Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.251 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: A ‘Dynamic Capabilities’ Perspective Venugopal Ramachandran* Insitute for Financial Management and Research‚ Chennai‚ India ABSTRACT In this paper‚ strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined on the basis of Porter’s theory of competitive advantage. Two kinds of dynamic capabilities are proposed as the precursors to strategic CSR success and operationalized in terms of two sets of associated
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June 20‚ 2011 Case Study #3 Case Problem: Hamilton County Judges Three major court systems in Hamilton County were reviewed in depth‚ and case information from the Common Pleas‚ Domestic Relations‚ and Municipal Courts were reviewed. This study compiles information from 38 Judges who had a total of 182‚908 cases presented to them over a three year period. This study shows the number of cases that were disposed‚ appealed‚ and reversed. This study is to aid in determining which judges have a
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What are the particular resources and capabilities that McDonalds has been relying upon for its recent turnaround? After longstanding growth within the fast food industry‚ McDonald’s began to experience a decline in their annual earnings in the late 90’s. Prior to the decline‚ McDonald’s was a segment leader within the fast food industry and was widely recognized for its outstanding service and quality. Once known as the benchmark company by industry insiders‚ McDonald’s began to lose sight of
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Executive Summary This report has been designed to identify Amazon’s strategy between 2007-2010 and also to pinpoint the company’s strategic capabilities. Internal and External analysis reveals Amazon’s position against its competitors as well as sources of value creation and cost reduction in its value chain. Amazon.com is a leading e-retailer and is a globally recognized brand‚ but is facing increasing competition from bricks and mortar companies setting up an online presence and current e-retailers
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Abstracts Innovate a machine which is easy to use and that cannot tolerate with their accuracy‚ without affecting the prize of the machine. All over the world the resources of energy are reduced for that we can find new sources of energy. For that machine is both manually and power operated. In India‚ there is many industries which are engaged in production of manually pipe bending machine. Presently the pipe bending machine is power and manually both operated. But‚ the manually operated
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water turn bright red and your vision blurs. For you‚ it’s all in your imagination‚ however‚ for teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton‚ it was reality. From that day forward‚ Bethany Hamilton became an amputee. The media shared her tragic story with the public. Sean McNamara‚ the director of the film Soul Surfer‚ while attempting to accurately illustrate the life of Bethany Hamilton‚ failed to provide an accurate portrayal for his audience‚ due to the simplistic undertone and glossing of a tragic experience
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Strategic Capabilities In this part of the report the different capabilities of Darden will be explained and which of these capabilities lead to competitive rivalry. But first the different resources and competences will be discussed which will lead to the capabilities. 1) Resource; A physical resource of Darden is; There different restaurants‚ with this is meant the different buildings that Darden owns with the different kind of restaurants. 1) Competence; The competence that Darden has is;
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Assignment-1 Process Capability Analysis Objective To apply Process Capability Analysis model for Six Sigma implementation in telecommunication area. Important Concepts Process capability compares the output of a process to the specification limits by using capability indices. The comparison is made by forming the ratio of the spread between the process specifications. Process Capability Indexes: Cp is a process index that helps in numerically describing variation relative to the tolerances
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Sony has numerous resources and capabilities ranging from tangible to intangible that give them their own unique competitive advantage as well as put them in positions that could potentially hurt their growth and strategy. Sony in the past has made bad strategic decisions in aspects of which technology they pursue. When video tapes were becoming popular Sony’s BetaMax was a failure and now today the Sony brand is leading with their involvement with the Blu-ray. The gaming industry has seen increasing
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Capabilities And Limitations Of ICT Advantages of ICT Over Manual Methods of Processing Data • Repetitive Processing – Computers can carry out the same or similar tasks (e.g. mail merge‚ payroll) over and over very quickly and with a high level of accuracy. • Speed of Processing – A computer system can process raw data very quickly to produce information. • Data Storage Capacity – Traditionally‚ a company’s information would be stored on paper in filing cabinets which takes up expensive
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