Research Catalog

Title

Natural capitalism : creating the next industrial revolution / Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins.

Author

Hawken, Paul.

Publication

Boston, MA : Little, Brown and Co., [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Lovins, Amory B., 1947-
• Lovins, L. Hunter, 1950-

Description

xix, 396 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "In this paradigm for the economy, three leading business visionaries explain how the world is on the verge of a new industrial revolution, one that promises to transform our fundamental notions about commerce and its role in shaping our future."--BOOK JACKET. "Over the past decade many farsighted companies have begun to discover remarkable opportunities for saving both money and resources through the ingenious application of novel technologies and business practices."--BOOK JACKET.
• "In the book, these durable, practical, and stunningly profitable principles are synthesized for the first time into the foundations for a system called natural capitalism."--BOOK JACKET.
• "Drawing upon sound economic logic, intelligent technologies, and the best of contemporary design, Natural Capitalism presents a business strategy that is both profitable and necessary. The companies that practice it will not only take a leading position in addressing some of our most profound economic and social problems, but will gain a decisive competitive advantage through the worthy employment of resources, money, and people."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Economic forecasting > United States
• Capitalism > United States > Forecasting
• Twenty-first century > Forecasts
• United States > Economic policy > 1993-2001

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. The Next Industrial Revolution -- 2. Reinventing the Wheels: Hypercars and Neighborhoods -- 3. Waste Not -- 4. Making the World -- 5. Building Blocks -- 6. Tunneling Through the Cost Barrier -- 7. Muda, Service, and Flow -- 8. Capital Gains -- 9. Nature's Filaments -- 10. Food for Life -- 11. Aqueous Solutions -- 12. Climate: Making Sense and Making Money -- 13. Making Markets Work -- 14. Human Capitalism -- 15. Once Upon a Planet.

ISBN

0316353167

LCCN

99024067

OCLC

• ocm40912725
• SCSB-3710673

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries