Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability 1st Edition

This cross-disciplinary business book develops insight into the management of businesses operating in various economic sectors that take a proactive approach to the triple dimension of sustainability (economic, social and environmental), positioning itself as a key reference for both academics and practitioners in the wide area of business management.

The concept of sustainability is today at the heart of international policies and debate, and plays a key role in deep changes to the organizational models of companies operating in a wide range of sectors of economic activity. In particular, this book aims to gain a deeper understanding of how stakeholder engagement can contribute to value co-creation both in the company and along the supply chain, and what distinguishes the differing involvement of stakeholders, in particular between public involvement and stakeholder participation. Each chapter of this book presents different modalities of stakeholder involvement and develops the concept of value co-creation from organizational and marketing perspectives.

This book is recommended reading for those interested in the fields of stakeholder engagement and theory, sustainability, business studies, and sustainable development.

S.M. Riad Shams is a lecturer at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK.

Demetris Vrontis is a Professor of Marketing and the Executive Dean of Distance Learning Unit at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

Yaakov Weber is a Professor in the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration at the College of Management, Israel.

Evangelos Tsoukatos is an Associate Professor in the School of Management and Economics at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece.

Antonino Galati is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences at the University of Palermo, Italy.