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We are pleased to announce the publication of a new Special Issue of The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (JCC). Issue 52 focuses on Sustainable Luxury. To find out more, please see below.

The special issue is available to purchase individually and to read online in the Sustainable Organization Library. The full archive of JCC is also available. For more details, please visit www.gseresearch.com/sol. 

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Rebecca Macklin

Greenleaf Publishing

The Journal of Corporate Citizenship Issue 52: Sustainable Luxury

www.greenleaf-publishing.com/jcc

Guest Editors:

Miguel Angel Gardetti, Center for Studies on Sustainable Luxury, Argentina
Ana Laura Torres, The Sustainable Textile Centre, Argentina 

The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (JCC) Issue 52 is a special themed issue on 'Sustainable Luxury'.

Luxury is an ambiguous concept depending on its cultural, economic or regional context. Thus, the true elements of (authentic) luxury rely on the search for beauty, refinement, innovation, purity, the well-made, what remains, the essence of things and the ultimate best. However this luxury has given way to a new luxury, through the democratization that occurred when family and artisanal luxury companies sagged against the large conglomerates, which had a strong focus on economic aspects.

Why sustainable luxury? Sustainable development is not only a new concept, but also a new paradigm, and this requires looking at things in a different way. And while luxury has always been important as a social determinant, it is becoming increasingly less exclusive and extravagant, and starting to open up for people to express their deepest values. Thus, sustainable luxury is about going back to the old meaning of luxury - a thought-over purchase or a craft manufacture - and the beauty of materials in the broadest sense, as well as respect for the social and environmental aspects.

This special issue of The Journal of Corporate Citizenship explores the different dimensions of sustainability in the luxury industry. The call attracted 22 submissions, 14 of which were invited to the second round for full manuscript review. Finally, and with the help of the review panel throughout this process, seven high-quality papers were selected. It is important to emphasize that this is the first journal that releases a special issue dedicated to the theme of Sustainable Luxury.  This Special Issue is a forerunner to two Sustainable Luxury books to be published by Greenleaf in 2014: Sustainable Luxury: Managing Social and Environmental Performance in Iconic Brands, edited by Miguel Angel Gardetti and Ana Laura Torres, and Sustainable Luxury and Social Entrepreneurship: Stories from the Pioneers, edited by Miguel Angel Gardetti and María Eugenia Girón.

Table of Contents

Editorial

Malcolm McIntosh, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Introduction

Miguel Angel Gardetti, Center for Studies on Sustainable Luxury, Argentina and Ana Laura Torres, The Sustainable Textile Centre, Argentina

The Appearance of Elegant Disruption: Theorising Sustainable Luxury Entrepreneurship

Jem Bendell, University of Cumbria, UK and Laetitia Thomas, Grenoble Graduate School of Business, France

Sustainability as Part of the Luxury Essence: Delivering Value through Social and Environmental Excellence
Nadine Hennigs, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, Christiane Klarmann and Stefan Behrens, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany

Strategic Management and Sustainability in Luxury Companies: The IWC Case

Luana Carcano, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Luxury: The Aïny Savoirs Des Peuple Case 

Miguel Angel Gardetti, Centre for Studies of Sustainable Luxury, Argentina and Ana Laura Torres, The Sustainable Textile Centre, Argentina

Sustainability and Luxury: The Italian Case of a Supply Chain Based on Native Wools 

Simone Guercini, University of Florence, Italy and Silvia Ranfagni, University of Florence, Italy

The Value of Sustainable Luxury in Mature Markets: A Customer-Based Approach 

Marie-Cécile Cervellon: EDHEC Business School, France and Lara Shammas, International University of Monaco

Touch and Feel: Signals That Make a Difference

Olga Ivanova, ICN Business School, France, Kim Poldner, University of Applied Sciences Lucerne, Switzerland and Oana Branzei, University of Western Ontario, Canada

A limited number of individual copies of are available for purchase at the price of£30.00/US$50.00/€35.00 plus postage. 

PDF downloads of the complete issue are also available for £30.00/US$50.00/€35.00.

Read JCC 52 now – www.greenleaf-publishing.com/jcc

Rebecca Macklin

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