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Corporate Social Responsibility in Large Family and Founder Firms

Block, J.H.; Wagner, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2010

Based on arguments about long-term orientation and corporate reputation, we argue that family and founder firms differ from other firms with regard to corporate social responsibility. Using Bayesian analysis, we then show that family and founder ownership are associated with a lower level of...

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Reinventing Strategic Philanthropy: the sustainable organization of voluntary action for impact

Meijs, L.C.P.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2010

Philanthropic organizations have recently started to focus on how to invest their resources in a way that will really make a difference to society. Strategic philanthropy is the new concept for voluntary action for the public good to create a valuable sustainable impact! This inaugural address...

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The Resilient Society: On volunteering, civil society and corporate community involvement in transition

Meijs, L.C.P.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

Changes in the Dutch non-profit regime necessitate the direct participation of citizens and businesses in non-profit organisations. Dutch society must re-invent the commitment of citizens, businesses, foundations, universities and various other organisations by increasing both â€˜community...

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Much Ado About Nothing: A conceptual critique of CSR

Oosterhout, J. van; Heugens, P.P.M.A.R. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a nominal term clearly resonates with scholars and practitioners alike. As a … paper we review and assess intensional and extensional definitions of the concept, as they have figured in the prior CSR … theorizing. The upshot of this analysis is that since the CSR concept adds nothing of value to existing frameworks in the field …

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Societal Innovation: between dream and reality lies complexity

Rotmans, J. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2005

Jan Rotmans (1961) is one of the founders of Integrated Assessment (IA), and has outstanding experience in IA modeling, scenario-building, uncertainty management and transition management. During the past twenty years he has led a diversity of innovative projects in the field of climate change,...

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Making Retail Supply Chains Sustainable: Upgrading Opportunities for Developing Country Suppliers under Voluntary Quality Standards

Wijk, J.C.A.C. van; Danse, M.; Tulder, R.J.M. van - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008

This paper examines the sustainability claims of private quality standards, voluntary adopted by supermarket to improve the quality of products in respect of food safety, and environmental and social sustainability. The concept of â€˜sustainabilityâ€™ is defined as the opportunity for...

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The Social Capital of Venture Capitalists and Its Impact on the Funding of Start-Up Firms

Alexy, O.; Block, J.H.; Sandner, P.G.; Wal, A.L.J. Ter - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2010

How does the social capital of venture capitalists (VCs) affect the funding of start-ups? Extant entrepreneurship literature conceptualizes a substitute effect between the social and financial capital that new firms attain from their investors. On the contrary, by building on the rich social...

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The Emergence of a Private Business Sector in China

Krug, B.; Hendrischke, H. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2001

This paper is part of a broader research project that aims to analyse the emerging private business sector in China by focusing on three topics.

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Networks In Cultural, Economic and Evolutionary Perspective

Krug, B. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2003

Depending on the kind of literature networks in general, and Chinese networks in particular seem to be different phenomena, or are explained by different factors leaving the interested public puzzled. Whether Chinese networks resemble Clans, Clubs, or Mafia-kind of organizations is as much...

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Account Managers Creation of Social Capital: Communal and Instrumental Investments and Performance Implications

Verbeke, W.J.M.I.; Belschak, F.D.; Wuyts, S.H.K.; … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2004

Account managers invest in two distinct, compensatory social ties to achieve social capital, namely peripheral knowledge ties and implementation support ties. The first ties require communal investments, which consist of organizational citizenship behaviors and peripheral information sharing....

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