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Family business is a growing field of research focused on investigating organizations that result from a fusion of … family and business systems. Although it is central to the field, there is lack of theoretical clarity on the nature of this … fusion beyond the social systems approach. The interaction between the family and the business is seen as a promising unit of …
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This study comparatively examines the dividends behavior in state-controlled firms versus family-controlled firms. With … pay dividends, as well as the concentration of dividend in state-controlled versus family-controlled firms. Based on the …-controlled versus family-controlled firms, as well as the improvement in these respects through cross-listing in Hong Kong. Copyright …
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The scavengers and decomposers in ecosystems are presented as metaphors for agricultural and food industry systems' sustainability. These organisms of ecosystems can both take in wastes from other organisms as well as produce materials for them to use. We argue that the metaphor is beneficial...
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Key principles of Buddhist economics are discussed in relation to the private sector's role in contributing to sustainable development. It is suggested that many aspects of a Buddhist approach are consistent with recent developments in the field of corporate social responsibility. But a more...
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Sustainability performance management is a newly emerging term which addresses the social, environmental and economic (performance) aspects of corporate management in general and of corporate sustainability management in particular. The management of sustainability performance requires a sound...
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Purpose – Economic prosperity has often come at the expense of the natural environment. Environmental degradation has surfaced in problems such as pollution, increased carbon dioxide emissions via burning of fossil fuels and environmental waste. Ignoring the ecological costs through...
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The monograph analyzes environmental practice of transnational corporations (TNCs) at the end of the 20th – beginning of the 21st century. The study investigates into the reasons for differing environmental practices of TNCs thorough the world and in Russia in particular. The author researches...
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