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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"social investment"”.
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Corporate Social investment and development
Can the Corporate Social Investment initiatives of small businesses contribute to development? Corporate Social Investment (CSI) and its counterpart Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are the terms used for the external and internal initiatives undertaken by companies to contribute to the …
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Personality trait development and social investment in work
… = 391) was used to test the relationship between social investment at work, which is the act of cognitively and emotionally committing to one‘s job or career, and both cross-sectional and longitudinal patterns of personality trait development. Participants provided ratings of personality and …
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Understanding corporate social investment practice in South Africa
… the rationale and dimensions of corporate social investment (CSI) practice in South Africa. While the globalised CSI literature is robust, the South African literature is fragmented and insufficient, despite the growing social need for this type of funding in the context of South Africa. …
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Rebalancing the Major League Baseball Through Social Investment
… minimum spend requirements to prevent underinvestment in team competitiveness. Ultimately, this research argues for a holistic approach to reforming MLB’s economic structures, aiming to ensure a fairer competitive environment and enhancing the league’s viability for the future. By ensuring …
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Corporate social investment and HIV/AIDS in South Africa
… presents the results of an analysis of corporate social investment and HIV/Aids programmes in South African corporations. The study measures the growing debate over the responsibilities of business and the examination of Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes and communication strategies …
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Communication as a management tool for corporate social investment programmes
… is used as a management tool for Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes. To this end, the following objectives were formulated; To (a) determine if communication between funding business organisations and communities facilitate the realisation of mutually beneficial goals, (b) …
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Decoupling of Corporate Social Investment in South Africa: Optics over Impact
Examining corporate social investment (CSI) in South Africa through a lens of institutional theory, this study investigates the validity of criticisms found in literature and society of the practice of CSI in the country. Using a two-phase explanatory sequential research design, an initial …
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Public relations and communication theory, with special reference to corporate social investment
… phenomenon rooted in the understanding of social issues. Thus its background and experience will serve it well in the evolution of a new, democratic, non-racial society in South Africa.
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Institutional influence on the manifestation of entrepreneurial orientation: A case of social investment funders
… funders that this study collectively calls social investment funders (SIF), which integrate philanthropy and venture capital investment to create and implement a venture philanthropy model for a pursuit of their mission. A theoretical framework is developed to propose regulative and …
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The role of corporate social investment in supporting early childhood development in South Africa
This research study, The Role of Corporate Social Investment in Supporting Early Childhood Development in South Africa, explored the role of and the degree to which, corporate social investment (CSI) initiatives in South Africa support early childhood development (ECD). Trends of CSI expenditure in …
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Corporate social investment in development: an analysis and critique of the Anglo American chairman's fund
… on which Anglo American bases its Corporate Social Investment (CSI) was examined. The relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and development literature specifically Modernization and Dependency theory set the theoretical foundations for the analysis of the Chairman’s Fund. …
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Corporate social investment and the state of environmental restitution in the Western Cape, South Africa
… concerns, when conducting corporate social investment (CSI) programmes. As a result of thins investigation, the research will also give attention to the relationships between finns, their CSI, the sustainable development agenda.
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A fusion of charity and commercial investment principles to maximise social investment in South Africa
South Africa faces a raft of social problems, the enormity of which make it impossible for the government to tackle alone. This has necessitated private sector involvement through socially responsible investments (SRI) and charity. Despite the growth of the SRI industry and years of charitable …
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Crisis, hegemony, and the social investment market: The cultural political economy of an emerging governance strategy
… research on neoliberalism by analysing the ‘social investment market’ (SIM) as part of the reproduction and remaking of hegemony since the financial crisis of 2008. It describes the modernisation attempts under the idea of ‘ethical capitalism’ to deal with multiple problems of market …
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Exploring the evaluation methods used in the context of corporate social investment activities in South Africa
Corporate social investment (CSI) has become a key issue for businesses and the social development sector. Since its inception in South Africa, social investment has developed from a donation style approach to a focused intervention that aims to empower its recipients. Corporations are now …
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Financing alternative development through double bottom line private equity funds & a real estate social investment framework
… has contributed to a host of negative economic, social, and environmental impacts. Growing dissatisfaction and concern over these negative impacts has given rise to development models that seek to accommodate the demand for new built space through alternative spatial forms, development locations, …
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Examining the Social Investment Hypothesis: The Relationship of Social Role Investment and Personality Trait Development in Adulthood
The social investment hypothesis of personality development states that involvement in normative social roles is a critical mechanism of personality trait change in adulthood. The current research examines the importance of social investment as a developmental construct that is reciprocally related …
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The Online Communication of Corporate Social Investment: How is the intricate task approached by South African companies?
Corporate Social Investment in South Africa has come to mean more than abiding by the B-BBEE regulatory requirements. It is a way for companies to showcase that their priorities move beyond profit-making, and stem into community upliftment. While actual contributions to CSI are of the most …
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An assessment of corporate social responsibility in South Africa's mining industry : a case study of Anglo American Platinum's corporate social investment programmes in the area of education
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda and practice has been a part of the global, academic and corporate debate for many decades. Policymakers are increasingly viewing the private sector as an important role player in contributing towards meeting the socio-economic developmental …
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