Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.251 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: A ‘Dynamic Capabilities’ Perspective Venugopal Ramachandran* Insitute for Financial Management and Research‚ Chennai‚ India ABSTRACT In this paper‚ strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined on the basis of Porter’s theory of competitive advantage. Two kinds of dynamic capabilities are proposed as the precursors to strategic CSR success and operationalized in terms of two sets of associated
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Caitlin Flanagan’s piece “Cultivating Failure” appeared in the Atlantic’s January/ February 2010 issue. Caitlin Flanagan talks about The Edible schoolyard program in her article. The Edible schoolyard program teaches students to grow food while in school. Instead‚ Flanagan is trying to persuade the reader that having school gardens will help increase graduation rates. It also talks about “ A Garden In Every School” (420) she added this quote‚ because she thinks adding a garden to every school would
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AOJ-102: INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE Module 1—The Nature of Crime‚ Law‚ and Criminal Justice OBJECTIVES After successfully completing Module 1‚ you should be able to: ● ● ● ● Express your expectations about course outcomes. Discuss the development of the criminal justice system. Describe how crime is defined and measured. Recognize that the criminal law is constantly evolving. STUDY MATERIALS Textbook Readings ● ● Read chapters 1-3 in Essentials of Criminal Justice
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What are the particular resources and capabilities that McDonalds has been relying upon for its recent turnaround? After longstanding growth within the fast food industry‚ McDonald’s began to experience a decline in their annual earnings in the late 90’s. Prior to the decline‚ McDonald’s was a segment leader within the fast food industry and was widely recognized for its outstanding service and quality. Once known as the benchmark company by industry insiders‚ McDonald’s began to lose sight of
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Executive Summary This report has been designed to identify Amazon’s strategy between 2007-2010 and also to pinpoint the company’s strategic capabilities. Internal and External analysis reveals Amazon’s position against its competitors as well as sources of value creation and cost reduction in its value chain. Amazon.com is a leading e-retailer and is a globally recognized brand‚ but is facing increasing competition from bricks and mortar companies setting up an online presence and current e-retailers
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Strategic Capabilities In this part of the report the different capabilities of Darden will be explained and which of these capabilities lead to competitive rivalry. But first the different resources and competences will be discussed which will lead to the capabilities. 1) Resource; A physical resource of Darden is; There different restaurants‚ with this is meant the different buildings that Darden owns with the different kind of restaurants. 1) Competence; The competence that Darden has is;
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Abstracts Innovate a machine which is easy to use and that cannot tolerate with their accuracy‚ without affecting the prize of the machine. All over the world the resources of energy are reduced for that we can find new sources of energy. For that machine is both manually and power operated. In India‚ there is many industries which are engaged in production of manually pipe bending machine. Presently the pipe bending machine is power and manually both operated. But‚ the manually operated
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Assignment-1 Process Capability Analysis Objective To apply Process Capability Analysis model for Six Sigma implementation in telecommunication area. Important Concepts Process capability compares the output of a process to the specification limits by using capability indices. The comparison is made by forming the ratio of the spread between the process specifications. Process Capability Indexes: Cp is a process index that helps in numerically describing variation relative to the tolerances
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people think of in connection to Alexander Hamilton. Many people know that Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury‚ but he is much more. As the first Secretary of the Treasury‚ Alexander Hamilton showed America through relentless fighting‚ sleepless nights‚ and determination‚ that immigrants and orphans could make a change. He left his legacy as a general‚ writer‚ Secretary of the Treasury‚ and adulterer. The early life of Alexander Hamilton was rough. He experienced the life as an
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Opportunity Evaluation Allen Lane’s decision to acquire Plas-Tek Industries (PTI) is intriguing since the business appears to be a good match with Lane’s work experience and interest. As a manufacturer‚ PTI has been able to create large margins and high cash flow under Harry Elson’s leadership. However‚ significant risks are prevalent in acquiring PTI. First‚ more one-third of PTI’s sales originated from five companies and it is uncertain that without Harry Elson’s personal efforts if their
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