Disclosures About CSR Practices: A Literature Review Kavitha W * and Anita P ** Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is now prominent and evident more than ever due to the emphasis laid on businesses regarding environmental, social and ethical issues. The level of CSR activities of the firms is made known to public only through the disclosures. This paper reviews the literature on CSR disclosures and the effect of these disclosures. There are various factors which determine the extent of disclosures
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Taichung, Taiwan Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the reason behind a sustainable guanxi network through the introduction of the collaborative strategy in the Taiwanese shoe industry. Design/methodology/approach – Literature review in the area of Chinese business culture, and guanxi network is used to elaborate the information obtained from the company. Findings – This paper highlights that the belief of sincerity and trustworthiness has refined to the organization culture
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formal forms, such as a referral network. The paper is aimed at exploring and educating prospective and allied businesses or firms the need and significance of across border coalition, and how to go about it. It is a literature based paper and therefore, reviews related literatures from journal articles, texts, seminar papers and some online sources for better understanding of the concept. The paper looked into issues in building global strategic alliances and coalitions, developing a global strategy
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investments, mergers or acquisitions. Further on we present a risk pattern that points out what business characteristics that are the most important when conducting a risk assessment of non-financial risks on companies in the ICT industry. From a literature study we find evidence that ten different business characteristics are of key interest when targeting companies in the ICT industry. These ten characteristics are firm size, business phase, governance, market strategy, funding, innovation process,
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The urban in fragile, uncertain, neoliberal times: towards new geographies of social justice? R. ALAN WALKS Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Cananda L5L 1C6 (e-mail: alan.walks@utoronto.ca) Canadian cities are at a crossroads. The neoliberalization of governance at multiple scales, inadequate re-investment in urban infrastructure, increasing reliance on continental and international trade, and the restructuring of the space economy have combined
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consumption process. To this aim, we investigated the main components of wine purchasing behavior and the socio-demographic profile of those who are both wine buyers and consumers. ?Design/methodology/approach: Starting from consumer behavior literature, we identified six phases in the purchasing process and we operationalized each of them. A structured questionnaire was developed according to such framework and an empirical study was carried out. We realized 630 interviews to wine buyers and
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Framework Research Paradigm Statement of the Problem Hypothesis Significance of the Study Scope and Delimitation Definition of Terms 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES Local Literature Local Studies Foreign Literature Foreign Literature 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Research Design Research Instrument Validation of Instrument Data Gathering Procedure Statistical Treatment of Data
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| Business Leadership and Human Values Seminar2 CreditsBU 131.601.F5Summer Session 2016Wednesdays 1:30-4:30pm -- June 8 – July 27 Harbor East Room 230 | Instructor Rick Milter, Ph.D. Contact Information Phone Number: 410.234.9422 milter@jhu.edu Office Hours Typically before class session or by appointment. Required Learning Materials This course is a series of thematic conversations about human values and your responsibilities as an emerging/aspiring business
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Sustainable Export Marketing Strategy Fit and Performance Athina Zeriti, Matthew J. Robson, Stavroula Spyropoulou, and Constantinos N. Leonidou ABSTRACT Despite the growing global importance o f sustainability issues, scant research has examined marketing strategy sustain ability issues in international settings. Although significant prior work has examined drivers and performance conse quences o f adaptation/standardization o f marketing strategies in international markets, researchers have
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www.ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 5, No. 12; December 2010 Impact of Resource Based View and Resource Dependence Theory on Strategic Decision Making Ali Raza Nemati Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: 92-345-590-5581 E-mail: aliraza.nemati@riphah.edu.pk Afkar Majeed Bhatti Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: 92-333-535-9743 E-mail: Afkar_tg@yahoo.com Muhammad Maqsal Riphah International University
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