Bringing Business on Board

To accomplish the goal of sustainable development, emerging business leaders must be taught its principles at an early stage in their education. This book, a special issue of the Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, provides a comprehensive guide to sustainable development for business school students at both the senior and MBA levels. Contributors are from the academic and business communities in North America, Asia, and Europe. The book has four parts: eight overview pieces to introduce the basic concepts of sustainable development; ten discipline-based chapters (including Finance, Strategic Management and Organizational Behaviour, Marketing, Accounting/Management Information Systems, Environmental Law, Urban Land Economics, and Transportation); thirteen case studies drawing on industry experience and expertise; and four country/regional studies examining the specific issues and challenges facing several countries and regional blocs.