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245 04 The natural advantage of nations :|bbusiness opportunities,
       innovation and governance in the 21st century /|cedited by
       Karlson 'Charlie' Hargroves and Michael H Smith. 
264  1 London ;|aSterling, VA :|bEarthscan,|c2006. 
300    xlviii, 527 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Originally published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 
       2005. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-512) and 
       index. 
505 00 SECTION 1: THE NEED FOR A NEW PARADIGM -- Chapter 1: 
       Natural Advantage of Nations -- i) Progress, 
       Competitiveness and Sustainability -- ii) Significant 
       potential for resource productivity improvements -- iii) 
       Creating competitive advantage of the firm -- iv) A 
       critical mass of enabling technologies -- v) Externalities
       : Who pays? -- vi) Benefits of valuing nature -- vii) 
       Implications and Benefits for Global Development -- 
       Chapter 2: Risks of inaction on sustainable development - 
       i) A Great Transition -- ii) A Sense of Urgency -- iii) 
       Declining Ecosystems: a new limiting factor for growth? --
       iv) Can we replicate nature’s services? -- Chapter 3: 
       Asking the right questions -- i) How should we measure 
       growth? -- ii) What is meant when we speak of 
       ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Sustainable Development’? Achieving 
       sustainable genuine progress or sustainable development --
       iii) Can we achieve no major trade-offs and win-win 
       opportunities? -- iv) How do nations measure progress? -- 
       v) How do we design for legacy? -- vi) Can we turn 
       ‘Vicious Cycles' into ‘Virtuous Loops’? -- Chapter 4: A 
       dynamic ‘Platform for Change’ -- i) Economic Policy: The 
       Broader Context -- The invisible hand -- Collaborative 
       approaches -- ii) Tripartite World -- iii) Whole of 
       Society Approach -- Importance of Capacity Building -- 
       Chapter 5: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally -- SECTION 2:
       NATURAL ADVANTAGE: A BUSINESS IMPERATIVE -- Chapter 6: 
       Natural advantage and the firm -- i) The changing nature 
       of competition -- ii) Achieving competitive advantage 
       through strategic positioning -- iii) What will be the 
       major driver of innovation in the 21st Century? -- Moving 
       Early to Exploit Structural Change -- iv) Why integrate 
       sustainable development into corporate strategy? -- 
       Downsizing: a strategy that no longer cuts it -- v) The 
       shifting nature of competition in emerging economies -- 
       vi) Additional Drivers for Sustainable Development -- 
       Achieving radical resource productivity -- New 
       opportunities for product differentiation -- vii) 
       Increasing profitability and minimizing risk (Porter¿s 5 
       Forces Model) -- Threats of New Entrants -- Threat of 
       substitute products or services -- Power of suppliers -- 
       Chapter 7: Innovation and competitiveness through Industry
       cluster development -- i) Cocoa Beans… and What Else? -- 
       Chapter 8: The political and social context: a sixth force
       on business? -- i) Consumer demand change: knowing your 
       market -- ii) Human Resources: attracting the best people 
       -- iii) Staying Ahead of Changes to Government Regulations
       -- Can market based mechanisms be designed to assist firms
       to achieve competitive advantage? -- Can regulation be 
       designed to assist firms to achieve competitive advantage?
       -- Raising the bar: independent certification schemes -- 
       iv) The Insurance Industry: responding to climate change -
       - v) The Finance Industry: a new paradigm in investment --
       The practice of ethical and socially responsible 
       investment -- Chapter 9: Accelerating the sustainability 
       revolution -- i) Overcoming short-termism -- Incentives 
       for Business Leaders -- Reform of fiduciary duty for 
       pension and superannuation funds trustees -- Environmental
       Management Accounting in Japan -- ii) Grounds for Change: 
       the exciting developments in firm level economics -- 
       Efficiency gains within firms under voluntary 
       environmental initiatives -- Chapter 10: Operationalising 
       Natural Advantage: Sustainability Helix -- SECTION 3: 
       ACHIEVING A NATURAL ADVANTAGE OF NATIONS -- Chapter 11: 
       The Role of Government -- The tragedy of the commons: 35 
       years on Government Mechanisms -- The regulatory measure 
       response -- Voluntary agreements: effectiveness analysis -
       tools, guidelines and checklists. -- Can regulation be 
       designed to improve competitiveness? -- From Clusters to 
       National Systems of Innovation -- Managing industry 
       transitions through waves of innovation -- Chapter 12: 
       Towards a deeper understanding -- i) Markets and 
       Efficiency -- What is a market? -- How do economists 
       define efficiency? -- The Classical Understanding -- 
       Perfect Complete Markets -- The Economics of Information  
       Financial Markets: what do they do and why they are 
       fragile -- Anti-Monopoly legislation: Competition Policy -
       ii) Challenges to Governments and Institutions -- 
       Attributes of policy problems in sustainability -- 
       Clarifying government, governance and institutions -- 
       Available scales of sustainability governance -- Scaling 
       responses -- Principles and elements of policy and 
       institutional reform -- Is there ‘credible commitment’ to 
       sustainabilty? -- iii) National Councils of Sustainable 
       Development -- Features of National Councils of 
       Sustainable Development -- Specific NCSDs as examples -- 
       NCSDs and international agreements -- General observations
       -- Chapter 13: Harnessing National Innovation for 
       Sustainability -- i) Practice makes perfect -- ii) 
       Innovation systems are part of today's development 
       paradigm -- The challenge to innovation systems -- iii) 
       The Dutch National Sustainable Technology Development - 
       Program -- iv) The Netherlands context -- v) Lessons from 
       the Dutch and other programmes -- vi) Concluding Remarks -
       - Chapter 14: Sustainability in the Wild West (State 
       Government) -- i) The Fremantle Declaration: ‘Passing the 
       Torch to the Regions’ -- ii) The Western Australian State 
       Sustainability Strategy: Is change happening? -- Process 
       for developing the strategy -- Public Engagement -- The 
       policy change process -- What have we learned? -- Chapter 
       15: Delivering sustainability through local action (Local 
       Government) -- i) A worldwide movement of Local 
       Governments -- ii) Sustainability Street: It’s a village 
       out there -- iii) Leadership in the Local Government 
       Sector - Working from inside out -- Sustainability 
       Leadership in the Local Government Sector -- Profile of 
       Sustainability Leadership -- ‘When everything is said and 
       done - more is said than Done’ -- Sector-Wide Action -- 
       Sustainability Advocacy in the Local Government Sector -- 
       SECTION 4: INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION ¿ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES -- 
       Chapter 16: Tomorrow's Mega Cities: How will they develop?
       -- i) Governance of Municipalities: A Snapshot of 
       Sustainable -- Development in China -- ii)  Megacities and
       urban rural development of the future -- The GOA 2100 
       Project: a breakthrough project from India -- Chapter 17: 
       Profitable Greenhouse Solutions -- i) Energy systems: 
       drivers for change -- Vulnerabilities in the energy system
       -- Threat of climate change -- Greenhouse solutions that 
       do not cost the earth -- An historic opportunity -- Issues
       identification -- Chapter 18: Greening the Built 
       Environment -- i) Building positive examples -- ii) The 
       significance of greening the building and development 
       industry -- iii) Perceived Barriers to Change -- 
       Informational Failure -- Market Failure -- Institutional 
       Failure -- iv) From Pioneers to Systemic Change - Cultural
       Reform -- Informational Reform -- Market Reform -- 
       Institutional Reform -- v) Rating Schemes -- vi) Design 
       Practice Reform -- Design process elements -- Residential 
       buildings -- The future in design approaches -- vii) 
       Summary -- Chapter 19: Sustainable Urban Transport -- i) 
       Economic impacts of transport choices are significant -- 
       Methodology of the Millennium Cities Database --  
       Characteristics of Urban Transport Systems -- Sustainable 
       transport systems --  The importance of urban form -- 
       Sustainable urban development -- Designing around the mind
       : understanding behaviour -- Civil society and business --
       Chapter 20: Water: Nature¿s Gold -- i) Key drivers for 
       change -- Rational for dams in the past -- Creating a 
       robust foundation and framework for water management -- 
       The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) -- Agreements
       on Water Policy -- The COAG communiqué to Develop a 
       National Water Initiative -- A robust separation framework
       -- Water Access Entitlements: Allocations and Use 
       Conditions - Conclusion -- SECTION 5: A NATIONAL 
       COLLABORATIVE APPROACH: THE BIGGER PICTURE ¿BUILDING 
       RESILIENCE -- Chapter 21: Integrated approaches to 
       sustainable consumption and cleaner production -- i) 
       Consumption and Low Impact Affluence -- ii) Patterns of 
       Consumption are a Global Issue -- iii) Policy Approaches 
       and Action -- iv) Industry attention and action -- Summary
       of Policy approaches for sustainable consumption -- v) 
       Strategies for the future -- Clarifying the focus for 
       action on consumption -- Developing better indicators -- 
       An alternative conceptual approach for describing systems 
       of production and consumption -- Enhancing the potential 
       of limited, localised actions -- Improving products and 
       services: the logical focus production and consumption -- 
       The overall strategic goal: leapfrog to new systems of 
       products and services -- Chapter 22: Changing hearts and 
       minds ¿ the role of education -- i) The Need for Critical 
       Literacies in sustainability -- ii) Sustainable 
       development in schools: adding value not load -- iii) Key 
       role of higher education and the professions -- Harnessing
       universities¿ research capacity -- Partnering with 
       professional bodies to build capacity -- iv) The power of 
       individuals -- Chapter 23: Achieving multi-stakeholder 
       engagement -- i) What is multi-stakeholder engagement? -- 
       Where does multi-stakeholder engagement fit in? -- Current
       Issues with multi-stakeholder processes -- Looking forward
       : Multi-stakeholder Process Design -- Engaging the spirit 
       -- ii) Introducing the Pyramid: a versatile process and 
       planning tool for accelerating sustainable development 
       through multi-stakeholder engagement -- What is the 
       ‘Pyramid’? -- How the Pyramid process works -- iii) 
       Building a Network around a Project: The Natural Edge 
       Project 
650  0 Sustainable development.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh92005743 
650  0 Economic development|xEnvironmental aspects.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001234 
650  0 Technological innovations|xEnvironmental aspects.|0https:/
       /id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009102990 
650  0 Business enterprises|xEnvironmental aspects.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009117984 
650  0 Environmental policy|xInternational cooperation.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102563 
650  0 Environmental protection|xInternational cooperation.
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650  0 Sustainable development|xInternational cooperation.|0https
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650  7 Sustainable development.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/1139731 
650  7 Economic development|xEnvironmental aspects.|2fast|0https:
       //id.worldcat.org/fast/901808 
650  7 Technological innovations|xEnvironmental aspects.|2fast
       |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1145021 
650  7 Business enterprises|xEnvironmental aspects.|2fast|0https:
       //id.worldcat.org/fast/842556 
650  7 Environmental policy|xInternational cooperation.|2fast
       |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/913284 
650  7 Environmental protection|xInternational cooperation.|2fast
       |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/913367 
650  7 Sustainable development|xInternational cooperation.|2fast
       |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1139747 
700 1  Hargroves, Karlson,|d1974-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities
       /names/n2004105013 
700 1  Smith, Michael H.,|d1969-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/no2005051805 
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