Core Values and Decision-Making for Sustainable Business

An International Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-78360-9
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 251 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 557 g

Reihe: Sustainable Business Development

This open access volume discusses the core values and decision-making for sustainable business in general, and includes research findings and country cases on addressing challenges. It emphasizes the importance of adapting products or services to local needs, considering cultural differences and sustainability. Some of the chapters address questions related to improving sustainability in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and cover circular economy and responsible consumption. Others look at the normative framework conditions for business development; sustainability in supply chains; the involvement of stakeholders and their influence on market presence; entrepreneurial decision-making for sustainability; and approaches to teaching international and sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship. The volume sheds light on the pivotal role MSMEs play in shaping a sustainable future and is written for researchers, practitioners, and students working on related topics. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Verkuil, Arie Hans

Milow, Uta

Hinz, Andreas

Al-Kilani, Mahmoud

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Transforming global challenges into opportunities for sustainable entrepreneurship.- Core values of sustainable business decision making.- Sustainability in SMEs what core values are really important.- Core Values of Sustainable Innovation in Indonesian SMEs.- Innovative Marketing Strategy for Green Products in Search of Better Customer Acquisition.- An international view on sustainable business development country studies.- The Influence of Incentive Alignment, Cost Sharing, and Responsible Action Scenario to Agriculture Supply Chain Performance in an Indonesian Study.- From Values to Practice Evaluating the Intention of Indian MSMEs to Adopt Sustainable Business Practices.- Stakeholder Involvement to Foster Sustainable Business Practices in Indonesian MSMEs.- Barriers to Business Model Innovation Insights from SMEs in Switzerland.- Integrated Approach to Internationalization in Higher Education.- Second-hand Luxury for Generations Y and Z Embracing Responsible Consumption or Hunting for Luxury Brand Treasures An Analysis from France Using the Theory of Planned Behavior.- Circular economy in practice the benefits of collaboration for securing material flow in a US study.- Final thoughts Entrepreneurship challenges in a demanding political and economic ecosystem.

Über Autor(innen)

Arie Hans Verkuil is a theologian and holds a doctorate in business ethics from the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He has a postgraduate degree in nonprofit management from the Institute for Association, Foundation and Cooperative Management (VMI) at the University of Fribourg, and Swiss Postgraduate Studies in Human Resource Management (SNP). He is a lecturer in management, mindful leadership, and ethics at the School of Business, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, and heads the Institute for Corporate Management there. He was a strategic advisor to the Swiss Federal Administration for many years. He is a member of various scientific advisory boards of South-East-Asian Universities.

Uta Milow is a lecturer and researcher of economics at FHNW with a research focus on sustainable and international entrepreneurship. She attended the University of Mannheim, Germany, and the University of Oregon, USA. After finishing a master’s degree in economics, she continued her studies with a PhD-program in Economics at Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Germany. She participated in an interdisciplinary postgraduate research program on European integration (political science, law, and economics). Since 2000 she has been a lecturer at the School of Business FHNW. She is head of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs at the School of Business, FHNW, and is responsible for all executive education programs of the Institute of Management, FHNW.

Andreas Hinz is Program Manager of the Swiss-Asian MBA and of the MBA-MCI programme, Ho Chi Minh City/Vietnam, at the School of Business, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, business model innovation, startup incubation, startup competitions in Switzerland and Asia, and digital transformation. His current research projects are on startup incubators for refugees, digitalization and smart service portals of public organizations, and in-vitro diagnostics / e-Health.

Mahmoud Al-Kilani is at the School of Business, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. He has a PhD from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, and has a postgraduate degree in teaching and learning in higher education. His research focus is on business model innovation, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems, business start-ups, and sustainability. He is involved in various projects, on the landscape of intangible reporting, which is a joint project of KPMG and the International Association for Accounting Education & Research; and on social innovation hubs in the Middle East.