4 Developing Sustainability in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Prospects and Potential

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. New Century Ideas and Sustainable Production 3
5. Sustainable Production and Its Context
6. From Eco-efficiency to Eco-effectiveness: Private Sector Practices for Sustainable Production 27
7. Policy Instruments and Sustainable Production: Toward Foresight without Foreclosure 42
8. The Knowledge-Based Economy, Social Capital, and Product Design
9. Developing Sustainability in the Knowledge-Based Economy: Prospects and Potential 67
10. Sustainability, Social Capital, and the Canadian ICT Sector 83
11. Innovation, Architecture, and the Changing Role of Design Professionals: Assessing the Ford Model U 112
12. External and Internal Drivers of Sustainable Production
13. Collaborative Public Policy for Sustainable Production: A Broad Agenda and a Modest Proposal 131
14. Mobilizing Producers toward Environmental Sustainability: The Prospects for Market-Oriented Regulations 154
15. Sustainable Production and the Financial Markets: Opportunities to Pursue and Barriers to Overcome 178
16. Engaging Senior Management on Sustainability 201
17. Conclusion
18. Whither Sustainable Production? Sustainable Enterprise and the Role of Government 219
19. Contributors 241
20. Index 243