Boston company Lowitt Associates, a leading provider of sustainability and competitive strategy consulting services, has announced that The Future of Value, written by managing director Eric Lowitt, has been nominated as a candidate for business book of 2011 in the category of Finance and Economics by 800-CEO-READ. The Future of Value is the only sustainability and competitive strategy book nominated in this category.

The Future of Value (Jossey-Bass, September 2011) is assisting companies worldwide to connect their sustainability goals to their competitive strategies in order to reduce costs today, grow revenue tomorrow, and become more agile as a way to quickly adapt to changing conditions well into the future. Available worldwide via leading online retailers including 800-CEO-READ,The Future of Value reveals how you can quickly improve your company’s financial performance and competitive position.

The Future of Value is informed by interviews with over 100 leading sustainability, strategy, finance, and operations experts at leading companies in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. Companies featured in The Future of Value include Unilever, GE, Australia, New Zealand Banking Group, DW Morgan, Monadnock Paper Mills, Gap, UPS, Centrica, Nike, Hitachi, Hilton Worldwide, AMD, Wesfarmers, Herman Miller, Cisco, BASF, Marks & Spencer, Kodak, Sodexo, eBay, Travelocity, BT North America, Aviva, and GlaxoSmithKline.

Lowitt Associates’s managing director, Eric Lowitt, said "I am grateful to 800-CEO-READ for the honor of having The Future of Value nominated for Business Book of the Year in the Finance/Economics category. The Future of Value shows companies how to sharpen their competitive advantage and enhance their financial performance by adapting their business activities and mindsets to the realities of sustainability. I want to thank each interviewee for providing insights, guidance, and advice during the creation of The Future of Value, as well as every company that has supported The Future of Value. Their collective efforts were critical to The Future of Value being nominated as a candidate for 2011 Business Book of the Year by 800-CEO-READ.”

About Lowitt Associates:

Lowitt Associates enables clients to enhance their financial performance by connecting their sustainability goals to their competitive strategy plans and aspirations. Lowitt Associates is led by Eric Lowitt, a globally recognized expert in the fields of competitive strategy, growth, and sustainability. A consultant and frequent speaker at conferences worldwide (most recently in Helsinki, Finland), Eric is the author of The Future of Value, a book which connects sustainability with competitive strategy and financial performance.

Eric's work is regularly featured in the Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, and The Christian Science Monitor, as well as news wires, industry publications and other media outlets. He has worked with Accenture, Fidelity Investments, and Deloitte Consulting, and earned his MBA from The Wharton School.

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Lowitt Associates works with clients to solve their most vexing challenge - how to outperform the competition today and tomorrow. When you have Lowitt Associates work with you, you will receive fresh ideas and pragmatic ‘get it done’ guidance that will enable you to connect your sustainability aspirations with your competitive strategy in order to enhance your financial performance. Lowitt Associates offers you these services: Executive coaching Sustainability strategy planning Organization design Employee engagement Revenue and profitability growth through sustainability

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