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The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment
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The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment

Edited by Pratima Bansal, Andrew J. Hoffman

Abstract

Environmental issues now loom large on the social, political, and business agenda. Over the past four decades, corporate environmentalism has emerged and been constantly redefined, from regulatory compliance to more recent management conceptions such as pollution prevention, total quality environmental management, industrial ecology, life cycle analysis, environmental strategy, environmental justice, and, most recently, sustainable development. As a result, understanding the intersection of business activity and environmental protection has become increasingly complex, and there has emerged a focus in academic research on business decision-making, firm behavior, and the protection of the natural environment. This book reviews the state of the field as it grows into a mature area of study within management science, its achievements, and its future avenues of research. It brings together original contributions in the field along several lines of enquiry. The first six sections focus on disciplines as delineated in contemporary business schools: business strategy; policy and non-market strategies; organizational theory and behavior; operations and technology; marketing; and accounting and finance. The seventh reviews emergent and associated perspectives, whilst a concluding section discusses the future outlook for research.

Keywords: corporate environmentalism, regulatory compliance, pollution prevention, environmental management, industrial ecology, life cycle analysis, environmental strategy, environmental justice, sustainable development, environmental protection

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Editors

Pratima Bansal, editor
Pratima Bansal is Professor in the Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. She also directs Ivey's Centre for Building Sustainable Value and is the Executive Director of the Network for Business Sustainability.

Andrew J. Hoffman, editor
Andrew J. Hoffman is Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise with joint appointments in the Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan. He also serves as Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise.


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