Overview
- Discusses the economics and financial literature and the changes necessary to explain who, how, and why sustainability is a growing phenomenon in business and investing
- Provide researchers with a theoretical basis to approach research questions on sustainability
- Showcases corporate or business implementation strategies
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About this book
This book provides an approach to sustainable decision-making rooted in financial and economic literature. Financial economic techniques have the power to frame the discussion of sustainability to explain who, how, and why sustainability is a growing phenomenon in business and investing. Financial concepts in a sustainable framework provide a theoretical basis to approach research and business questions on sustainability. The framework provides for a better understanding of the different definitions of sustainability and the role those differences have on decisions that will lead to the future of sustainable business. A future which relies on growth driven by expanding its markets’ reach (demographics), its innovation or creation of new products, and its capital structure (leverage). Third party certification and governmental regulation become the constraints on that growth as well as the proof of sustainable growth. Finally, the ability and methods for investors to support sustainable growth is addressed in a modern portfolio theory analysis.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
David Hobson Myers is an associate teaching professor at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business, where he has taught Investments, Valuation, and Sustainability in Business. His research and teaching interests are centered on asset pricing and sustainable investing. Prior to joining the D'Amore-McKim faculty in 2016, David taught at Lehigh University for 16 years. His industry experience includes working for Daiwa Securities and its investment management firm in Tokyo and New York, as well as working in investment consulting in New York, Tokyo, and Seattle.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainability in Business
Book Subtitle: A Financial Economics Analysis
Authors: David Hobson Myers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96604-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-96603-8Published: 02 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-96604-5Published: 01 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 107
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Financial Services, Development Economics, Economic Growth, Sustainable Development