1st Edition

Strategic Management and Sustainability Transitions Theory and Practice

By Michael Zhang Copyright 2024
280 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The subject of sustainability transitions has, in the past decade or so, become an established research field for academics, policy makers and practitioners alike. Conceptual and theoretical developments in the filed have gradually advanced from the perspectives of socio-technical systems and business models. Scholars contend that it is the interactions of the networks of actors, technologies,... Read more

Introduction

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Part I. Theoretical development

1. Ecosystems and human systems: A framework for exploring the linkages

Robert Costanza, Bobbi S. Low, Elinor Ostrom and James Wilson

2. Business model innovation for the circular economy: market, multi-stakeholder or circular vertical integration?

Peter Wells

3. Multi-stakeholder ecosystems for sustainability transitions

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Part II. Management practice

4. Managing the coal exit in a mining region – Strategic landscape design and niche management for a sustainable socio-technical regime in Lusatia

Matthias Tomenendal, Nizar Abdelkafi, Hans Rüdiger Lange and Herwig Winkler

5. Creating a better food system: Reinventing the way we grow food in cities

Yves Plourde

6. Sustainability transitions through electric vehicles: The relevance of network externalities

Moritz Berg and Dirk Holtbrügge

7. Sustainability transition dynamics of SMEs in a volatile emerging economy: A qualitative exploration

Faisal Shahzad and Ahmad Arslan

8. Stakeholders of sustainability transition: Interventions in energy and Bangladesh RMG industry

Sadril Shajahan, Sabrina Nourin, Md. Faizul Islam and Md. Abdullah Al Kaium

Conclusion

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Biography

Michael W. Zhang is Reader (Associate Professor) in International Strategy at the Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK.