Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect Firms’ Performance?1 Laura Poddi2 Sergio Vergalli3 July 28‚ 2008 Abstract In the last two decades in the OECD countries there have been a raising development of firms certified as Social Responsible (CSR is the acronym of Corporate Social Responsibility). This kind of certification is assigned by private companies that guarantee that the behaviour of a certain firms environmentally and sociologically correct. Some papers (among others Preston
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a knowledge-based theory of the firm ROBERT M. GRANT ‚ 1996‚ SMJ Presentation of the article The different theories of the firm when applied to the field of strategic management help explain firm performance and the determinants of strategic choice from different perspectives. The knowledge-based view‚ through its focus upon knowledge as the most strategically important firm resource‚ is seen here as an extension of the resource-based view. The issues with which the KBV concerns itself extend beyond
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Marketing & Firm Performance” Leslie M. Fine‚ author of “The Bottom Line: Marketing & Firm Performance‚” analyzes how marketing relates to how well the firm does overall. A majority of the article is focused on how customer relations’ impact firm performance and can affect shareholder wealth. Firms improving customer equity and reducing the firm’s cash needs‚ will influence the net present value of the firm. Within recent years‚ there has been an increase in the awareness that firms should be able
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Radical and incremental innovations have long been the cornerstone of which firms base their knowledge and methods of technological innovation. However‚ this paper serves to bring attention to one of the less apparent forms of innovation‚ whose importance is increasingly being brought to light. Architectural innovations are‚ as defined by Henderson and Clark‚ "innovations that change the way in which the components of a product are linked together‚ while leaving the core design concepts (and thus
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info RESEARCH ARTICLE An Empirical Analysis of Capital Structure on Firms’ Performance in Nigeria Taiwo Adewale Muritala* Department of Economics and Financial Studies‚ Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun State‚ Nigeria. *Correspondence E-mail: muritaiwo@yahoo.com Abstract This paper examines the optimum level of capital structure through which a firm can increase its financial performance using annual data of ten firms spanning a five-year period. The results from Im‚ Pesaran & Shine unit
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American Economic Association The Theory of the Firm as Governance Structure: From Choice to Contract Author(s): Oliver E. Williamson Source: The Journal of Economic Perspectives‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 3 (Summer‚ 2002)‚ pp. 171-195 Published by: American Economic Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3216956 Accessed: 21-04-2015 06:39 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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Organizational Psychology‚ 75‚ 3‚ 339 – 356. Child‚ J.‚ and Marko´ czy‚ L. (1993)‚ “Host-country Managerial Behaviour and Learning in Chinese and Hungarian Joint Ventures‚” Journal of Management Studies‚ 30‚ 4‚ 611 – 631. Chiu‚ W.C.K. (2002)‚ “Do Types of Economic Ownership Matter in Getting Employees to Commit? An Exploratory Study in the People’s Republic of China‚” International Journal of Human Resource Management‚ 13‚ 6‚ 865 – 882. CIA (2005)‚ The World Fact Book: China‚ retrieved 1 November
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This paper is going to critically evaluate the risks which associate with many aspects that a business will have to cope with when expanding into an international market. In more detail‚ this case is about a pharmaceutical company‚ from the UK‚ which desires to develop its production in India. The paper is structured into four main parts which demonstrate risks in cross-cultural‚ political‚ financial and commercial presence. Finally‚ a conclusion and recommendation will be drawn upon exploring and
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Small Business Institute® National Conference Proceedings Vol. 34‚ No.1 - Winter 2010 292 DOES SIZE MATTER? ETHICS APPLIED TO SMALL BUSINESSES COMPARED TO LARGE BUSINESSES Kevin Cooksey & Dolores Kuchina-Musina‚ Christopher Newport University Abstract Considering the normative statement that both large and small businesses should follow the same ethical and moral standards‚ this paper analyzes the perceptions of individuals based on the relative ethical behavior of small business as compared
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Nathan Jurczyk of SBGA‚ A merchant services firm introduces business management solutions for small business. (1888 PressRelease) Nathan Jurczyk‚ merchant services company SBGA integrates new business management systems to help streamline payroll for small businesses. Nathan Jurczyk of Small Business Growth Alliance makes payroll easy! The Small Business Growth Alliance (SBGA) has helped hundreds of businesses nationwide cut their payroll costs on average by $1‚900 a year over other third party
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