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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Chapter 3 – Strategic Capability In the previous chapter‚ we learned how to analyse the environment that surrounds a company. But‚ it is also important to study the internal strategic capabilities of the firm‚ because‚ since your competitors are in the same environment‚ that is what distinguishes the companies performances. Foundations of Strategic Capability Strategic Capabilities can be defined as the resources and competences (strategic assets) of an organisation needed for it to
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Information Needs of Managers and Other Users Managerial accounting information is needed by a number of individuals. In particular‚ managers and empowered workers need comprehensive‚ up-to-date information for: (1) Planning‚ (2) Controlling‚ and; (3) Decision making. Planning requires setting objectives and identifying methods to achieve those objectives. For example‚ a firm may set the objective of increasing its short-term and long-term profitability by improving the overall quality
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records‚ they want to feel free. They usually say: there is a risk‚ there is a fun ‚ but they know that they do it at one’s peril.Extreme sports often are an escape from reality‚ from stress and from monotony.You don t have to think about your problems. You just think about yourself‚ you can relax‚ and prove that you can do things which are admired by other people. There is even a special TV channel-
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“Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete”‚ by Jessica Statsky: A Critique What makes Jessika Statsky’s “Children Need to Play‚ Not Compete” an effective piece in the arguments on whether the competitive sports may harm children both physically and psychologically‚ is her use of clear thesis statement and a full forecast of the reasons she offers to justify her position. Statsky carefully picks her key terms‚ such as by sports‚ for example‚ she means to describe both contact and non-contact sports that
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Treatment of Disabled People in America “Of course‚ she didn’t believe me. It was like I didn’t speak at all‚” Tenney‚ who is hard of hearing is just another person who has gone through a series of professionals through her life and had received less than adequate care. On her post about how “experts” treated her and others she say people will say‚ “Well‚ I worked with disabled people all my life‚ I know better what they need than disabled people themselves!” and generally treat disabled people as
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Amartya Sen‚ an Indian economist and political philosopher‚ first articulated the “The Capability Approach” in the late 1970s and 1980s in order to create an alternative and new framework of thinking and evaluating issues of poverty‚ development‚ well-being and equality by embracing complexity‚ plurality and individualism with the aim to not overlook anything. Through his creation of the Capability Approach‚ Sen shows that his primary concern is to create a pluralistic conception of poverty and development
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De La Salle- College Approval Sheet A Recommendation on the Information Needs Net Essentials Prepared and Submitted By: Prince TY. Vizconde‚ Franz 1 trimester S.Y. 2012-2013 In partial fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Science in business administration Major in computer application has been examined and recommended for acceptance And approval for oral examination ________________________ Chit Valena CAPROJ1 Adviser Panel of examiners ________________________ HAZEL TAGALOG
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is shift of demand in the consumer market; consumers have switch to use instant messaging services like ‘whatapps’ instead of talking over the phone or short messaging services. AT&T must be able to implement alternate strategies to meet customers’ need before competitors. Though there are four major players in the telecommunication industry‚ AT&T’s main competitor is Verizon; they have similar financial strength and market share while Sprint and T-mobile hold a very small
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adult’s misconceptions and fear about death are often transferred to his/her children. Treating death as a part of life is difficult‚ but may help alleviate some of the fear and confusion associated with it. Dealing with death must be done within the cultural beliefs and mores of the family. Developmental age is a broad term used to describe the maturity of thought process development. Children may be more or less mature in their thinking and processing information‚ than others‚ at a similar age
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