CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION Raymond W. Y. Kao -- A Feasible Economic Paradigm -- Have We Put Back Equivalent Value for What We Have Taken? -- Profit, True or False? -- Can We Rely on Government for Re-distribution? -- It is All About Making Changes -- A Candle of Hope -- I. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DEVELOPMENT -- 1. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Raymond W. Y. Kao and Rowland R. Kao -- Is the "Increase of Profit" the Sole Corporate Social Responsibility? -- Historical Perspectives on Business Social Responsibility -- The Issue of Corporate Profit -- Profit driven corporate practice on the basis of accounting practice and the issue of accounting bias -- The Challenge of Corporate Profit and Social Inequality -- There is a thin line between failing corporate social responsibility and corporate crime -- (a) Is social responsibility a waste? -- (b) Corporate social responsibility and global economic crisis -- (i) Causes of the financial crisis part 1: changing attitudes to personal finances and the credit card -- (ii) Causes of the financial crisis part 2: easy mortgage loans on housing -- (iii) Causes of the financial crisis part 3: the lost of trust and confidence - we don't believe any more -- (iv) The emerging economic power, how China views corporate social responsibility -- One: Purpose -- Two: Corporate Social Responsibility in Brief -- Three: Ethics, and the Basics of Corporate Social Responsibility -- Four: Corporate Social Responsibility Support Ethics -- Province Introduces Legislation Regarding Abitibi Bowater -- 2. ON THE DIALECTICS OF SUSTAINED (CAPITALIST) DEVELOPMENT "FROM WITHIN" J. Hanns Pichler -- A "Theory" Against the Mainstream -- Toward Entrepreneurially Driven "Capitalism" -- Uncovering the Subtlety of Implied "Dialectics" -- Legacy and Topical Relevance in Today's Perspective -- References.

3. FOSTERING SUSTAINABILITY IN FAMILY FIRMS Alan L. Carsrud and Malin Brännback -- Introduction -- Overview of the Field of Family Business -- Research themes and definitions -- Succession, Conflict and Sustainability -- Complexity of Family Business: Eight Factors -- Values, Entrepreneurship and Family Firms -- Conflict, Succession and Ownership -- Drivers of Family Firm Sustainability -- Conservative orientation: beneficial and hazard -- Innovation, strategic orientation and sustainability -- Sustainability as tacit knowledge -- Sustainability: managing family, firm and wealth -- Identity, ownership and sustainability -- Sustainability: planning for change over time -- Long-term sustainability: inheritance and succession -- Sustainability: managing transitions -- Building for the future -- Sustaining for the Generations -- Sustainability: Managing Change Process -- Conclusion -- References -- II. THE CHALLENGE -- 4. POVERTY: A SOCIAL DISGRACE AND DILEMMA Franco Gandolfi and Philip A. Neck -- Introduction -- Definitions of Poverty -- Absolute and relative poverty -- Moderate or extreme poverty -- Rationale for Treating Poverty as a Priority Subject -- Scope and Scale of Poverty -- Global overview -- Regional perspectives -- Possible Causes of Inequality and Poverty -- Environmental factors -- Economic factors -- Healthcare -- Governance -- Demographics and social factors -- Effects of Poverty -- Implications for Change -- Poverty Reduction/Alleviation -- Employment -- Economic growth -- Market reforms (free market) -- Fair trade -- Direct aid -- Development aid -- Other approaches -- Improving the environment and access of the poor -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. SUSTAINABILITY AND HEALTH CARE Catherine Popadiuk -- The Effects of Globalization on Health -- The Impact of Globalization on the Health of Seemingly Disparate Groups.

Exploitation of the Health of Vulnerable Populations in the Modern Era -- From Human Organs to Human Research Subjects -- Strategies for Sustainable Health Care -- The Brazilian Response to the AIDS/HIV Crises: A Model of Sustainable Decision-Making -- Sustainability in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Health for the Industry or the World -- 6 MINIMIZATION OF RESOURCE DRAINS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE Peter Hing -- PART I. DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE LIGHTING FROM GASEOUS DISCHARGE -- Introduction -- Lighting from the dawn of civilization to the 21st century -- Need for energy conservation and sustainability -- How Radiation is Generated -- The Development of Compact Fluorescent Lamps -- The Development of Phosphors -- Phosphors in cathode ray tubes (CRT) -- Phosphors for general lighting applications -- Conversion UV to Visible Using Phosphors -- Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) -- Energy Conservation and Sustainable Development in Lighting -- Advanced Ceramics and Composites for High Intensity Discharge Lamps -- Development of Alumina to Translucency -- Ceramic-Metal (Cermets) Composites for High Intensity Discharge Lamps -- Development of Glass Ceramic Sealing Materials for the Ceramic Halide Lamps -- Development of Compact White Light High Pressure Sodium Lamps -- Development of Seals for the Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH) Lamps -- Materials Systems Investigated to Produce Refractory and Metal Halide Resistant Glass Seals -- Conclusions -- PART II. DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE SOLID STATE LIGHTING -- Introduction -- Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) -- Basic Principle of Solid State Lamps Obtained from Light Emitting Diodes -- Materials Used for LEDs -- Internal Efficiency of LEDs -- Various Colors of LED and White LEDs -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- PART III. SUSTAINABLE DISPERSED COMBINED MICRO POWER AND HEAT GENERATION -- Introduction.

Rationale for combined dispersed power and heat generation -- Technologies being developed to support micro dispersed power generation -- Application of solid oxide fuel cell for dispersed micro power generation -- Dispersed micro power without grid interconnection -- Review of Fuel Cell Technologies -- Principle of fuel cell -- Materials development -- Thermodynamic Efficiency and EMF of Fuel Cells -- Types of Fuel Cells -- PEM fuel cells -- Alkaline fuel cell -- Molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) -- Phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) -- Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) -- Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) -- Design of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells -- Reactions Occurring at the Interfaces of the Anode, Cathode and Electrolyte -- Current Development of Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (ITSOFCs) -- Current Status of Research in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Worldwide -- Research Carried Out by the Author and His Group -- Discussion -- Summary -- 7. BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR COMMON HOME Mirian Vilela -- Incorporating Ethical Reflections in Our Daily Lives and Decisions -- Integrated Approach to Decision Making and Planning -- Participatory Governance as a Way to Ensure an Integrated Approach to Decisions -- Historic overview -- Participation from Rio-92 to Johannesburg Summit in 2002 -- Multi-stakeholder dialogues -- National processes -- Processes of developing Local Agenda 21 -- Co-management of protected areas -- Participatory budgeting -- III. ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION -- 8. SUSTAINABILITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL Lloyd W. Fernald -- Introduction -- Current Global Business Sustainability Practices -- Entrepreneurship Education -- Conclusions -- References -- 9. FROM ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO STEWARDSHIP-BASED ECONOMICS Raymond W. Y. Kao, Rowland R. Kao and Kenneth R. Kao -- Entrepreneurship.

Introduction - the matter of definition -- The jungle of definitions -- (A) The Entrepreneur -- (B) Entrepreneur Attributes -- (C) Enterprise Culture -- The unfortunate reality -- Defining Entrepreneurship, Past, Present and Future -- Evolution of Entrepreneurial Thought -- Entrepreneurism -- Stewardship-Based Economics -- It is all because of ownership -- Ownership-based economy -- Consideration for human poverty -- It is money that matters, it will make one rich or poor: the bank system -- Resources drain and environmental health -- Stewardship-based economics -- From Entrepreneurship to Stewardship-Based Economics -- IV. ENTREPRENEURSHIPAND SMALL VENTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY -- 10. SMALL IS STILL BEAUTIFUL AND SUSTAINABLE Wee-Liang Tan -- Schumacher - Advocate of the Small and Creative -- Still Relevant Today -- Smallness and Entrepreneurship -- Small moves in larger organizations -- Entrepreneurship still beautiful -- Implications for Entrepreneurship Education - The Gaps that Remain -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. INNOVATION AND ENTERPRISE SUSTAINABILITY Gary Oster -- Introduction -- Innovation Based on Fresh Ideas -- The Source of Innovative Ideas -- Constraints to Workplace Innovation -- Encouraging Successful Corporate Innovation -- Develop appropriate innovation metrics -- Encourage experimentation and small failures -- Expand institutional learning -- Embrace productive friction -- Display leadership courage -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 12. TOWARD SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN EXPERIMENT IN WEST AFRICA Leo Paul Dana -- Introduction -- Ghana and Togo, West Africa -- A Short History -- Extent of Entrepreneurial Activity -- Microbusiness versus entrepreneurship -- Environment dampers entrepreneurial spirit -- Excessive regulation dampers trade -- Entrepreneurship requires infrastructure.

Entrepreneurship requires access to capital.