Creating macro actors for sustainable development
Research indicates that many innovations and social change initiatives fail to achieve their goals. One of the reasons they fail is because leaders lack an effective methodology that effectively...
View ArticlePositive design and construction of mechanisms for the sustainable...
Enterprise development and its contribution to societal and economic outcomes are well known. However, limited research into microenterprises and the practices of microfinance and microcredit in...
View ArticleSustainability and impact of microfinance institutions: A case study of...
Microfinance is an effective tool for poverty alleviation. The sustainability of microfinance institutions is essential to create desired social impact. The chapter provides insight into how...
View ArticleSocial entrepreneurship: A model for sustainable value creation
“Business as usual” has come under heavy scrutiny. The financial crisis has caused many to question the basic premises of the current business system. In the following chapter, I will examine how...
View ArticleAppreciative intelligence in action – A case study of sustainable value...
For decades, the Altiplano farmers of Bolivia had been marginalized by the remoteness of their home and exploitation by the private sector and injustices inflicted by the government. The notion that...
View ArticleSustainability and Organizational change: employees' Perspective on the case...
This case is based on 30 interviews with participants in a seven-year sustainability project at a leading North American manufacturer. The project enhanced financial value and positively impacted the...
View ArticleTwo inquiry-based approaches to sustainable value: Positive design and...
Because it involves the interests of multiple stakeholders, sustainable value is a “wicked problem” that evades definitive formulation and clear solutions. Traditional approaches to problem-solving...
View ArticleThe art museum as laboratory for reimagining a sustainable future
The ability to imagine our world being arranged along different lines is the first step to achieving sustainability. This skill comes particularly easily to artists and designers, who have been trained...
View ArticleThe generative potential of participatory geographic information systems
An expanded perspective on information system design paradigms reveals that information systems (IS) have a generative capacity that enables reframing and recasting reality based upon alternative...
View ArticleForms of government and systemic sustainability: A positive design approach...
In order for an information system (IS) to be sustainable, it must create value for its shareholders and for the society at large. We believe it is both possible and recommended that systems designers...
View ArticleStewardship design principles: learning from living systems (BIRDS) to...
Systems theory and open systems principles trace their origins to the life sciences. Our observations of living systems also inform the design and management of sustainable communities and...
View ArticleThe road to Sustainable Value: The path-dependent construction of sustainable...
Sustainable innovation is not only about the design of radical “green” technologies, it is also about generating social and institutional support that complement and reinforce the adoption and...
View ArticleA whole new value: Driving innovation, sustainability, and prosperity through...
From Michael Porter (Porter & Kramer, 2006) to Glamour magazine (Sole-Smith, 2009), many are advocating alignment of social benefit and competitive advantage. As natural resources continue to...
View ArticleBridging design and management for sustainability: Epistemological problems...
This chapter considers problems and opportunities for design and management to contribute to creating a sustainable world. We consider the epistemology of two discourses bridging design and management,...
View ArticleDesigning a positive image: corporate branding and Social responsibility
Corporate branding has broadened its reach to include delivering the brand's promise to the full range of organizational stakeholders both inside and outside the firm. In turn, new approaches to...
View ArticleCreating sustainable value: A strength-based whole system approach
We provide seven steps to integrating sustainability into strategy and operations. The process is designed to enable business leaders to reframe sustainability as a source of value creation using a...
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