The Wisdom-Based Business

<p><strong>Make Your Business Purposeful and Profitable</strong></p><p>At its best business is both purposeful and profitable dynamic and gainful commercial and rewarding. Far from being opposites good business and good behavior go hand-in-hand and biblical principles can align with best practices. In <em>Wisdom-Based Business</em> marketing and supply-chain professor Hannah J. Stolze draws principles from the Bible's wisdom literature and from evidence-based research to create a framework for business that is oriented toward excellence and sustainability. This book addresses import issues such as: </p><ul><li>The virtue of profit</li><li>Servant leadership</li><li>Wisdom-based values such as long-term over short-term stakeholders and quality</li><li>Beneficial outcomes of wisdom-based business including reputation and comparative advantage</li><li>The ultimate outcome of eternal impact</li></ul><p>Intended for business students and working professionals alike <em>Wisdom-Based Business</em> demonstrates how to pursue profitability to the honor and glory of God. Unique among Christian books on business it helps readers make the right decisions in business by presenting: </p><ul><li><strong>Biblical Principles</strong>. Drawing upon the Bible's wisdom literature each topic addressed is undergirded by insights from Scripture.</li><li><strong>Evidence-Based Research</strong>. Recommendations are thoroughly grounded in the best and latest research in the field.</li><li><strong>Case Studies: </strong> Each chapter demonstrates how the principles can be lived out in the real world amid the inevitable challenges and competition all business confronts. </li></ul><p>Any Christian who works in the marketplace or is training to work in the marketplace will benefit from <em>Wisdom-Based Business'</em> practical guidance on how to reflect Christian values in their corporate tasks and strategies--and on how those values can be not hindrances but keys to success.</p>