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Profits and sustainability : a history of green entrepreneurship /

Today we imagine green business to be a new thing. This book shows that it is not, and that there were green entrepreneurs who had huge concerns about environmental sustainability, and built businesses that they hoped could address these issues, including Whole Foods Market, Aveda, and The Body Shop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Geoffrey, 1952- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Business enterprises > Environmental aspects.
Entrepreneurship > Environmental aspects > History.
Business ethics > History.
Environmentalism > History.
Entreprises > Aspect de l'environnement.
Entrepreneuriat > Aspect de l'environnement > Histoire.
Morale des affaires > Histoire.
Environnementalisme > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Behavior.
Entrepreneurship > Environmental aspects
Business enterprises > Environmental aspects
Business ethics
Environmentalism
Nachhaltigkeit
Management
Entrepreneurship
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Today we imagine green business to be a new thing. This book shows that it is not, and that there were green entrepreneurs who had huge concerns about environmental sustainability, and built businesses that they hoped could address these issues, including Whole Foods Market, Aveda, and The Body Shop, among others.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 442 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0191016926
9780191016929
9780191840340
0191840343