Andrea Larson is Changing Commerce through Sustainability, Innovations in Technology, and Entrepreneurship
The work of Andrea “Andy” Larson, PhD is in sustainability-related innovation--the creation of new products, processes, technologies, markets, and ways of organizing business--to systematically incorporate health issues, ecological impacts, community effects, and short and longer-term financial responsibility to stockholders and stakeholders. And she considers all sustainability-related innovation as having global impact. Her new Web site, www.changingcommerce.com, reflects her research, work, and publications towards global sustainability through new technologies.
(Vocus/PRWEB ) July 8, 2010 -- The work of Andrea “Andy” Larson, PhD is in sustainability-related innovation--the creation of new products, processes, technologies, markets, and ways of organizing business. Says Larson, “The growing “sustainability” imperative--to systematically incorporate health issues, ecological impacts, community effects, and short and longer-term financial responsibility to stockholders and stakeholders--presents strong incentives for companies to understand this changing competitive landscape and explore its inherent opportunities.” And she considers all sustainability-related innovation as having global impact.
Her new Web site, Changing Commerce, reflects her research, work, and publications towards global sustainability through new technologies.Andy Larson is an impassioned speaker, teacher, and consultant on these topics. She explores a distinctive concept of sustainability called Changing Commerce, approaching it in a completely different way, and helping new companies see it as an adventure instead of a burden. Her work and research with many companies, small and large, is part of her larger intellectual project to understand how entrepreneurial innovators guided by sustainability concerns generate new products and ways of conducting business. She has learned that a growing number of firms are engaged in product/process design, supply chain management, and corporate strategies geared to generating positive financial performance while addressing significant societal challenges. This is consistent with the Triple Bottom Line strategy which takes into account not only economic viability but also environmental and social responsibility.
Her captivating and provocative speaking style along with her relevant subject matter has made Andy an in-demand guest and speaker at industry events such as the Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference; and she has addressed the U.S. Congress, giving testimony on this topic during recent congressional hearings.
An engaging teacher, Andy has earned accolades from the MBA students she has impacted at two of the top-ranked business schools in the world: currently at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, and as a guest at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
In addition, she holds an esteemed position on the board of GreenBlue, a nonprofit institute that works to make businesses and the manufactured goods they produce more environmentally sustainable.
On her newly launched Web site, http://www.changingcommerce.com, you can link to her published case studies and research articles, view a video interview on local food production, learn about her current research, and read an abstract from her upcoming new textbook, "Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship."
“Are environmental concerns merely to be added to the total quality management (TQM) agenda? Or could we be in a transitional phase toward a business model that acknowledges a company’s need to continuously adapt to responsibilities inherent in human co-evolution with natural systems?”~ Andy Larson
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