The aim of this article is to develop a better understanding of the institutional and organizational roots of Corporate Social Responsibility. In the first step, we seek to understand the origins of the widespread call for Corporate Social Responsibility. We distinguish an institutional call...

In this paper, we study the explanatory factors of the commitment in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The dominant paradigm of Business Case looks for cost/advantage calculus but we firmly criticize this kind of approach. We argue that this analysis forgets the reality of vertical...

We use the neo-institutional and legitimacy theoretical perspective in order to analyze the “business case” i.e. the arguments in favor of sustainable development and best practices, stated by organizations of “The Big Model Companies” that are commited in CSR and want to incitate...

The construction of real estate has the potential to advance sustainability in terms of meeting economic and social criteria—the Business Case and the Societal Case. This is a crucial aspect in the stated visions and plans in many developing countries. Hence, it is important to understand how...

Although it is clear that the evolution of fixed access networks requires the installation of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) to all households, the business case for deploying such networks is very uncertain. It requires significant upfront investment, while not being assured of sufficient timely...

Mobile networks are increasingly becoming capacity limited such that more base stations and smaller cells or more spectrum are required to serve the subscribers’ increasing data usage. Among several challenges, the establishment of new base station sites becomes challenging and expensive. This...

Раскрываются проблемы и риски, связанные с разработкой системы поддержки принятия решений в крупном коммерческом банке, основанной на ключевых показателях...

This research involves the combination of spare parts management and reverse logistics. At the end of the product life cycle, products in the field (so called installed base) can usually be serviced by either new parts, obtained from a Last Time Buy, or by repaired failed parts. This paper,...

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) have embraced the possibility to find growth or strategic opportunities by targeting the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) segment, while contributing to alleviate poverty. Taking stock of the notorious early BoP initiatives shows that the bet made upon this responsible...