Academic Year 2012‐2013 CEMS BLOCK SEMINAR: Take‐home examination Corporate Entrepreneurship Pauline GELDOF – CEMS Master 2 Introduction In today’s global economy‚ Corporate Entrepreneurship defined by Damanpour (1991) as the generation‚ development‚ and implementation of new ideas and behaviors by a company has become the only real source of competitive advantage for established organizations. Indeed‚ operating within an increasingly
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Fordlândia: Corporate Citizenship or Corporate Colonialism Question 1 - Based on the information provided in the case‚ what could the list look like‚ that Archibald Johnston started to compile (at the end of section Adeus Fordlândia – bem-vindo Belterra!)? Can you identify challenges that can be labelled as hypernorms or authentic norms? Ford built up a new community for the people living in the jungle and gave them new opportunities. They got access to free education‚ healthcare‚ jobs and
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In her article "Carving up the Amazon" (Nature 3/22/2014)‚ Barbara Fraser descripes the effects of road construction and deforestation in the Amazon and on a global scale. Fraser states that rainforest destruction began in the 1970s. Since then‚ the road network has extended year by year. The forest must be cut down and the roads offer a way to penetrate the forest and destroy large parts of it. This causes changes in the remaining forest. One of the consequences of the construction of roads is
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Corporate Sustainability: A Progress Report In cooperation with Corporate Sustainability Definition & Survey Methodology Corporate Sustainability: A Progress Report is a ’KPMG’s Climate Change & Sustainability Services practice’ research paper‚ conducted in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit. It reviews the importance of sustainability within business today and executive’s attitudes toward this issue. For the purpose of the report‚ corporate sustainability is defined as “adopting
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT MGT 4235 Corporate Communication Ms. Rizwanah Souket Ali Yang Yu I 12001918 8 BA 1 15th October 2014 Corporate Communication: Mitsubishi Corporation Background: Main Business Activities Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has seven Business Groups which develop operations in the diverse fields of Global Environmental & Infrastructure; Industrial Finance‚ Logistics & Development; Energy; Metals; Machinery; Chemicals; and Living Essentials. In addition to
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PUBLISHED REPORTS HAVE IMPROVED ITS SIGNIFICANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE – AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PUBLISHED REPORTS HAVE IMPROVED ITS SIGNIFICANCE This report is submitted as a partial compliment for the Risk and Control Strategy module of the BBA degree’s 4th Semester Prepared by THILANKA HEWAGE Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. What is Corporate Governance? 3. Corporate Governance Today 4. Reports on Corporate Governance
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places on earth. Rainforests are home to about fifty million people and millions of species of animals‚ plants‚ and insects. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest which grows in nine different countries in Latin America. Amazon rainforest has the second longest river in the world which is called Amazon River. Rainforest has many different species of animals‚ birds and insects. Some are strange‚ some are beautiful‚ and some are even new to us. For example‚ tapirs are
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Corporate identity – the management of the process of change in the name/logo in the context of brands’ merger Joana César Machado Paulo de Lencastre Pedro Dionísio Universidade Católica Portuguesa E-mail: jcmachado@porto.ucp.pt E-mail: plencastre@porto.ucp.pt Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa E-mail: pedro.dionisio@imr.pt Abstract The creation of strong corporate identity‚ including identity signs‚ is crucial for companies to encourage positive attitudes in
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this journal is available at http://www.emerald-library.com/ft Corporate identity‚ corporate branding and corporate marketing Seeing through the fog John M.T. Balmer Bradford School of Management‚ The University of Bradford‚ UK Keywords Corporate identity‚ Corporate Communications‚ Brands‚ Corporate image Abstract Outlines 15 explanations for the fog which has enveloped the nascent domains of corporate identity and corporate marketing. However‚ the fog surrounding the area has a silver lining
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shareholders lose their investments‚ and societies lose key parts of their economic infrastructure‚ have you noticed that it often appears that the senior directors involved walk away with a clear conscience and they seem to be unaffected by the corporate collapses they have created. They present themselves as glibly unbothered by the chaos around them‚ unconcerned about those who have lost their jobs‚ savings and investments‚ and lacking any regrets about what they have done. Some of these individuals
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