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Bright Lights, No City: An African Adventure on Bad Roads with a Brother and a Very Weird Business Plan
Author: Alexander, Max
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Hyperion
Publication Year: 2012
At age 47, Whit Alexander, the American co-founder of the Cranium board game, decided to start a new business selling affordable goods and services to low-income villagers in Ghana, West Africa. His brother Max, a journalist, came along to tell the story...
Kellogg School of Management/Aspen Institute Business and Society Conference: Rethinking ‘Shareholder Value’ and the Purpose of the Corporation
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Product Type: Video Collections; Web Sites
Source: Kellogg School of Management; The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Publication Year: 2013
This two-day conference brought together leaders in business and academia to foster dynamic conversations about how corporations can respond to competing pressures to balance corporate social responsibility with shareholder value maximization.
Enterprise Ownership and Control in China: Governance with a Chinese Twist
Authors: Ho, Daniel; Lau, Alex; Young, Angus
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Inefficient state-owned enterprises in China were compelled to restructure to remain competitive, which resulted in phenomenal economic growth. However, this transplantation process did not occur without problems, and certain domestic attributes had to be supplemented in corporate legislation to correspond with Chinese socialistic objectives and cultural values. This article analyzes the key attributes of Chinese corporate governance and regulations concerning shareholders’ rights...
Corporate Governance in Publicly Traded Small Firms: A Study of Canadian Venture Exchange Companies
Authors: Gordon, Irene M.; Hrazdil, Karel; Shapiro, Daniel
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2012
Most evidence regarding the determinants and effects of corporate governance practices is based on large firms. Herein, we explore these issues in the context of small publicly traded Canadian companies. We measure performance by two variables: quality of accounting earnings and financial performance. The results indicate that corporate governance does matter for smaller traded Canadian firms.
Rethinking Underemployment and Overqualification in Organizations: The Not so Ugly Truth
Authors: Thompson, Katina W.; Shea, Thomas H.; Sikora, David M.; Perrewe, Pamela L.; Ferris, Gerald R.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Business Horizons
Publication Year: 2013
By combining practical experiences from an outplacement firm (Right Management, headed by our second author) and what we have learned from academic research, we herein describe five types of underemployment, discuss widely held assumptions about the issue, and offer suggestions regarding ways that organizations might harness the power of this economy-wide phenomenon.
From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership
Author: Kraemer, Harry M.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Jossey-Bass
Publication Year: 2011
Sometimes “doing the right thing” while also delivering outstanding and lasting results can be a difficult thing for leaders to achieve, but Harry Kraemer claims it can be done...
FINO Pay Tech Ltd.: Branchless Banking for the Rural Poor
Authors: Sharp, David J.; Bapat, Dhananjay; Handoo, Jatinder
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case presents FINO’s technology-based model for financial inclusion and the challenges presented to the Kohlapur district coordinator as he starts the process of building the local organization...
Texas Contractors Say Playing By The Rules Doesn't Pay
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homes in Texas are cheap, but that affordability comes at a price...
Construction Booming In Texas, But Many Workers Pay Dearly
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homebuilding and commercial construction may be an economic driver for the state, but it's also an industry riddled with hazards. Years of illegal immigration have pushed wages down, and accidents and wage fraud are common.
Financial Flows, Development, and Global Justice
Authors: Mehta, Krishen; Beyerle, Shaazka
Product Type: Syllabi
Source:
Publication Year: 2013
This course will examine the structural roots of poverty, the connection between poverty and illicit financial flows, and how the shadow financial system prevalent in many countries facilitates such illicit flows and thereby undermines development.
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