company‚ they found that the average CSR decreased during their 15 year time period. “ Although anecdotal evidence suggests that CSR is rapidly becoming commonplace within U.S. corporations‚ our findings have a somewhat mixed message. Although U.S. companies have significantly increased their CSR strengths during the past 15 years‚ CSR concerns appear to have proliferated during the same period‚ and many remain unaddressed. The net result is that our measure of net CSR strengths (strengths minus concerns)
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Case Study 1: Apple 2008 1. Historically‚ what were Apple’s major competitive advantages? Apple’s major competitive advantages over its rivals‚ historically‚ were: (1) the pioneering of the personal computer market with its easy-to-use Apple II in 1978; (2) the introduction of the first graphical user interface (GUI) with the Macintosh in 1984; (3) the winning‚ powerful combination of Wozniak’s technical skills‚ Jobs’ entrepreneurial zeal and vision‚ and Markkula’s business savvy and connections;
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Unit 1 Case Analysis: Apple‚ Inc.‚ 2008 Background Apple Computer‚ Inc. was created by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in April 1976. It started as a computer software and hardware manufacturer. Apple Computer‚ Inc. is famous for having one of the largest and most loyal customer bases that have helped to make concrete consistent growth for the company (Yoffie‚ Slind‚ 2008). In 2007 Apple Computer Inc.‚ became Apple Inc. to mirror its expansion into the consumer electronics market while still
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Financial 4 2.2 Social 5 2.3 Environment 6 2.3.1 Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection 6 2.3.2 Sustainable Packaging 6 2.3.3 Recycling 7 3. Corporate Social Responsibility 8 3.1 Ethical CSR 8 3.2 Altruistic CSR 8 3.3 Strategic CSR 9 4. Company’s Success 11 Conclusion 13 References 14 Appendices 16 I Mrs. Betsy Ching The Coca-Cola Company ERCBA211 Executive Summary The Coca-Cola Company is the most well-known
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Contemporary Science The effect of CSR initiatives on customer loyalty in the airline industry ROMAN ASATRYAN Department of Economics Tomas Bata University in Zlin Mostní 5139‚ 76001‚ Zlín CZECH REPUBLIC romankempo2002@yahoo.com Abstract: - Customer loyalty is one of the most essential consumers behaviours that firms endeavor to influence through the use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a marketing tool. Over the years‚ researchers have studied the impact of CSR in direct relationship to customer
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ghjklzxcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklz xcvbnmqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbn mqwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnmqwe Case Study: BlackBerry’s Rise In Brand Power (RIM vs. Apple) 10/14/2009 Team D.A.N.N- Neil Raj‚ Adriana Ng‚ Dave Clason‚ Nike Kim Problem: NEIL RIM does not currently have the product strategies in place to keep a consistent stranglehold upon the Smartphone market with tougher competition coming. MKTG 1102 David Wan Key Findings: NIKE Apple iPhone iPhone users are very satisfied. The iPhone users we surveyed report
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Preparation Questions for “Apple’s Challenges in the MP3 Player Market” Case Business Policy Please write 4-5 sentences in response to each question. Name_______________________________________ Section________________________________________ 1. Why would you say Apple was the runaway market leader in the MP3 industry? What were they doing that made them such a success? The IPod’s first-mover advantage and simplicity of use between sleekly designed hardware and Apple’s music/video
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Case Study about the CSR of Nike prepared by Paul SOMER TABLE OF CONTENTS • Background of the implementation of CSR at Nike (besides the existing legal commitment) • Activities of Nike regarding CSR • Responsibility by impementing the Environmental Apparel Design Tool • • Nike Responsibility Governance Conclusion and future prospects BACKGROUND FOR CSR OF NIKE • In 1992 it became public that Nike produces in Indonesia at minimum wages • Strike in the production
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contribute to the company’s vision ‘to be the standard against which others are measured’. Central to the running of these units are the values of M&S. These include quality‚ value‚ service‚ innovation and trust. Each business unit develops its own CSR strategy based around the brand value of trust. The issues tackled in the strategies are identified from a combination of customer research‚ understanding within the business and by talking with other key stakeholders‚ NGOs‚ government etc. For each
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the community. Ethical issues As stated in Alec‚ Gonca & Efe’s (2011) journal‚ “the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the concept of Corporate Sustainability (CS) have converged resulting in a similar objective of achieving the balance between economic prosperity‚ social integrity and environmental responsibility” (Alec‚et al.‚ 2011). CSR is the concept coined to describe how organizations now consider the welfare of the people by being responsible for the impact of their
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