
Business Adaptation to Climate Change
Cambridge University Press
Published on 12. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
310 pages
978-1-108-74482-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book seeks to advance the understanding of how businesses may adapt to climate change trends. Specifically, it focuses on two general research questions: Firstly, how do businesses adapt to chronic slow-onset nature adversity conditions linked to climate change? Secondly, how do firms adapt to weather-related natural disasters exacerbated by climate change? In the first part of the book, the authors develop a conceptual framework in response to these questions. In the second part, they test this framework using multiple empirical studies involving large data analyses of: (a) the U.S. western ski industry adaptation to warmer temperatures, and (b) the effect of natural disasters on the foreign investment of multinational corporations around the world. This book will interest management and public policy students and scholars researching successful business climate change adaptation strategies, as well as business and non-profit organization leaders and policy makers involved in developing and promoting such effective strategies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-74482-9 (9781108744829)
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Persons
Jorge E. Rivera is a Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy and Tucker Fellow at The George Washington University's School of Business. He has published over 50 manuscripts and two books, including Business and Public Policy (Cambridge 2010) which received the 2011 Outstanding Book Award from the Organizations and the Natural Environment Division of the Academy of Management. Professor Rivera is founding Co-Editor of the Cambridge University Press's Book series on Organizations and the Natural Environment.
Author
George Washington University, Washington DC
University of Kansas
American University, Washington DC
Content
Part I. Introduction: 1. Why adaptation to climate change?; Part II. Conceptual framework: Understanding business adaptation to climate change: 2. Business adaptation limits and resilience to climate change adversity; 3. Adaptation to slow-onset nature adversity intensity; 4. Can you learn from the second kick of a mule? MNCs foreign investment, natural disasters, and country governance; 5. Disasters experience and MNC subsidiary entry and expansion; Part III. Empirical studies of business adaptation to nature adversity: 6. Canary in the coal mine: Western U.S. ski industry adaptation to warmer temperatures; 7. MNCs disregard of natural disasters and the role of host country context; 8. MNC disaster experience and foreign subsidiary investment; Part IV. Conclusions: 9. Business adaptation to climate change: Conclusions, limitations and future research.