This book is essential reading for anyone engaged in the multi-billion dollar marina industry. Everyone, whether experienced marina operator, designer, developer or indeed anyone with an interest in refurbishing an existing property will find a wealth of information within the chapters. Readers are provided with a snapshot of the marina industry today and a look at tomorrow's information technology developments that will be pivotal to the success of the marina of the future. It gives detailed information on what a marina developer/designer should consider, when designing a new marina. In addition to compiling data that will be not found elsewhere - including global marina maps (showing 17300 marinas), the book explores in some depth the environmental issues in siting and designing marinas. This Book is been used as the primary textbook, by the University of IZMIR, for the 2 year course Marina Management and Sustainability.

MARINAS-Sustainable Solutions for a Profitable Business deserves a place on the desk and is essential reading material for any marina developer or operator. It gives a take on today's thought leadership that will become the benchmark for tomorrow's new and refurbished marinas.The first in a series, this book examines what is happening in today's marinas and explores the horizons of new technology and how they can be successfully applied to the business model.The authors demonstrate throughout the book how marinas that embrace the ethos of hospitality and design their facilities to provide an exceptional customer will be those that succeed.The book examines how marinas impact the environment, how they can be designed to blend with ecologically sensitive sites and the advent of the "green and clean" marina.It contains hitherto uncollected information and maps showing the location of the world's 17,300 marinas. With levels of detailed information not to be found anywhere in a single source, this book is one that no serious marina developer, owner or operator can afford to leave out of their library.

Supply chains are significant in improving business efficiency. Sustainable supply chains help industries enhance their ecological, monetary, and social performance. Innovative research frameworks as well as the modelling of sustainability issues are significant to different stakeholder’s perspectives. This book guides researchers and practitioners through developing effective sustainable supply chains to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In this book, I simplify and operationalize the concept of sustainability. I demonstrate how embracing the tenets of sustainable solutions in an organization can lead to profitability while ensuring the needs of future generations are protected. Several companies have implemented sustainable solutions in their daily business operations. Microsoft, Trane, Cisco, Coca-Cola, and Nissan North America are some of the companies that have incorporated sustainable technologies such as using solar power, fuel-efficient vehicles, going paperless, lean workforce among others to stay profitable. I integrate the concept of sustainability by identifying key stakeholders of sustainable solutions. Additionally, there is an in-depth analysis of value chain and fitness landscape analyses of business operations, including a Boid analysis, General force matrix analysis, SWOT analysis, and Life cycle analysis assessment. The conclusions are geared towards providing an understanding of how these concepts fit together. This book is for advanced learners who are interested in business strategy and innovation that incorporates sustainable solutions as part of their strategic competitive advantage.

The purpose of this book was to analyze the Starbucks Corporation's sustainability in the coffee industry. This report contains two competitive firms in the coffee industry. This sustainable solutions report (SSR) contains (a) stakeholder identification and value analysis, (b) enterprise level strategy, (c) organizational culture, (d) integrated concepts from reading, evidence, and implications, (e) general forces analysis, (f) economics, (g) technology, (i) demographics/ social/culture. The concentration of this SSR addresses the gap between the Starbucks Corporation's ability to design and implement sustainable value creation strategies for increasing profitability and maximizing shareholder value.

Taking the business model as point of departure, this open access book explores how companies and organizations can contribute to a more sustainable future by designing innovative models that are both sustainable and profitable. Based upon years of research, it draws together theoretical foundations and existing literature on the topic of sustainable business alongside case studies and practical solutions. After examining the theoretical foundations of sustainable business model innovation, the authors present their own framework – RESTART. Consisting of seven factors, this framework can be the basis for restarting any business model. The final section outlines a research agenda for sustainable business informed by the perspectives and frameworks put forward in this book.