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Learning From the Entrepreneurial Icebreakers
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Sysko-Romanczuk , SylwiaArticle ART-2592-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis article shares the insights of "entrepreneurial icebreakers" -- business pioneers who launched private companies in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and who expanded beyond national borders by clearing pathways for themselves and others into international markets around the globe. In documenting the obstacles they had to cut through to get to where they are today, we show the path to break inflexible, outdated str...Starting at €8.20
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How a Social Logic Can Transform Your Business
Santos, FilipeArticle ART-2594-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThough social entrepreneurship and traditional, commercial entrepreneurship have many things in common, there are some fundamental differences. The author, an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, believes social entrepreneurship offers a transformative grassroots alternative to the usual way of doing business. This article highlights four crucial ways in which social entrepreneurs differ from their traditional cou...Starting at €8.20
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Paths to Keep Wealth in Family Hands
Roure Alomar, Juan; Segurado Llorente, Juan LuisArticle ART-2596-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipSince the onset of the global financial crisis, there has been a surge of interest among family businesses in the activities of family offices -- special entities designed to manage and administer a family's portfolio of investments, while also making sure that future wealth-creation activities happen in sustainable ways for generations to come. With the combined wealth of the 50 largest family offices representing nearly $1 trillion, family busi...Starting at €8.20
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Navigating the Realities of Emerging Markets
Kleinhempel, MatthiasArticle ART-2791-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementAll corporate compliance programs share a common feature: to ensure that the company obeys the law and that all organizational members behave ethically. However, multinational companies operating in a country like Mexico, for example, face issues very different from those of Germany -- a reality that many codes of conduct fail to recognize. The author's research on compliance programs in the emerging economies of Latin America reveals the special...Starting at €8.20
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Untapping Innovation
IESE InsightArticle ART-2795-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeWhy do some innovations take off, while others languish? "Things cannot happen before their time," cautions Igal Aisenberg, a dairy farmer turned agricultural businessman who worked for Netafim, maker of drip irrigation systems. In this article he discusses the conflux of conditions that leads to the adoption of disruptive technology, and he underscores the importance of a business having social ends.Starting at €8.20
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Las compras preceden a la confianza en la tienda
Castaldo, SandroArticle ART-1601Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, MarketingRestaurar la confianza del consumidor sigue siendo para los distribuidores minoristas, como para muchos otros negocios, una tarea ardua. El aumento de los productos de marca propia ayuda, pues crea una nueva reputación e identidad. Antes se creía que los consumidores compraban estas gangas porque confiaban en la tienda. Pero desde que estos productos han ganado en calidad, hasta el punto de medirse con las marcas principales del mercado, asistimo...Starting at €8.20
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Estrategias para atraer inversores
Huy, Q.; Zott, ChristophArticle ART-1604Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAl complicarse el acceso a los recursos, muchos directivos ven cómo el mundo que conocían desaparece y deja paso a otro muy diferente. Todos los emprendedores han tenido que enfrentarse al reto de demostrar su solvencia sin poder avalarla con pruebas. Su experiencia resulta muy útil para los directivos que, tal vez por primera vez, han de obtener financiación para los grandes proyectos que impulsarán su carrera profesional. A la hora de atraer a ...Starting at €8.20
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Learning to Navigate the Rough Seas of Ethics
Kusyk, SophiaArticle ART-1788-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIs our reasoning sound when we justify using sweatshops in Asian countries, paying bribes to secure contracts, and tolerating social and environmental degradation based on the argument that everyone else is doing it, and if we dont, a competitor will? Doing business across borders presents a minefield of ethical dilemmas that many managers are ill-equipped to deal with. This article tackles three main myths surrounding cross-cultural management:...Starting at €8.20
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Las cosas claras
IESE InsightArticle ART-1973Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and CommunicationLa corrupción tiene múltiples caras y no entiende de fronteras, así que conviene estar preparado para cualquier contingencia. ¿Qué haría si le intentaran extorsionar? Muchas de las medidas de Addiopizzo para enfrentarse a la mafia son de aplicación universal.Starting at €8.20
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Hoja de ruta para emprendedores pioneros
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Sysko-Romanczuk , SylwiaArticle ART-2592Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyTras la caída del Muro de Berlín, muchos emprendedores de la Europa del Este fundaron empresas y se expandieron por todo el mundo, abriendo camino en los mercados internacionales para otros emprendedores. En este artículo, los autores ilustran con la trayectoria de esos pioneros cómo sortear estructuras demasiado rígidas y caducas gracias a nuevas dinámicas, una redefinición de la creación de valor y un cambio de mentalidad. Sus lecciones son esp...Starting at €8.20