable capitalism

Translate sustainability and “base of the pyramid” strategies into real profits

It’s time for capitalism’s next reinvention. In the new Third Edition of his best-selling Capitalism at the Crossroads, Third Edition, Stuart L. Hart reveals tomorrow’s capitalism. He presents new case studies and practical strategies for building companies that are more sustainable, build deeper roots in their markets, play a central role in solving social and environmental problems – and are far more profitable. Hart helps you identify sustainable products and technologies that will drive urgently needed growth and help solve social and environmental problems at the same time. Drawing on his experience consulting with top companies and NGOs worldwide, he shows how to craft your optimal sustainability strategy, and overcome the pitfalls of traditional ‘greening’ approaches. This edition presents new and updated case studies from the US and beyond, demonstrating what’s working and what isn’t. It also guides business leaders in building an “infrastructure for sustainability” – one that can survive budgeting and boardrooms, recharging innovation and growth throughout your enterprise. Next, in the 5th Anniversary Edition of his classic The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid , C.K. Prahalad reveals all that’s been learned about competing and profiting “at the bottom of the pyramid.” Prahalad outlines the latest strategies and tactics that companies are utilizing to succeed in the developing world. He interviews innovative CEOs to discuss what they’ve learned from their own initiatives, including the Unilever business leader who’s built a billion-dollar business in India. You’ll find a new case study on Jaipur Rugs’ innovative new global supply chain; updates to earlier editions’ key cases; and up-to-the-minute information on key industries such as wireless, agribusiness, healthcare, consumer goods, and finance. Prahalad also offers an up-to-date assessment of the key questions his ideas raised: Is there truly a market? Is there scale? Is there profit? Is there innovation? Is this a global opportunity? Five years ago, executives could hope the answers to these questions would be positive. Now, as Prahalad demonstrates, they can be certain of it.

From the world-renowned experts in sustainable capitalism Stuart L. Hart and C.K. Prahalad

 

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Contents

Next Generation
About the Author
Al Gore Former Vice President of the United
Reinventing Capitalism for the PostCrisis
From Obligation to Opportunity
Worlds in Collision
The Sustainable Value Portfolio
Clean Technology and Creative Destruction
Price Performance
Hybrids
Scale of Operations
EcoFriendly
Is the BOP Different from Developed Markets?
Process Innovation
Deskilling of Work 8 Education of Customers
Designing for Hostile Infrastructure

Innovation from the BottomUp
Raising the Base of the Pyramid
Broadening the Corporate Bandwidth
Developing Native Capability
ReEmbedding Innovation Strategy
Building the Sustainable Global Enterprise
Looking Forward
Index
Progress During 2004
The Original Text of the Book
A Philosophy for Developing Products and Services for the
Twelve Principles of Innovation for BOP Markets
Making It Happen
Interfaces
Accessing the Customer
BOP Markets Essentially Allow Us to Challenge the Conventional Wisdom in Delivery of Products and Services
Products and Services for the
The Ecosystem for Wealth Creation
CEO Reactions to the Concept and the Book
Doing Good Doing Well
The Maastricht
Acumen Fund
CEMEXs Progress
Annex
Iodized Salt Annapurna Salt
Copyright

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About the author (2013)

Stuart L. Hart is the Samuel C. Johnson Chair in Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management. He also serves as Distinguished Fellow at the William Davidson Institute (University of Michigan) and is Founder and President of Enterprise for a Sustainable World. Hart is one of the world’s top authorities on the implications of environment and poverty for business strategy. He has published more than 70 papers and authored or edited seven books with over 5,000 Google Scholar citations in all. His article “Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World” won the McKinsey Award for Best Article in the Harvard Business Review for 1997 and helped launch the movement for corporate sustainability. C.K. Prahalad was Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy at the University of Michigan Business School. He was a globally recognized business consultant who has worked with senior management at many of the world’s top companies. His groundbreaking article The End of Corporate Imperialism, won the 1998 McKinsey Prize as the year’s best Harvard Business Review article. With Professor Stuart L. Hart, he co-authored a seminal working paper The Strategies for the Bottom of the Pyramid, which provided the first articulation of how business could profitably serve the needs of the four billion poor in the developing world. Prahalad was named the most influential management thinker alive by Thinkers 50 in 2007 and 2009.

Bibliographic information

TitleNew Age of Sustainable Capitalism: Business Models to Drive Growth and Social Change (Collection), ePub, The
AuthorsStuart L. Hart, C.K. Prahalad
PublisherFT Press, 2013
ISBN0133445526, 9780133445527
Length785 pages
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