Sustainable Development - a special strategic management issue E-Book

Thomas Hollwedel

• Herausgeber: GRIN Verlag
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2004

Beschreibung

Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1.0 (A), University of Dusseldorf "Heinrich Heine" (Department for Economics, Production), course: Strategic Management - a process and its practical implementation, language: English, abstract: This paper is divided in three major parts. In the first one a definition of “sustainable development” and an overview about it’s history and importance will be given before part two (chapter 3) will follow with the consequences and importance sustainable development has for business. In the third part (chapter 4) the author will give an idea how sustainable development and strategic management can be linked. Finally the author will draw a brief conclusion. To have a common understanding throughout the text one of the most popular definition will be given. It’s taken from the report “Our Common Future” published 1987 by the WCED better known as the “Brundtland-Commision”: “