Sustainable Business: An Executive's Primer

Nancy E. Landrum is Associate Professor at University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). Her research, teaching, and consulting interests are in the areas of strategic management, corporate social responsibility, sustainable business, and base of the pyramid strategies. Dr. Landrum is faculty advisor to UALR Net Impact, was named a Net Impact Distinguished Member, consults on sustainable business, and serves on sustainability boards or committees at the university, city, and state levels. Publications include 11 peer-reviewed academic journal articles, 9 peer-reviewed academic proceedings, 3 book chapters, 3 contributions to books (teaching activities and exercises), and a sustainable business blog (recently listed among the Top 50 Business Professor Blogs). The common theme throughout all of Dr. Landrum’s publications is responsible, ethical, and sustainable business. Prior to academia, Dr. Landrum was a children’s mental health therapist and licensed social worker.

Sandy Edwards is Associate Professor and MBA Director at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Her main teaching areas are quantitative analysis and organizational leadership. Dr. Edwards also teaches as adjunct faculty in the summer sessions for the University of Arkansas—Fayetteville in the areas of marketing and leadership. Her research interests include work team effectiveness, learning styles, team mental models, and sustainable business. She has published 1 book chapter, 2 peer-reviewed academic journal articles, and 12 peer-reviewed academic proceedings. In addition she has contributed to the review and revision of several textbooks. Dr. Edwards has consulted with several businesses in the area of strategic planning and team building and has plans to include sustainable business consulting in the future.