Although they are generally regarded as antitheticalto one another, entrepreneurship and altruism differ only in degree.Thegoal of entrepreneurs is to create value (economic or non-economic) forthemselves; the altruist's goal, on the other hand, is to create material valuefor others.Viewed from...

We propose a holistic managerial decision making framework that requires managers to take into consideration the three impact dimensions of any decision involving interactions with stakeholders, internal or external. The impact dimensions are a) effectiveness b) operative learning and c)...

Alacrity Housing Chennai is a two-part case that shows Amol Karnad's ethical and innovative approach to launching and operating a construction business in Chennai, Southern India. Part A of the case traces his first business ventures from 1978 to 1994, when 20 of Alacrity's top managers have...

This case study documents the story of Zimbabwean entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa in his quest to obtain a mobile telecommunications license. First the Post and Telecommunications Corporation of Zimbabwe (PTC) and then the Ministry of Information, Post and Telecommunications of the government of...

In this paper, we propose to replace quot;corporate social responsibilityquot; with quot;company stakeholder responsibility.quot; This is not just semantics, but a new interpretation of the very purpose of CSR. quot;Companyquot; signals that all forms of value creation and trade and all...

Alacrity Housing Chennai is a two-part case that shows Amol Karnad's ethical and innovative approach to launching and operating a construction business in Chennai, Southern India. Part B of the case shows Alacrity's business downturn and the precarious situation that it faces in 2002. The...

We study two quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains based on regional ethnic foods that were launched in China and India. The products that these QSR ventures offered had hitherto been sold by fragmented street vendors who typically operated single outlets. Inspired by the successful business...

The Sharing Economy (SE) has demonstrated unprecedented capability in large scale mobilization of dispersed and underutilized private assets for collective usage. We argue that the SE represents a unique governance structure with dual nature of two-sided market platform and modular architecture....