Sustainable Management of Luxury

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-981-10-2916-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 510 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 9044 g

Reihe: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes

As this book is the first book worldwide in the "sustainable" management of luxury area, it highlights key aspects in the sustainable management of luxury based on presentations using different approaches, whether reflexive, empirical, hands-on or applied theory and cases.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gardetti, Miguel Angel

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Produktionsmanagement, Qualitätskontrolle
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Textilverarbeitung und Faserverarbeitung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Sustainability and business management in luxury goods companies

Sustainable Value chain management

Use of (sustainable) materials in luxury and fashion

Sustainable production processes

Sustainable luxury and craftsmanship

Sustainable Luxury and consumption

Sustainable Luxury, innovation and design potential

Sustainable Luxury and entrepreneurship

Sustainable Luxury and Human Resources

Sustainable Luxury and responsible marketing

Sustainable Luxury and e-Commerce

Sustainable Luxury and Social Networks

New Business Models for Sustainable Luxury (including “inclusive” business in the luxury sector)

Über Autor(innen)

Miguel Angel Gardetti (Ph.D.) has been the head of the Center for Study of Corporate Sustainability (IESC) since its foundation in 2002. He also holds the same position at the Center for Study of Sustainable Luxury. He is head professor in MBA and master’s programs both in Argentina and abroad. He has provided training within frameworks of executive education and in house programmes to CEOs and Corporate Managers both from domestic and multinational companies in Argentina and Latin America.
As to Luxury and Sustainability, he was the founder and director of the IE Award for Sustainability in the Premium & Luxury Sectors (currently it is developing the sixth edition of this prize). Also –in this field and as co-editor- he developed several publications such as, for example, a special issue on "Sustainable Luxury" within the framework of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship; the book titled “Sustainable Luxury: Managing Social and Environmental Performance In Iconic Brands” and the two volumes of the “Handbook of Sustainable Luxury Textiles and Fashion” (Springer). For his contributions in this field, he was granted the “Sustainable Leadership Award,” an award granted by the Indian World CSR Congress, last February in Bombay (India.)

He was a member of the United Nations Global Compact Promoting Group in Argentina and a member of its governance body –the Board of the Argentine Chapter of The Global Compact- for two consecutive terms. He was co-founder of the Global Compact Chair in Argentina, and he was also part of the task force that developed the “Management Responsible Education Principles” of the United Nations Global Compact.
He has also coordinated tasks for the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation (private sector arm of the World Bank), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the United Nations (New York), and the World Resources Institute (USA).