This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This cutting edge text considers how Asian philanthropists and charitable organizations break with Western philanthropic traditions and examines the key traits and trends that make social investment in Asia unique. Based on 30 case studies of...

Section 1: The Introduction and Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 1: Muslim Majority Countries, Philanthropy, and Human Security: Concepts, and Contexts- Samiul Hasan -- Chapter 2: Human Security in A Globalised World: Concepts and Issues for the Muslim World- Ishtiaq Hossain and Adams Isiaka...

The Business of Giving reviews current thinking and surveys the key techniques any philanthropist or grantmaker should adopt. It also outlines a generic social investment process that can be utilized for all philanthropic or grantmaking programmes. Essential reading for all engaged in or with an...

Social Entrepreneurship wird wesentlich durch Venture-Philanthropy- und Social-Venture-Capital-Gesellschaften finanziert. Peter Heister analysiert den Auswahlprozess und die Auswahlkriterien dieser neuartigen Finanzintermediäre auf Basis von Fallstudien und legt damit die erste umfangreiche...

Collective Goods, Voluntary Contributions, and Intermediation: A Literature Survey -- A Theoretical Approach to Strategic Donor-Fundraiser Interaction -- An Empirical Investigation of Donor-Fundraiser Interaction.

Corporate Cultural Responsibility (CCR) meint die Verantwortung von Unternehmen gegenüber Kultur. Dieses Buch zeigt in einer Sammlung von hochkarätigen Beiträgen wie beide Seiten gewinnbringend Potentiale der CCR nutzen können. Wissenschaftliche Artikel liefern einen theoretischen Rahmen...

Gewinn und Moral – Herausforderung für die Kommunikation -- Corporate Social Responsibility – ein neues Kommunikationsinstrument? -- CSR Communication – Strategie und Konzept -- CSR Communication – Instrumente, Maßnahmen und Kanäle -- Ethik der Kommunikation -- CSR Communication –...

This book discusses the role historical events played in determining the pattern of growth of Indian manufacturing. Two important historical events significantly influenced the course of Indian manufacturing from the 15th century AD. The first was the arrival of European merchants via sea route...

“Many people have tried to draw lessons from Botswana’s apparent economic success, and linked it to unique features of the country’s history. In this book, Bolt and Hillbom have used detailed historical research to tell the story of that success, and suggest that it is perhaps not so...