Includes bibliographical references and index. Stead, J. G., & Stead, W. E. (2014). Sustainable strategic management (2nd ed.). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.

The emergence of sustainable strategic management -- In search of sustainability -- Environmental analysis for sustainable strategic management -- SSM resource assessment -- SSM competitive level strategies -- SSM corporate level strategy -- Choosing and implementing SSM strategies -- Organizational governance and strategic leadership in SSM

The book covers the full gamut of strategic management concepts and processes that would be expected in any quality strategic management book, and it does so in a way that thoroughly weaves sustainability into each and every one of them. Students using this book understand such things as: why reducing materials and energy intensity is an effective functional-level strategy, why socially differentiated products command premium prices, and why a business ecosystem pursuing a vision of social and ecological responsibility can dominate its market.