Clean Tech Clean Profits: Using Effective Innovation and Sustainable Business Practices to Win in the New Low-carbon Economy

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Illustrated
2014
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Through a mixture of innovation and regulation, a future is being mapped out free of carbon and pollutants. The consequences of these changes could be as far-reaching as those triggered in the last 25 years by the web. Just as many winners and losers are likely to be created by the squeeze on carbon and the growth of clean technologies. Designed for a wide management audience, Clean Tech, Clean Profits provides a practical guide to how organizations can re-think their operations, develop an innovative response, commercialize clean technologies and improve their efficiency. Its emphasis is on the specific steps that can be taken now in reviewing options, drawing up plans, upgrading a process, writing a specification or making an investment.

Synopsis

Through a mixture of innovation and regulation, a future is being mapped out free of carbon and pollutants. The consequences of these changes could be as far-reaching as those triggered in the last 25 years by the web. Just as many winners and losers are likely to be created by the squeeze on carbon and the growth of clean technologies. Designed for a wide management audience, Clean Tech, Clean Profits provides a practical guide to how organizations can re-think their operations, develop an innovative response, commercialize clean technologies and improve their efficiency. Its emphasis is on the specific steps that can be taken now in reviewing options, drawing up plans, upgrading a process, writing a specification or making an investment.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 264
Edition: 2
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 03 Jul 2014
ISBN 10: 0749470410
ISBN 13: 9780749470418
Book Overview: Practical and comprehensive advice on how to bring clean technologies profitably to market. Draws on a wide range of expertise in strategy, technology, engineering, intellectual property, finance and the law.

Media Reviews

Clean Tech, Clean Profits is a refreshing surprise. Filled with facts on the impact of our lifestyles on the planet's resources, the book illustrates how business can incorporate clean technology principles into their operations, and commercialise new products and procedures which will improve eco-efficiency. Quality World 20110301

Author Bio

Adam Jolly is a business writer and editor, specializing in the management of growth, innovation, technology and risk. He has produced titles for many of Britain's leading business organizations, and his work appears regularly in the national press. He is the consultant editor of The Innovation Handbook, The Growing Business Handbook and The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management, all published by Kogan Page.