THE EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS: LEARNING, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

摘要

This paper – as part of a broader evolutionary inquiry toward human fulfillment, societalrnwellbeing, and environmental sustainability – explores new frontiers for business. In arnrapidly changing global environment, corporations can become evolutionary changernagents for the creation of a sustainable global civilization by fostering financial, social,rnand environmental results.rnThe contemporary metaphors used to describe the business world can be limited in timesrnwhen an emergent paradigm calls for new visions and actions. An evolutionaryrnunderstanding, grounded in evolutionary systems theory, can open possibilities forrnleadership and innovation toward sustainability. Complex systems, such as organizations,rnneed to learn to learn in harmony with the dynamics of their mileu in order to co-evolvernand create value. The paper concludes with a reflection on the implications of thernevolutionary paradigm for business education.