Strategy Sustainability and Management Accounting

<p>In an era shaped by the Strategic Turn the management accountant is no longer a recorder of past performance but a designer of future value. Today's professionals must navigate neoliberal competition digital transformation and the accelerating sustainability agenda.</p><p><strong>Strategy Sustainability and Management Accounting</strong> goes beyond spreadsheets to explain the purpose politics and practice of modern business. More than a textbook it is a critical toolkit for emerging accountants who must balance profit with the needs of people and the planet.</p><p><strong>Bridging Theory and Practice</strong></p><p>Developed from years of teaching strategic management accounting at leading liberal universities this book blends rigorous techno-managerial training with insights from economics politics and the social sciences. Readers master the calculations <em>and</em> the contexts that shape them.</p><p><strong>Inside You Will Learn:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>The Strategic Turn:</strong> How neoliberalism globalisation and digitalisation reshape competition and challenge traditional accounting.</li><li><strong>Porterian & Post-Porterian Strategy:</strong> From Five Forces to the Value Chain and how these frameworks evolve in the ESG era.</li><li><strong>Strategic Pricing & Positioning:</strong> Target Costing Lifecycle Costing and Dynamic Pricing for competing in the Survival Zone.</li><li><strong>Performance & Control:</strong> Balanced Scorecard Simons' Levers of Control and organisational alignment.</li><li><strong>Operational Excellence:</strong> Quality Costing Manufacturing Flexibility and Strategic Cost Management at the production level.</li><li><strong>Sustainability as Strategy:</strong> Moving past greenwashing toward ecological accounting genuine ESG integration and critiques of managerial capture.</li></ul><p><strong>Case Studies That Bring Strategy to Life:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Nike:</strong> Competing in a neoliberal digital marketplace.</li><li><strong>Tesla vs. VW vs. Toyota:</strong> Strategic positioning in the EV transition.</li><li><strong>Patagonia:</strong> Pricing a mission-driven value proposition.</li><li><strong>Unilever:</strong> The tensions of strategic performance management.</li><li><strong>Interface Inc.:</strong> From Mission Zero to Climate Take Back.</li><li><strong>H&M Group:</strong> Trust transparency and sustainability in fast fashion.</li></ul><p><strong>Who Should Read This Book:</strong></p><p>A core text for upper-level undergraduates postgraduates and MBA students in Strategic Management Accounting Management Control and Sustainability Accounting. A valuable resource for finance professionals seeking to evolve from analysts into strategic partners.</p><p>Equip yourself to understand-and influence-the contradictions of modern capitalism.</p><p> </p>