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Is corporate social responsibility linked with firm performance? An alternative test
Galbreath, Jeremy; Shum, P. - 2009
Direct tests between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance (FP) have been argued to be a futile pursuit. Following this line of thinking, the present study sought to test an alternative model in understanding the CSR-FP relationship. Specifically, reputation and customer...
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SAB's enterprise development programmes : an evaluation of KickStart and Mahlasedi projects
Moru, Dyke - 2008
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an illustrious initiative that most companies takeadvantage of in order to position themselves for competitive advantage in the businessworld. Other companies view it as an opportunity to contribute towards the development ofthe society...
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Betting on Global Warming : The Impact of Insurance Instruments on Mitigation of Climate Change
Klimpel, Susanne - 2001
response could be taken, as for example mitigation and insurance. This doctoral thesis focuses on the relation between the … insurance and the mitigation approach. It studies the impact of insurance instruments on mitigation of climate change. The main …
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Incentives and Privacy of Modern Monitoring Technologies: the Example of Automobile Insurance Contracts
Filipova-Neumann, Lilia - 2008
allows them to extend to consumers individually adjusted fair insurance offers. In a market which is characterized by … for the analysis in this thesis. Its purpose is to study the incentives of the agents in the car insurance market … in terms of the design of contracts and to the policy maker in terms of regulating the insurance market. After a short …
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Demographic and economic trends in medical schemes--a time series analysis [Demografiese en ekonomiese tendense vir mediese skemas--'n tydreeksanalise.]
Hartshorne J.E.; Carstens I.L. - 1991
A time series analysis was performed on medical scheme statistics with the aim of determining current and future demographic and economic trends. This would enable one to reach a better perspective on the current and future financial dilemma presently experienced by medical schemes. Data for the...
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Diffusion of Sustainability Innovations around Lynedoch EcoVillage
Stüwe, Claudia - 2009
In form of a qualitative single case study this thesis examines what people from industrialized countries such as Germany can learn about sustainability from Lynedoch EcoVillage, South Africa, and the associated 'Sustainability Institute', a non-profit trust based at and operating from Lynedoch...
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Corporate Social Responsibility in der Textilbranche : eine Fallanalyse am Beispiel des Modelabels Armedangels
Seidel, Tina - 2010
Unternehmen werden angehalten einen freiwilligen Beitrag zu leisten, im Sinne von ökologischer und sozialer Nachhaltigkeit. Demnach können soziale Missstände beseitigt und auf umweltschonende Maßnahmen im betrieblichen Kreislauf geachtet werden. Durch den stattfindenden Wertewandel der...
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Building corporate social responsibility into strategy
Graduate School of Business
Purpose: To explore how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be effectively built into firm strategy. Design/methodology/approach: By drawing upon classics work in the field, this paper first offers conceptual discussion and then systematically develops a means of incorporating CSR into...
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Corporate psychopaths in Australian workplaces : their influence on organisational outcomes
Boddy, Clive R. - 2009
This thesis describes the construct of psychopathy and the study of psychopaths. It identifies that psychopaths have been studied extensively in their criminal manifestations but that there is a large and recognised gap in the literature and a stated need for the study of successful psychopaths...
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The effects of strategic planning and firm culture on CSR
Galbreath, Jeremy - 2007
Scholars have paid considerable attention to studying the relationship between corporate social
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