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Sustainable Businesses in Developing Economies Socio-Economic and Governance Perspectives

Sustainable Businesses in Developing Economies

Rajagopal

Sustainable Businesses in Developing Economies Socio-Economic and Governance Perspectives

Rajagopal EGADE Business School Mexico City, Mexico

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…to Arati, my wife who is central to my every endeavor

Preface

Contemporary marketing has evolved alongside the sustainability perspectives as a dynamic science and spanned across temporal and spatial dimensions involving society, public administration, and market players. In the process, global sustainable commitment and consumers’ welfare formed the foundations of markets. The production and consumption patterns are associated with a wide range of sustainability issues throughout the lifecycle of product and services. The conventional industry practices in developing economies result into various social and ecological problems. Industries that pioneer sustainability consciousness in the society integrate strategies to manage the ecosystem through their business models. The integrated business models with sustainability commitment can be explained in terms of their value proposition, and value creation and delivery though effective corporate social responsibility. These perspectives need to be discussed in terms of cleaner production and consumption, and managing constituents of sustai