Dietmar Ernst & Ulrich Sailer 
Sustainable Business Management 

This comprehensive textbook gives an insight into all relevant aspects of business administration, as they are all subject to fundamental changes due to the transformation to a more sustainable economy. It starts with the background on sustainability and the scientific classification of sustainable business administration. Next, it sheds light on the boundary conditions regarding environmental economics and social responsibility. The next section deals with management functions, from strategy and international management to change management, legal implications and HR management. The last part focuses on value creation. Here, the authors shed light on the influence of sustainability in all areas of the corporate value chain, from procurement on to production and ending with marketing and sales. Also addressed are expert functions such as environmental management or sustainable product design, which are essential in driving sustainable innovation in a dynamically changing environment.

Table of Content

1. Sustainable Business Management
2. Sustainability – An Introduction
3. Economic Perspective and Environmental Economics
4. Social Responsibility: From Profit to the Common Good – and Back Again
5. Understanding Transformation
6. Strategic Sustainability Management
7. Agile Leadership
8. Legal Foundations of Responsible Corporate Governance
9. Corporate Compliance
10. International Management and Sustainability
11. Integral Management – New Perspectives for Sustainable Development
12. Marketing and Sustainability
13. Sustainable Procurement and Logistics Management
14. Sustainable Production
15. Sustainable Product Management
16. Sustainable Innovation Management
17. Sustainability Controlling
18. Sustainability – Disclosure and Audit
19. Sustainable Financial Management
20. Sustainable Investing
21. Operational Environmental Management
22. Enterprise Future: A Utopian Retrospective Back from the Year 2050

About the author

Prof. Dr. Dr. Dietmar Ernst lehrt Corporate Finance an der European School of Finance der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt (Hf WU) in Nürtingen.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sailer lehrt an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt in Nürtingen. Er leitet den Masterstudiengang Controlling und beschäftigt sich insbesondere mit Controlling, Nachhaltigkeit und Komplexität.
Prof. Dr. Robert Gabriel lehrt Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung an der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt in Nürtingen und hat über 100 internationale Unternehmen bei der Entwicklung und Umsetzung ihrer Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien unterstützt.