Operationalizing Sustainability (Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management) - Hardcover

This book focuses on the emergence of the "science of sustainability" and the key concepts in making sustainability operational in an organization. The authors discuss the methods, techniques and tools needed to manage the impact of sustainability and how these can be reformulated into business models and solutions for new growth and applications. They then move onto the reformulation of future thinking processes before ending by looking towards an approach for the measurement of sustainability and competitiveness.

Pierre MASSOTTE, Pri. Docent, has long worked for IBM in Quality then Advanced Technologies, then as scientific director in EMEA Manufacturing, to improve European Manufacturing plants and Development Laboratories competitivity. Lately, he joined "Ecole des Mines d'Al s" as Deputy Director within the N mes EMA Laboratory. His research and development topics are related to complexity, self-organization, and issues on business competitiveness and sustainability in global companies. He is the co-author of several books in production systems management. He is now involved, as senior consultant, in various 'inclusive society' projects. Dr. Ing. Patrick CORSI is an international consultant specialized in breakthrough design innovation. After an engineering and managerial career in industry with IBM Corp., IBM France, SYSECA/THOMSON-CSF and a successful start-up in artificial intelligence, he was a Project Officer at the European Commission, specializing in R&D projects in advanced technologies. He is an ex-Associate Professor, a serial business books and eBooks author and a professional speaker, and an Asssociate Practitoiner with Mines ParisTech for implementing and fielding C-K design innovation theory for clients.