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Chancen und Risiken von CSR im Mittelstand

Icks, Annette; Levering, Britta; Maaß, Frank; Werner, Arndt - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2015

Die Studie erörtert Chancen und Risiken, die mit der Anwendung der Unternehmensführungsstrategie CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) verbunden sind. Eine Vielzahl an Gefahren in CSR-aktiven Unternehmen - darunter das Risiko des Greenwashings - werden identifiziert, systematisiert und...

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Konzepte und Wirkungen nachhaltigen Unternehmertums

Maaß, Frank; Chlosta, Simone; Icks, Annette; Welter, … - Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn - 2014

Sustainability aims at a responsible use of natural resources and the environment as well as at shaping corporate … relations and restructuring the constitution of the firm. As such, sustainability is commonly and successfully used by small …, medium as well as large enterprises. Enterprises that turn sustainability into a strategic business goal, going beyond legal …

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La ‘bonne gouvernance’ et les pays en développement : le cas des politiques de santé au Gabon

Boidin, Bruno - In: Ethics and Economics 8 (2011) 2, pp. 25-25

From the Gabonese experience, this article studies the way international pressures about “good governance” have an impact on the organization and the functioning of the health system in a developing country. At first governance and good governance are defined under a critical point of view....

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Corruption, good governance, and the African state: A critical analysis of the political-economic foundations of orruption in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ganahl, Joseph Patrick - Professur für Wirtschaftspolitik, insbesondere … - 2013

African states are often called corrupt indicating that the political system in Africa differs from the one prevalent in the economically advanced democracies. This however does not give us any insight into what makes corruption the ruling norm of African statehood. Thus we must turn to the...

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Is ‘Good’ governance good for business? A cross-national analysis of firms in African countries

Ngobo, Paul Valentin; Fouda, Maurice - In: Journal of World Business 47 (2012) 3, pp. 435-449

Good governance can reduce uncertainty, transaction, search and production costs, and ultimately affect firm performance. In this paper, we explore the link between good governance and the profitability of individual firms in African countries. We employ the governance indices developed at the...

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Zimbabwe?s Government of National Unity: Harvest of Thorns?

Zinyama, Tawanda; Takavarasha, Prosper E.T. - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 4 (2014) 3, pp. 444-459

National governments have sovereign mandates to provide basic goods and services to the citizenry. This study seeks to find out the citizenry?s opinion regarding the general performance of the Government of National Unity (GNU). Study findings suggest that while the GNU has made commendable...

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Myths of Political Independence, or How Not to Solve the Corruption Problem: Lessons for Vietnam

Painter, Martin - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National …

Corruption is widely identified as a critical problem for developing economies and is also viewed as a priority issue by international organisations and donors. Governments such as Vietnam place anti-corruption high on their policy agenda. However, external observers regularly criticise them for...

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European public administration under the principles of legality, proportionality and subsidiarity

Mihaela V., Carausan - Facultatea de Administraţie Publică, Şcoala … - 2009

Within the European Union order, the national public administrations play a very important role. They are responsible for the enforcement and the control of the execution of the policies of the European Communities, in all the states of the European Union, in the interest of the respective...

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Financialisation or the Management Philosophy of Globalism

Botos, Katalin - In: Public Finance Quarterly 59 (2014) 2, pp. 258-271

The philosophy of globalism is neoliberalism. It has become prevalent due to the financialisation of the economy. During the twenty-five years of the so-called Fordist growth regime the interests of the real sector were served by the financial sector. This situation has changed in the last few...

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The institutional pre-conditions for regional labour market policy making in the EU: Case Studies and Policy Conclusions

Huber, Peter - WWWforEurope - 2014

Based on questionnaires conducted among PES organizations as well as Pacts and LEIs (Pacts/LEIs) in 40 cities of 12 EU member states and 2 non-EU member states – we take stock of the preconditions for conducting local labour market policies in an urban context in Europe and analyse the...

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