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Frugal value : designing business for a crowded planet / Carina Millstone

Author
Millstone, Carina, 1981-
Published
New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
viii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 The Crowded Planet -- 1. The economy-in-Planet -- 2. The transition to the economy-in-Planet -- pt. 2 Products and services -- 3. The purpose and design of products -- 4. Properties of efficient and sufficient products -- pt. 3 Activities and business models -- 5. Product stewardship -- 6. Product access -- pt. 4 Operations and supply chains -- 7. The case for proximity and appropriate scale -- 8. The case for worker-centredness -- pt. 5 Ownership structure, financing and legal form -- 9. The problem with shareholdership in the legacy economy -- 10. Ownership by workers, beneficiaries and investors -- pt. 6 The purpose, scope and limits of business -- 11. Profit, financial and worthwhile -- 12. Lifestyle creation, through business or otherwise.
Summary
Frugal value contests the notion that companies can rise to the great challenges of our time by adopting so-called "sustainable business" practices. Instead, the acute ecological crisis requires an all-round rethink of what business does, and how it does it. This book explores what business responsibility looks like today, ranging from new approaches to product design and business models to reconfiguration of operations and innovative ownership structures.
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ISBN
9781783533381 (pbk.)
1783533382 (pbk.)
9781783533886 (hbk.)
1783533889 (hbk.)
Note
DIST. FOR GREENLEAF.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-202).
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Fred Boucke Memorial Library Fund; 2017
Endowment Note
Fred Boucke Memorial Library Fund
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