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Self-esteem achievement through work and socio-demographic disparities in the labor market

Baguelin, Olivier - HAL - 2005

We develop a model in which agents choose whether to achieve self-esteem through work. When they do, they develop an intrinsic motivtion to effort. Depending on the characteristics of the job to be filled, an employer may try, or not, to encourage this intrinsic motivation by an adequately...

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Authority inside the firm: multiple mechanisms of coordination

Baudry, Bernard; Tinel, Bruno - HAL - 2004

In the last twenty years, through a growing awareness of contractual incompleteness, the concept of authority has … controversy between Coase and Alchian and Demsetz via an analysis of the foundations of intra-firm authority. Second, we argue … that intra-firm authority cannot hinge on a single variable and, to the contrary, rests on multiple mechanisms. The …

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Hybrid Modes of Organization. Alliances, Joint Ventures, Networks, and Other 'Strange' Animals

Ménard, Claude - HAL - 2010

The central message conveyed in this chapter is that there is a whole class of economic organizations that contribute substantially to what Coase (1992) called "the institutional structure of production". These arrangements fall neither under pure market relationships nor within 'firm...

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Hybrid Modes of Organization. Alliances, Joint Ventures, Networks, and Other 'Strange' Animals

Ménard, Claude - HAL - 2012

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Corporate-NGO partnerships in CSR activities: why and how?

Poret, Sylvaine - HAL - 2014

This article describes, analyzes, and explains the emergence of partnerships between corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the ways in which corporations use such relationships as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Economics concepts and the...

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Signaling Corporate Social Responsibility: Third-Party Certification vs. Brands

Etilé, Fabrice; Teyssier, Sabrina - HAL - 2012

For most consumers, Corporate Social Responsibility is a credence attribute of products, which can be signaled either through a label certified by a third party, or via unsubstantiated claims used as part of a brand-building strategy. These claims may, in theory, be regulated by reputation...

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La RSE comme instrument de la gouvernance d'entreprise

Cézanne, Cécile; Rubinstein, Marianne - HAL - 2010

Après avoir mis en évidence les problèmes de gouvernance posés par la " nouvelle firme ", désintégrée verticalement et intensive en capital humain, nous avançons que la responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise (RSE) peut servir à réguler les rapports de force entre les partenaires...

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Socially Responsible Investment in the USA : evolution of the shareholder advocacy to improve social performance of the firms. Updating a database for a longitudinal study

Martinez, Laura - HAL - 2011

The aim of this report is to analyze the Socially Responsible Investment in the USA from the shareholder's point of view. Based on the rule 14a-8, dissatisfied investors or activists may submit proposal to be implemented in order to improve social, societal and environmental performances of a...

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Doing well and doing good: a multi-dimensional puzzle

Forget, Vanina - HAL - 2012

Socially responsible firms are expected by European regulators to create shared value for their shareholders, their stakeholders and society. Yet how to generate profits while providing public good is still academically debated. This paper argues that corporate social responsibility encompasses...

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Think Global, invest responsible: why the private equity industry goes green

Crifo, Patricia; Forget, Vanina - HAL - 2012

The growth of socially responsible investment on public financial markets has drawn considerable academic attention over the last decade. Discarding from previous literature, this paper sets up to analyze the Private Equity channel, which is shown to have the potentiality to foster sustainable...

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