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Le financement des entreprises sociales- une comparaison France-Californie : Accès aux fonds propres et aux financements moyen terme
Blazy, Clémentine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper aims at comparing French and Californian social businesses' financial structure and their access to equity and equity-like funding. The author finds from the study of an 800-French social businesses sample that these French organizations suffer from a lack of access to this type of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294581
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Social Entrepreneurship in the Context of Romania’s European Integration
Bibu, Nicolae Aurelian; Orhei, Loredana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The social sector or social economy is still at a developing stage and the concept of social entrepreneurship is just … in the emergence phase in Romania. There is still a lot to do in this field, in order to create sustainability among the … actors of the social economy or social sector. The paper will attempt to emphase the differences between entrepreneurship in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837020
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Recensione a Muhammad Yunus - "Un mondo senza povertà" (2008)
Reggiani, Tommaso - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous potential for positive change. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is hampered by a narrow view of human nature in which people are one-dimensional beings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004961528
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How Much (E)S in CSR?
Sienicka, Anna; Tyrowicz, Joanna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper approaches the problem of CSR in the context of social economy development in New Member States at the example of Poland. We explore the opportunities for companies to engage into socially beneficial undertakings with direct rather than indirect economic advantages. Namely, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105666
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Measuring the social responsibility discount for the cost of equity capital: evidence from benefit corporations
Everett, Craig R. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In 2010, Maryland became the first state to allow firms to incorporate as “benefit corporations,” which are for-profit entities with a social purpose. Since then, nineteen other states have followed. Using survey data from the population of 94 benefit corporations existent at the time of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112351
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In pursuit of a sustainable supply chain: insights from Westpac Banking Corporation
Keating, Byron W.; Quazi, Ali; Kriz, Anton; Coltman, Tim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The aim of this paper is to provide clues to industry and academia on how best to approach the challenge of developing a sustainable supply chain. A case study was undertaken of the Westpac Banking Corporation—one of the world’s most socially responsible banks—to examine how they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260624
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Case Study: Does Korea Telecom’s (KT) Sustainability Achievements Follow the Ten Steps Approach?
Lee, Young-eun; Cave, Adam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
sustainability with the theoretical viewpoint of the “Ten Steps to Sustainable business in 2013” from the Ivey Business Journal. As a … Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) for the third consecutive year. Thus, we can deduce that this theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265901
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CSR practices of private commercial bank's in Bangladesh: A comparative study
Masud, Abdul Kaium - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
CSR movement has gathered great momentum over the past number of years and is now regarded as being at this most prevalent. CSR is presently one of the most discussed topics by government, by non-government and by business itself. The purpose of the study is to provide deep understanding of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395484
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The theoretical aspect of Muhammad Yunus’s dream-'putting poverty in museums'
Zaman, Md Monowaruz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The present economy is based on capital based income structure. Grameen Bank has shown how zero capital owners become small capital owners by taking micro-credits. However micro-credit can create very limited economic density in an area that is insufficient to eradicate poverty unless the root...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787087
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An Unbiased Pareto Improvement strategy for poverty alleviation
Zaman, Md Monowaruz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
There are historical and institutional reasons behind our economic problems like poverty and environmental damage but it is not acceptable if they persist in years to come. The strategic use of information by individual economic agents establishes a biasing effect on our economy. In case of...
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