Sustainable Transformation and Well-being (eBook, PDF)

The Role of Business for Individual and Collective Flourishing
Redaktion: Mühlböck, Marisa

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In an era of undeniable human impact on the planet, can business drive sustainable development and enhance well-being for all? This book explores the evolving concept of well-being through a transdisciplinary lens, bridging sustainability, business, and collective flourishing. It examines the business sector's transformative role in promoting well-being through sustainable practices.

Featuring insights from diverse disciplines and cultures, the book provides case studies, strategies, and resources for entrepreneurs and managers to achieve well-being in work and life. With contributions from leading scientists, it maps the current landscape, identifies gaps, and sparks new research on linking individual, societal, and planetary well-being.

A must-read for those seeking to understand how business can foster a sustainable, well-being-driven future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031755668
• Artikelnr.: 73674331

Autorenporträt

Dr. Marisa Mühlböck holds a doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences. She is a Research Country Co-Lead for the Inner Development Goals Initiative (IDGs), focused on advancing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. She also served as a founding board member of the Verband für Gemeinnütziges Stiften, Austria's first association for charitable foundations. Her research focuses on sustainability, sustainable entrepreneurship, and well-being.  

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Entering an New Paradigm: Exploring Thoughts and Concepts for a New Role of Business in the Context of Sustainable Transformation and Well-being.- 1. The Art of Transformation: How We Can Simultaneously Adapt to and Change the World.- 2. The Present of an Ancient Notion: Eudaimonic Well-Being as a Concept for Sustainable Entrepreneurs?.- 3. How Purpose Drives Sustainable Business Transformation and Wellbeing: Practical Wisdom of Taoism.- 4. Centennial Companies in Japan: Ethical Strategies for Sustainability and Well-being.- Transitional Chapter I.- 5. Paying Tribute to the Complexity of Human Beings: A Business Narrative Harmonizing the Well-being of Individuals and Society.- Part II: Fields of Application for Sustainable Business Transformation and Well-being.- 6. Philosophy as a Resource for Sustainable Business Transformation and Entrepreneurs' Well-being.- 7. The Zen of Music: On the Energetics of Music as a Source of Personal Well-being.- 8. The Workplace as a Challenge and a Resource for Adult Development.- 9. Cornerstones of the School of the 21st Century in the Context of Sustainability and Well-being.- 10. Impactful Ventures, Burned-out Founders? Insights from two Studies of Social Entrepreneurs.- 11. Understanding the Nuances of Women-owned Businesses in Emerging and Developing Economies.- 12. The Phenomenon of Family Businesses - a Cross-generational Commitment to Sustainability: Attitudes and Values of the Successive Generation in Family Businesses in the Case of Austria.- 13. How to Achieve a Wellbeing Economy from Macro to Micro.- 14. Eudaimonic Well-being: A Foundation for Public Administration Systems Fit to Build a Sustainable Future.- 15. The Philanthropic Sector Creating Momentum for a Sustainable Transformation and the Well-being of Changemakers.- Transitional Chapter II.- 16. Teaching and Implementing Ethics for Well-being in Business: A Field Report.- Part III: Real-life stories: Individual Experience and Subjective Perception in the Context of Sustainable Business Transformation and Well-being.- 17. The Skull in our Suitcase: What we Can Learn from Zen in Challenging Moments.- 18. From Paragliding in the Himalayas to Finding Purpose in Unleashing Women's Full Potential: A Personal Report.- 19. If I Can Really Make an Impact, Then my Life Has Been a Success: A Personal Report on the Transformation of a Company and an Individual.- 20. Lessons from a Wasp Sting: A Plea for Inner Development in order to Change the World for the Better.- Concluding Chapter.- 21. A Transdisciplinary Economy for Individual and Collective Well-being: Starting a Scientific Journey in Economics and Management Science.