Acknowledgements

Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance

ISBN: 978-1-78560-980-0, eISBN: 978-1-78560-979-4

ISSN: 2043-9059

Publication date: 2 September 2016

Citation

(2016), "Acknowledgements", Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance (Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, p. xxiii. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2043-905920160000010001

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited


This volume is a revised and augmented edition of La Finance Autrement? Réflexions critiques et perspectives sur la finance moderne, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion 2015 – France

The volume editors would like to thank all those that have engaged with and contributed to this volume. In particular individual chapter authors deserve praise and thanks for engaging so willingly with this project.

Many thanks also to AG2R LA MONDIALE and its strong support since 2008, in particular Philippe Dutertre, Frédéric Duchadeuil, Jean-Michel Foucque along with Patrick Viallanex and Robin Edme.

The editors and authors acknowledge the translation from French to English performed by Technics Translation.

Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability
Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Copyright Page
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Appendices
List of Contributors
About the Editors
Editorial Advisory and Review Board
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I: Introduction
Finance Reconsidered: New Perspectives for a Responsible and Sustainable Finance
Part II: Critical Analysis of the Dominant Financial Paradigm
An Alternative to Shareholder Value Creation: Subverting the Domination of Capitalist Exchanges through the Production of Uses and Common Pool Resources Management
Prolegomena to an Alternative Study of Finance
Analysis of the Financial Crisis, or Crisis in Financial Analysis?
Part III: Socially Responsible Investment, Micro-Credit, and Alternative Management
A Critical Analysis of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI): Meta-Debate and Development Perspectives
SRI 2.0: More than a Makeover – A Fundamental Reformulation
Why Has Microcredit Had Such a Limited Impact on the Reduction of Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Local Systems of Exchange in Kabylia: Economy of Reciprocity and Constraint of Traditions
Brand Value Creation versus Destruction: The Relationship between Consumers, Marketers, and Financiers
Cooperatives – An Alternative to Capitalism? The Case of the John Lewis Partnership
Part IV: Finance, Ethics, and Society
Applying Mindfulness and Compassion in Finance
From Financial to Economic Intermediation: Islamic Banking’s Unheard Message
Islamic Investment versus Socially Responsible Investment: Lessons from Comparison
Part V: Conclusion
A Provisional Conclusion: A Shift Towards Finance as a Commons?
Postface: Let a thousand flowers bloom
Appendix A: Presentation of the Finance and Sustainability Programme (FAS)
Appendix B: Post Crisis Finance Association – From Crisis to Viability: Finance Reconsidered – For a Manifesto
About the Authors