Sustainable Luxury

Miguel Angel Gardetti Ph.D. He has been the head of the Center for Study of Corporate Sustainability (IESC) since its foundation in 2002, and he also holds the same position at the Center for Study of Sustainable Luxury. He is head professor in MBA and master's programs both in Argentina and abroad. He has provided training within frameworks of executive education and in house programmes to CEOs and Corporate Managers both from domestic and multinational companies in Argentina and Latin America. As to Luxury and Sustainability topics, he lectured at the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid, Spain), one of the top Business Schools in Europe. Moreover, he was a speaker in Identidad Uruguay, an event organised by the Universidad de Empresa (Montevideo), with a lecture on Fashion, Luxury, and Sustainability. He was the creator of the Best Performance in Sustainable Luxury in Latin America Award (at present evolving towards the Award in Sustainable Premium and Luxury at a global level). He developed also several publications in the area of sustainable luxury. He was a member of the United Nations Global Compact Promoting Group in Argentina and a member of its governance body -the Board of the Argentine Chapter of The Global Compact- for two consecutive terms. He was co-founder of the Global Compact Chair in Argentina, and he was also part of the task force that developed the "Management Responsible Education Principles" of the United Nations Global Compact. He has also coordinated tasks for the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation (private sector arm of the World Bank), the Netherlands Development Organisation, the United Nations (New York), and the World Resources Institute (USA.)

Table of Contents Editorial Malcolm McIntosh, Griffith University, Queensland, AustraliaIntroduction Miguel Angel Gardetti, Center for Studies on Sustainable Luxury, Argentina and Ana Laura Torres, The Sustainable Textile Centre, ArgentinaThe Appearance of Elegant Disruption: Theorising Sustainable Luxury Entrepreneurship Jem Bendell, University of Cumbria, UK and Laetitia Thomas, Grenoble Graduate School of Business, FranceSustainability as Part of the Luxury Essence: Delivering Value through Social and Environmental Excellence Nadine Hennigs, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, Christiane Klarmann and Stefan Behrens, Leibniz University of Hannover, GermanyStrategic Management and Sustainability in Luxury Companies: The IWC Case Luana Carcano, SDA Bocconi School of Management, ItalyEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Luxury: The Ainy Savoirs Des Peuple Case Miguel Angel Gardetti, Centre for Studies of Sustainable Luxury, Argentina and Ana Laura Torres, The Sustainable Textile Centre, ArgentinaSustainability and Luxury: The Italian Case of a Supply Chain Based on Native Wools Simone Guercini, University of Florence, Italy and Silvia Ranfagni, University of Florence, ItalyThe Value of Sustainable Luxury in Mature Markets: A Customer-Based Approach Marie-Cecile Cervellon: EDHEC Business School, France and Lara Shammas, International University of MonacoTouch and Feel: Signals That Make a Difference Olga Ivanova, ICN Business School, France, Kim Poldner, University of Applied Sciences Lucerne, Switzerland and Oana Branzei, University of Western Ontario, CanadaAbout the Journal of Corporate CitizenshipNotes for Contributors