Research in the Decision Sciences for Innovations in Global Supply Chain Networks: Best Papers from the 2014 Annual Conference

14. Anthropocene Age Wicked Challenges: Yin, Yang, and Sustainable Enterprise Excellence

—Rick Edgeman ([e-mail]), Interdisciplinary Center for Organizational Architecture and AU-Herning, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

—Zhaohui Wu, Department of Global Business Analysis, College of Business, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Abstract

Grand global challenges, including wicked human caused or influenced ones key to sustainability, characterize the Anthropocene Age. Among these are climate change driven by increased methane and CO₂ in the atmosphere; consequent global warming and increasing intensity and incidence of extreme weather events, drought, and desertification; threatened food supplies; water pollution, ...