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The Mean More Market by MRW  » Books » Living Above the Store: Building a Business that Creates Value, Inspires Change, and Restores Land and Community (Book)

Living Above the Store: Building a Business that Creates Value, Inspires Change, and Restores Land and Community (Book)
Living Above the Store: Building a Business that Creates Value, Inspires Change, and Restores Land and Community (Book) 
US $27.95 (€ 21.10)


The economic crash of late 2008 is just the latest evidence of the truth that many have known for so long: that too much of our modern economy is based on a house of cards. We need businesses that not only factor their impact on people and places into their equations for success but also strive to restore the communities and environments in which they operate. How can this be done?

In Living Above the Store, Martin Melaver provides a roadmap for creating such a business. It’s not only a “how to” but a “why to” that challenges business as usual to change.

Living Above the Store brings us into the story of Melaver, Inc., a third-generation, 70-year-old family real estate business, as it evolves toward becoming a thought and product leader in sustainable business practices. It is part business management theory and part case study, where sustainable principles meet sustainable practices, always grounded in day-to-day practice.

Living Above the Store demonstrates how to:

* Adopt a business model that provides for economic success while contributing to society and the environment
* Shape a business culture that is restorative to a workforce by helping employees realize their highest potential
* Leverage an ethos within a business that “ripples outward” to foster restoration of both land and community
* Embrace a notion of limits to growth
* Reframe ideas about competition, proprietary knowledge, and business success,

Living Above the Store is for readers who care about issues of community and sustainability as well as for those who want to learn more about how a socially responsible business can first redefine, and then find, success.

Some Editorial Reviews:
"Living Above the Store breaks the mold on business writing. This is a tale of three generations of the Melaver family, the purported end of the world, and the true nature of enterprise. It is a book about the greening of business to be sure, but it is literature first, brilliant disquisitions and narratives that place commerce within the broader context of history, culture, and the cherished human values that bind us together. Martin Melaver has enlarged the vocabulary of commerce and restored it to a place of honor, a timely gift in an era of disillusionment. You may put it down to absorb what has been written, but you will not forget the stories of courage, the humility of reflection or the import of what has been said, and you will want to read it straight through to the end."--Paul Hawken, author of The Ecology of Commerce

“Living Above the Store is the right book for these difficult times, when business needs to regain trust. Melaver starts with specific stories of running a family business, sharing successes and failures, frustrations and joys, and then broadens out to illuminate general principles for running a sustainable business. These stories still stick in my mind, long after I have put the book away.”--Marc Gunther, contributing editor, Fortune

“At long last, a visionary work that reminds us what businesses once were, and can once again be. Martin Melaver has shared with us the story of his remarkable real estate company, eloquently teaching us how to run a business that is not solely about making a buck, but about building a sustainable society. Mandatory reading for leaders from all sectors—business, NGOs and government—who believe that our work should make the world a healthier, kinder and more prosperous place.”--Eilon Schwartz

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Weight1.70 lbs
ISBN10 1603580859
Format Hardcover, 320 pages
Price: US $27.95 (€ 21.10)

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