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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.
Creating Sustainable Businesses through Social Intrapreneurism
Authors: Grayson, David; Spitzeck, Heiko; Alt, Elisa; McLaren, Melody
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Cranfield School of Management
Publication Year: 2013
This Occasional Paper explores the “enabling environment” for social intrapreneurs and identifies key factors that enable (and disable) innovation...
CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot?
Authors: Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Godden, Alex
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
In July 2012, the cofounders of CloudFlare, a Silicon Valley startup that protects websites and accelerates their traffic, are considering the implications of five employees' resignations over the prior three months. Was this natural attrition for a high-tech venture with a staff of 35 experiencing explosive growth, or were the resignations symptomatic of bigger issues with CloudFlare's culture and management processes?
Start-ups and Compensating Employees with Equity
Author: Bruner, Mike
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
Before running off and launching a start-up business, one of the most important things an entrepreneur must think through is how to best handle equity in the company...
Overcoming Short-Termism within British Business: The Key to Sustained Economic Growth
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Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: The Labour Party, UK
Publication Year: 2013
This Review looks at ‘short-termism’ within British business: the pressure to focus on short-term results to the possible detriment of the long-term health of a company, or even a whole industry. The investigation confirmed that short-termism constrains the ambition of UK business, holding back its development and inhibiting economic growth...
A Private Boom Amid Detroit’s Public Blight
Author: Davey, Monica
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year: 2013
Private industry is blooming here, even as the city’s finances have descended into wreckage...
micro Home Solutions: A Social Housing Initiative in India
Authors: Kerr, William R.; Brownell, Alexis
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2013
mHS is a social enterprise for the provision of affordable housing in India. After India's microfinance industry collapses, mHS needs to reposition itself for continued operations and long-term growth.
LifeSpring Hospitals: Delivering Affordable, High-quality Maternal Health Care in India
Authors: Anant, Priya; Velamuri, S. Ramakrishna; Zhang, Wei; Mukherjee, Monidipa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case highlights the journey of an organization that was set up in Hyderabad, in southern India, to provide affordable maternal care services to women from low-income urban families...
The Economy: Under New Ownership
Author: Kelly, Marjorie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: YES! Magazine
Publication Year: 2013
To make an economy that serves us, we need to own the jobs and the businesses—together. How cooperatives are leading the way to empowered workers and healthy communities...
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