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What Are the Logics Driving Your Firm?
Almandoz Rios, JohnArticle ART-2312-EFinance, Leadership and People ManagementAll organizations have some form of institutional logic defining what is taken for granted and what is appropriate or legitimate behavior. Most banks, for example, tend to be driven by a financial logic focused on profit maximization, which has served shareholders well, but if taken to the extreme, can lead to damaging consequences, as evidenced by the crisis. Drawing on extensive research the author has conducted into community and green banking...Starting at €8.20
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The Trial of Business Ethics
Vaccaro, Antonino; Kusyk, SophiaTechnical Note BEN-128-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityWhy are we so skeptical about business ethics? Why, whenever we mention corporate social responsibility during a casual conversation, a tight smile appears on the face of our interlocutor? In the following pages we will try to explore this impenitent disbelief which seems to affect managers, scholars, consumers, activists and even policy makers. We think that there are very good reasons for being skeptical about how business ethics and CSR are ...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Social Responsibility Non-Financial Reporting Standards: Measurement, Metrics, Labels and Awards at a Glance
Kusyk, SophiaTechnical Note BEN-127-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe purpose of this note is to give a quick glance at the different components of a non-financial system and it will briefly outline the basics of non-financial performance as commonly practiced in enterprises. The note explains the basic process of a non-financial performance system and the main standards that are currently applied.Starting at €8.20
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Napster-Bertelsmann (A)
Evans W.; Used, Enrique; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1353StrategyEn octubre de 2000, Bertelsmann y Napster llegaron a un acuerdo por el cual Bertelsmann prestaba a Napster 50 millones de dólares con opción de adquirir una participación mayoritaria en la empresa. Napster utilizaría este dinero para desarrollar una tecnología destinada a hacer que los usuarios pagaran la música que descargasen de la red. Ambas partes acordaron crear un modelo empresarial basado en el pago de una licencia de suscripción. Además, ...Starting at €8.20
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Napster-Bertelsmann (B)
Evans W.; Used, Enrique; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1354StrategyEn octubre de 2000, Bertelsmann y Napster acordaron que la primera prestaría a Napster 50 millones de dólares, con una opción a hacerse con una participación mayoritaria de su capital social, para desarrollar una tecnología que hiciera que los usuarios pagaran por la música que se descargaban de la red. Crearían un modelo de negocio basado en tarifas de abono. Además, Bertelsmann aceptó retirarse del pleito que las principales compañías discográf...Starting at €5.74
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Napster-Bertelsmann (A)
Evans W.; Used, Enrique; Ariño, AfricaCase DG-1353-EStrategyIn October 2000, Bertelsmann and Napster agreed that Bertelsmann would lend Napster $50 million, with an option to take a majority equity stake for Napster to develop technology designed to get users to pay for music downloaded from the Net. They would create a subscription fee business model. Additionally Bertelsmann agreed to withdraw from the lawsuit that the major record companies had against Napster and would attempt to convince the other co...Starting at €8.20
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The Power of Global Thinking
Kusyk, Sophia; Mooij, Marieke de; Reiche, B. Sebastian; Sánchez-Runde Sánchez, Carlos; Steers, Richard M.Dossier DOS-5-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People Management, MarketingThe world may be smaller, but the challenges are bigger. Managers need a new mindset that knows no bounds.Starting at €15.00
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Servicio o beneficio: ¿qué lógica aplicar?
Almandoz Rios, JohnArticle ART-2312Finance, Leadership and People ManagementTodas las organizaciones tienen algún tipo de lógica institucional que define lo que se da por supuesto o qué comportamiento es el correcto en una determinada situación. En la mayoría de bancos suele ser la maximización del beneficio, una lógica que atiende los intereses de los accionistas pero que llevada al extremo puede tener consecuencias calamitosas. El autor ha investigado tanto la banca comunitaria, centrada en las necesidades de las comu...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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What Will It Take to Repair Finance?
Campa Fernández, José Manuel; Almandoz Rios, John; Giné, Mireia; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Sagnier, Pablo; Baón, LuisDossier DOS-16-ECorporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyFinance went too fast and now we have a wreck on our hands. It’s time to fix the brakes and drive responsibly again.Starting at €15.00