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Hybrid Organizations : New Business Models for Environmental Leadership

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This book offers a glimpse into the future. The companies it describes are pioneers, the first-movers in market shifts that will eventually become mainstream. These "hybrid organizations"--Or what others call "values-driven" or "mission-driven" organizations -- operate in the blurry space between the for-profit and non-profit worlds. They are redefining their supply chains, their sources of capital, their very  Read more...

Author(s): Boyd, Henning, Reyna, Wang & Welch
Series: SOL: Sustainable organization library
Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing Limited
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 179
Tags: Environmental management;Social responsibility of business;Sustainable development;Industrial management -- Environmental aspects;Industrial management -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies

Foreword Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (U.S.) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan Introduction 1. Why hybrid organizations? 2. The hybrid landscape 3. Uncovering the layers 4. Hybrid trends and lessons 5. Case study SUN OVENS International - patient dealmaker 6. Case study Guayaki - creating an entirely new value chain 7. Case study Eden Foods - lasting leadership and the risks of succession 8. Case study Maggie's Organics - connecting producers and consumers to the cause 9. Case study PAX Scientific - learning to run 10. Business lessons for hybrid organizations 11. Reflecting back, looking forward References Appendix: List of hybrid organizations completing survey About the authors Index