Idea posted: January 2015
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management
Mined materials are in many if not most of the products we buy — from the obvious such as jewellery to the not so-obvious, such as the number of mined…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #476Idea posted: June 2014
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
Creating positive societal and environmental impact whilst retaining competitiveness has become an increasingly popular concept for companies in recent years—also known as ‘creating shared value.’ A term first coined by…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #395Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: HEC Paris University of Greenwich
Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development are increasingly linked to competitive advantage and innovation. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer have, in recent years, ‘reframed’ CSR as ‘shared…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #374Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: Tuck School of Business
While research shows that people generally view CSR activities favourably, the question remains whether that positive attitude changes consumer behaviour. To answer this question, a team of professors from Dartmouth’s…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #346Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business INSEAD
Procurement risks now include the possibility of someone in the supply chain flouting international labour laws, causing unnecessary damage to the environment or acting in other socially irresponsible ways. These…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #316Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: New York University Stern School of Business
Companies are making and selling socially responsible products, hoping to benefit from the social conscious of their customers. Previous research on what customers are willing to pay for social responsibility…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #269Idea posted: December 2013
Institutions: London Business School University of California, Riverside
Intuitively, one might assume that people who have ‘done good things’ and received recognition for their ethical stance would feel encouraged to continue in the same vein. But this research…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #273Idea posted: September 2013
Institutions: IE Business School IULM New York University Stern School of Business
The way companies inform and report on their CSR programs has evolved in recent years, with online channels either complementing or supplanting more traditional offline methods of communication. Blogs, social…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #207Idea posted: August 2013
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management
Many customers care about the societal costs of a company’s activities — pollution or depletion of resources, for example — and thus companies have an incentive to pay attention to…
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