Translated from the German original by Ralph Meima.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-256) and index.

Table of contents: Introduction - PART 1: BACKGROUND ISSUES - The Environmental State of Our World: Can We Locate the Real Problem? - Ecology, Economics, and Industry - PART 2: THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Social Trends - Environmental Management: the Shape of the Future? - Environment and the Consumer - The Instruments of Environmental Policy - Environmental Protection and International Competition - The Strategic Fusing of Economy and Ecology: Three Examples - PART 3: THE NORMATIVE AND STRATEGIC DIMENSIONS OF CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Corporate Objectives and Environmental Protection - Generic Environmental Management Strategies - Three Tools for Strategic Analysis of Environmental Markets - Strategic Control and Risk Management - Environmental Management Tools for Strategic Control - PART 4: INTEGRATED CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Environmental Production Management - Environmental Marketing Management - Environmental Technology Management - The Organization of Environmental Management - Environmental Human Resource Management - Conclusions: Sustaining the Corporation

Ecology has become an integral part of the strategic context in which corporations operate. This book examines the strategic issues, concepts and tools which managers should understand to sustain their own business competitiveness as society evolves toward another definition of progress. The book argues that strategic environment management provides a learning context for the development of more general competitive capabilities.