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Stakeholder Forces of Socially Responsible Supply Chain Management Orientation

Park-Poaps, Haesun; Rees, Kathleen - In: Journal of Business Ethics 92 (2010) 2, pp. 305-322

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van Empel, Gerard - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010

Many people in the vast rural areas of Africa lack access to financial services, and most commercial banks are not interested in moving into these areas due to their low income levels, lack of scale economies, and poor infrastructure. Also, few banks actually understand the most common economic...

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The Contribution of Environmental and Social Standards Towards Ensuring Legitimacy in Supply Chain Governance

Mueller, Martin; Santos, Virginia dos; Seuring, Stefan - In: Journal of Business Ethics 89 (2009) 4, pp. 509-523

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THE COMPETITIVE REPOSITIONING OF SMEs WITHIN THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Marcone, Maria Rosaria - In: Portuguese Journal of Management Studies XIV (2009) 2, pp. 101-122

This paper aims to analyze how the international process of competition among SMEs is increasingly based on the localization of various activities on a global scale, with particular reference to production, marketing and R&D. This rule also applies to firms from the Marche area, who are...

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Is China's Export-Oriented Growth Sustainable?

Guo, Kai; N'Diaye, Papa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper assesses the sustainability of China's export-oriented growth over the medium to longer term. It shows that maintaining the current export-oriented growth would require significant gains in market share through lower prices in a range of industries. This, in turn, could be achieved...

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CSR im Spannungsfeld zwischen oekonomischen und sozialen Zielen: Ein kritischer Blick auf den Umgang mit ,social issues‘ in der Wertschoepfungskette der Bekleidungsbranche (CSR and...

Gandenberger, Carsten - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - … 10 (2009) 3, pp. 304-321

Basierend auf einer qualitativen Analyse von CSR-Strategien in der Bekleidungsbranche wird der von Teilen der Managementtheorie und -praxis postulierte positive Zusammenhang zwischen CSR und Rentabilitaet kritisch hinterfragt. Der Beitrag formuliert die Hypothese, dass die UEberwindung sozialer...

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Conventions de qualification et technologies de l'information : une analyse appliquée à la relation prestataires logistiques – clients.

Jaziri, Fatma; Plé, Loïc - Université Paris-Dauphine

L’évolution des Technologies de l’Information et des Communications (TIC) et leur intégration dans les services rendus par les prestataires de services logistiques (PSL) ont entraîné une réduction des coûts, et encouragé une meilleure communication entre les PSL et leurs clients au...

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Spillovers of Domestic Shocks; Will they Counteract the "Great Moderation"?

Mody, Ashoka; Carare, Alina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

Even prior to the extreme volatility just observed, output growth volatility-following protracted decline-was flattening or mildly rising in some countries. More widespread was an increasing tendency from the mid-1990s for shocks in one country to transmit rapidly to other countries, creating...

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Reverse logistics

Brito, M.P. de; Flapper, S.D.P.; Dekker, R. - Erasmus University Rotterdam, Econometric Institute - 2002

for the practice of reverse logistics. In addition we compare practice with theoretical models and point out research …

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Traceability -- A Literature Review

Trautman, Dawn; Goddard, Ellen W.; Nilsson, Tomas K.H. - Department of Resource Economics and Environmental … - 2008

well as provide possible directions for future research into said issue. Three main conclusions can be drawn from this …. In many cases the research objectives of previous work have been extremely narrow creating a body of literature that is … research. A successful program that peaks consumer interest and can enhance their eating experience can generate economic …

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