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<p>Introduction xi</p> <p>Nicholas LESCA</p> <p><b>Chapter 1. Sustainable Development: a Vague and Ambiguous “Theory” 1</b><br /> Yvon PESQUEUX</p> <p>1.1. Introduction 1</p> <p>1.2. Sustainable development as a “vague” theory 6</p> <p>1.3. Company actions justified by reference to the notion of sustainable development: consequentialism tested by modern deontology 9</p> <p>1.4. The dimensions of ambiguity of the notion 14</p> <p>1.5. Conclusion: calling into question managerial references in relation to sustainable development 19</p> <p>1.6. Bibliography 22</p> <p><b>Chapter 2. Parameters and Particularities of Sustainable Development-oriented Strategic Scanning 25</b><br /> Marie-Laurence CARON-FASAN</p> <p>2.1. Introduction 25</p> <p>2.2. Strategic scanning 26</p> <p>2.3. Applying a sustainable development-oriented strategic scanning process 36</p> <p>2.4. Conclusion 44</p> <p>2.5. Bibliography 45</p> <p><b>Chapter 3. Sustainable Development of Large Network Service Companies: Inhabiting Territories via Middle Managers, Strategic Scanners 47</b><br /> Alain Charles MARTINET and Marielle Audrey PAYAUD</p> <p>3.1. Introduction 47</p> <p>3.2. The foundation of modeling 48</p> <p>3.3. The architecture of the model 52</p> <p>3.4. Middle managers: key players of sustainable development 62</p> <p>3.5. Conclusion 71</p> <p>3.6. Bibliography 72</p> <p><b>Chapter 4. Small Business and Sustainable Development 77</b><br /> Michel MARCHESNAY</p> <p>4.1. Introduction 77</p> <p>4.2. The favored SD fields 77</p> <p>4.3. SB: a multiple identity 79</p> <p>4.4. Strategic scanning in SBs: a specific approach 84</p> <p>4.5. Types of entrepreneurs, strategic scanning and SD 87</p> <p>4.6. Conclusion 98</p> <p>4.7. Bibliography 99</p> <p><b>Chapter 5. Human Resources Scanning: a Tool for the Implementation of Sustainable Development? 101</b><br /> Marie-Christine CHALUS-SAUVANNET</p> <p>5.1. Introduction 101</p> <p>5.2. Theoretical approach, explanations and the link between HRS and SD 102</p> <p>5.3. Research methodology 109</p> <p>5.4. Results and discussion 111</p> <p>5.5. Conclusion 124</p> <p>5.6. Bibliography 125</p> <p><b>Chapter 6. Sustainable Scanning in a Network: an Ambitious Project for Company/territory Synergies Creation 129</b><br /> Magalie MARAIS, Solange HERNANDEZ and Olivier KERAMIDAS</p> <p>6.1. Introduction 129</p> <p>6.2. Sustainable scanning within RPISED: a “chameleon” concept locally orchestrated 131</p> <p>6.3. An empirical study of sustainable scanning in the RPISED: a methodological approach 140</p> <p>6.4. Empirical contributions to the theory: presentation of the main results 143</p> <p>6.5. Conclusion 156</p> <p>6.6. Bibliography 157</p> <p><b>Chapter 7. The Greenhouse Gas Inventory: a Scanning Tool in the Fight Against Climate Change 161</b><br /> Odile BLANCHARD</p> <p>7.1. Introduction 161</p> <p>7.2. Methodology for constructing a GHG inventory 163</p> <p>7.3. The GHG inventory as a strategic scanning tool 173</p> <p>7.4. Conclusion 180</p> <p>7.5. Bibliography 182<br /> <br /> <b>Chapter 8. Targeting “Sustainable Scanning”: a Methodology Based on Logistics and Supply Chain Management 185</b><br /> Nathalie FABBE-COSTES, Christine ROUSSAT and Jacques COLIN</p> <p>8.1. Introduction 185</p> <p>8.2. Sustainable development: multiple logistical stakes 186</p> <p>8.3. Relevance of logistics and SCM to anticipate evolutions linked to sustainable development and imagine strategic directions: examples 191</p> <p>8.4. The logistics intelligence process to target sustainable scanning 196</p> <p>8.5. Confronting LIP and sustainable development: a first test based on secondary data 203</p> <p>8.6. Conclusion 207</p> <p>8.7. Bibliography 208</p> <p><b>Chapter 9. Our Actions and Projects, their Risks and Impact on the Environment: using the Weak Signal Concept to Explore Unforeseen and Unexpected Possibilities 213</b><br /> Nicolas LESCA</p> <p>9.1. Introduction 213</p> <p>9.2. The future: a field of possibilities 215</p> <p>9.3. Detecting weak signals and early (warning) signs in order to explore unexpected possibilities 229</p> <p>9.4. Conclusion 244</p> <p>9.5. Bibliography 244</p> <p><b>Chapter 10. Sustainable Chemistry and Weak Signals: CO2 as a Raw Material to Value 249</b><br /> Humbert LESCA</p> <p>10.1. Introduction 249</p> <p>10.2. First step: lead the committee to discover the field of sustainable chemistry themselves 253</p> <p>10.3. Collective construction of puzzles during the session concluding the four-month delay 262</p> <p>10.4. Example of a puzzle constructed towards the end of the final collective creation of meaning 267</p> <p>10.5. Conclusion 269</p> <p>10.6. Bibliography 269</p> <p>Glossary 271</p> <p>List of Authors 285</p> <p>Index 287</p>

<p><strong>Nicolas LESCA</strong> is Lecturer at LIG and CERAG.

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