Notes

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1.  Costanza et al. (1997).

2.  Huesemann and Huesemann (2011).

3.  United Nations Environmental Programme (1992).

4.  Friends of the Earth (2005).

5.  Brundtland (1987).

6.  Plambeck and Denend (2007).

7.  A value chain is different from a supply chain. A value chain is the set of interrelated activities that a firm performs in order to create value for its product or service. For example, an expert diamond cutter can create value by transforming an unfinished diamond into a fine gemstone.

8.  Laszlo, Christensen, Fogel, Wagner, and Whitehouse (2010).

9.  Lane, Maznevski, and Mendenhall (2004).

10.  Paraphrasing the U.N.’s World Commission on Environment and Development, Our Common Future Report; see Brundtland (1987).

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