Corporate Social Responsibility Boosts Value Creation at the Base of the Pyramid

Andre, Thomas

doi:10.5840/iabsproc2014257

“…These BoP projects have obvious advantages for the BoP populations, but they also simultaneously offer the initiating MNCs new opportunities for codevelopment in the form of opportunities for financial gain, strategic business improvement, positive public relations, development of employee competencies, innovation spreading, and organizational restructuring (Andre, 2014;Keating & Schmidt, 2008). However, as with anything else in multinationals, such efforts are very dependent on attitudes at MNC headquarters, which can be highly volatile and dependent on shifting management fashions, changes in executive positions, and organizational restructuring (Dörrenbächer & Geppert, 2011;Kristensen & Zeitlin, 2004).…”

Section: Possibilities For Co-development On a Global Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, as with anything else in multinationals, such efforts are very dependent on attitudes at MNC headquarters, which can be highly volatile and dependent on shifting management fashions, changes in executive positions, and organizational restructuring (Dörrenbächer & Geppert, 2011;Kristensen & Zeitlin, 2004). A good example of this is when Hewlett-Packard closed down its BoP program that had been designed to empower populations with access to ICT (Andre, 2014). Typically, MNCs may be bad at diagnosing problems and finding solutions in the first place, and if they fail in first attempts instead of engaging in learning processes, internal critics may undermine visionary advocates.…”

Section: Possibilities For Co-development On a Global Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

Constructing Chains of Enablers for Alternative Economic Futures: Denmark as an Example

Kristensen

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2016

AMP

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Though capitalism may be structured in divergent ways that produce highly different outcomes, and though the capitalist process needs new demands and technologies to realize its expansionary potential, these lessons seem to have been ignored in recent discussions of how to revitalize mature economies. This article illustrates a way of researching alternative economic futures by identifying chains of enablers in Denmark and other Nordic countries by which society and business can co-develop and capture capabilities to take on new roles in globalization. The paper focuses on institutional enablers that have made possible novel forms of work organization and business models. These institutional enablers are capacitating on the "supply side" by enabling labor to take an active part in shaping enterprises supported by social welfare services (training, childcare and eldercare, support for housing, etc.). Being generally inclusive of social movements, welfare states have also helped identify new needs on the "demand side" such as toys, aids, technologies, and buildings for childcare and eldercare, environmental protection, alternative energy and energy saving, health, and city planning. This is illustrated by a number of firms that supply products that solve societal problems, and that have used their capabilities to become multinationals that engage in active co-development with firms and institutions in foreign countries.

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Responsible Corporate Behaviors

Tan

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2017

CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate Citizenship

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The aim of this chapter is to outline the growing interest on corporate responsibility, how it has evolved and transpired itself in the form of CSR. In this respect the chapter begins by reviewing the definitions of corporate responsibility and emphasizing its difference from related concepts. In the following section major cornerstones in the evolution of corporate responsibility are explained along with a brief outlook of how the modern approaches to corporate responsibility have changed in the past 30 years. The main focus of the chapter is on factors that shape corporate responsibility. In this respect attention is directed to four perspectives used in organization studies; economic, institutional, cultural and cognitive. Theoretical underpinnings, empirical research and examples are provided for the drivers of corporate responsibility. The chapter demonstrates benefits of integrating multiple perspectives and discusses directions for the future of corporate responsibility.

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Responsible Corporate Behaviors

Tan

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2018

Business Education and Ethics

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The aim of this chapter is to outline the growing interest on corporate responsibility, how it has evolved and transpired itself in the form of CSR. In this respect the chapter begins by reviewing the definitions of corporate responsibility and emphasizing its difference from related concepts. In the following section major cornerstones in the evolution of corporate responsibility are explained along with a brief outlook of how the modern approaches to corporate responsibility have changed in the past 30 years. The main focus of the chapter is on factors that shape corporate responsibility. In this respect attention is directed to four perspectives used in organization studies; economic, institutional, cultural and cognitive. Theoretical underpinnings, empirical research and examples are provided for the drivers of corporate responsibility. The chapter demonstrates benefits of integrating multiple perspectives and discusses directions for the future of corporate responsibility.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Boosts Value Creation at the Base of the Pyramid

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Constructing Chains of Enablers for Alternative Economic Futures: Denmark as an Example

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