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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"shared value"”.
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Process, purpose and profit: organising the creation of shared value in an emerging economy
This thesis examines the organizing principles of shared value creation, as a process pertaining to how firms adopt, define and practice mutually beneficial value creation. As evidenced in the literature, formal firms typically begin a process of creating shared value as a strategic input. While …
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Creating shared value: Investigating how micro-property developers in townships can collaborate with impact investors
… by illuminating how risk-taking, organisational values and funding contribute to corporate considerations in generating measurable, social and environment impact combined with financial return. Through relevant literature consulted and the use of in-depth interviews this study adopted a …
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Harnessing A Shared Value Between Generational Workers: The Optimum Leave Policy for Generational Workers in the Behavioral Healthcare Industry
… and (d) PTO policies created feelings of being valued and respected among generational workers (e) generational workers feel satisfied with the autonomy they enjoy with PTO policies, (f) generational workers feel satisfied with the amount of time they spend with people as a result of PTO …
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A theory of configurative fairness for evolving International legal orders: linking the scientific study of value subjectivity to Jurisprudential thought
Values matter in both legal decision (lawmaking and lawapplying) and<br/>discourse (lawshaping and lawinfluencing). Yet, their purported subjectivity<br/>means that gaining or improving knowledge about values (whether they be<br/>epistemic, legal, moral, ethical, economic, political, cultural, …
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The role of market orientation in developing and sustaining market relationships: an empirical study in Taiwan.
… of relationship constructs. Communication and shared value are highlighted as the primary mediators while satisfaction signals an inclination to continue a relationship. Market orientation is found to exert significant direct effects on communication and shared value and indirect effects on the …
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Product attachment in the context of gender differentiation and marital relationships
… tended to prefer objects with a functional value serving a consumer experience, particularly those that they could interact with and/or express the masculine desire to be independent and take an active role.<br/><br/>Women were more variable in their preferences, but most became attached to …
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Responsible investing in Kenya: Linking the sophistication of financial markets in Kenya with the possible creation of a sustainability index
… redefine their corporate boundaries and through shared value, measure the social and environmental impact of their business model. However, there is still need for increased awareness on RI, stakeholder activism and an improved regulatory framework. Embedding Responsible Investing in Kenya will …
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A methodology for planning sustainable supply chain initiatives
… opportunities within a firm, industry and shared value chain perfective. As companies become more global, challenges also become greater, thus, a more systematic and holistic approach can lead the way for developing more innovative solutions.
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Essays on the economic and financial challenges facing South Africa's commodity sector
… the expectations of stakeholders to improve shared-value outcomes. The third article examines the labor economics dimension by exploring how quantitative and qualitative job security vary amongst different sociodemographic groups as the PGM mining sector shifts from labor-intensive to …
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Communication processes in the Hellenic fire corps: a comparative perspective
… as communication events and a platform where shared cognitive meanings and shared value commitments shape the actions of the interactive agents. In this vein, emergencies are the outworking of communicative disruption in organizations, in which fire services face a triple jeopardy: they have …
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Good Works: The Topoi of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Travel and Tourism Industry
… The common CSR topoi, triple bottom line and shared value, were also used as overarching categories for coding the texts. The results of the method yielded six unique topoi that were specific to each company; these included Inspiration, Higher Purpose, Collaborative Innovation, Leadership, The …
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From Parent to Child: The Effects of a Home Learning Program on Attitudes and Achievements
Literacy is shared value in our culture, yet many adults are unable or unwilling to read. Research indicates that the beginnings of literacy occur long before formal education. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the Preschool Reading Experience Program on the attitudes and …
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The impact of corporate social responsibility on employee loyalty in chinese firms: investigating the interrelationships between csr, organisational culture and employee Loyalty
… Further to this, many scholarly discussions shared a similar view that CSR must be embedded into a firm's business strategy and the Organisational Culture to drive positive outcomes for employee attitudes such as loyalty (Porter & Kramer, 2006). Thus, it is imperative to investigate …
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Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can Companies Economically Benefit While Helping the Society?
… which is effective in the sense that it creates shared value for the company and the society. These criteria are complemented by contributions from a number of other authors, and then applied to the companies' reported CSR projects. An index that measures the effectivenessof the CSR projects is …
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Legitimacy-Centric Regulatory Disruption: Revitalizing Communities and Competition in a Mature, Regulated Market
… firms, how can we ensure they support broadly shared prosperity in our communities? Regulation is a common, albeit contested, answer to this question, in part because the largest firms use coercive means to limit and capture regulation via rent-seeking processes, undermining regulatory efforts …
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Circumstantial social entrepreneurship: Exploring inclusive, social innovation in the transition from shadow to mainstream economic spaces. A case study of informal sector recycling activities in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
… entrepreneurship‟, „generational informality‟, „value chain alliances‟, „public, private, community and informal sector partnerships (PPCIPs)‟ and „inclusive development as a pre-requisite to formalisation‟. By unpacking the business models employed by the informal recycling sector and how …
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The impact of leadership values and culture on sustainable development strategies
… companies can create and capture significant value for multiple stakeholders. This can be achieved by innovating business models with built-in sustainability. Sustainability business models can help alleviate the country's top three socioeconomic pain points (inequality, unemployment, and …
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Motive für nachhaltiges Handeln von Mitarbeitern und Führungskräften in Schweizer KMU
… from three different aspects: Personal: high value orientation (ethics) - good basic understanding of sustainability - shared value development. Organizational: purpose driven (high level of sense) - strong corporate culture with anchored values and values for sustainability - respectful …
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Strategic philanthropy for cyber security : an extended cost-benefit analysis framework to study cybersecurity
… framework to assess and demonstrate the value and efficacy of international development collaboration. Currently, no mature frameworks are available for evaluating such non-conventional, new, and complex international activities as they exist today, and thus this study aims to provide an …
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