TY - BOOK AU - Boons,Frank ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - Creating ecological value: an evolutionary approach to business strategies and the natural environment SN - 9781849801881 (e-book) AV - HD30.255 .B668 2009 U1 - 658.4/083 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Cheltenham, Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Industrial management KW - Environmental aspects KW - Social responsibility of business KW - Business planning KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index; ch. 1. How do firms create ecological value? -- ch. 2. Definitions of ecological value : patches of history -- ch. 3. Technological change and strategic perspectives -- ch. 4. Elements of strategic perspectives and the internal dynamics of firms -- ch. 5. Shaping strategic perspectives through resource networks -- ch. 6. The coffee PCS -- ch. 7. The automobile PCS -- ch. 8. An evolutionary approach towards the strategic perspectives of firms -- ch. 9. The future of creating ecological value N2 - Firms adopt a wide variety of ecological strategies, ranging from the development of innovative products with reduced environmental impact to lobbying against governmental attempts to set standards for the way in which firms deal with the natural environment. This book explores this variety and is the first to provide a coherent evolutionary approach to the ecological strategies of firms UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847209726.xml ER -