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Peculiar Strengths and Relational Attributes of SMEs in the Context of CSR
Authors: Jamali, Dima; Zanhour, Mona; Keshishian, Tamar
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of Business Ethics
Publication Year: 2009
This paper builds on a burgeoning stream of literature that has accorded recent attention to the relevance and importance of integrating small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the CSR debate...
Convergence Versus Divergence of CSR in Developing Countries: An Embedded Multi-Layered Institutional Lens
Author: Jamali, Dima
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Journal of Business Ethics
Publication Year: 2011
This paper capitalizes on an institutional perspective to analyze corporate social responsibility (CSR) orientations in the Lebanese context. The findings highlight the usefulness of the compiled multi-layered institutional framework and the varied nuances and profound insights it offers in analyzing CSR in context.
Engyn in Iraq: Choosing Between Baghdad and Erbil
Authors: Rice, Condoleezza; Zegart, Amy; Nicas, Charles
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
When the Iraqi Oil Ministry held its first licensing round after the fall of Saddam Hussein, more known oil reserves were put up for bid than at any other moment in history. Allured by the opportunity, the chief executive of Engyn Oil & Gas (a fictional firm) began exploring ways to enter the Iraqi market. The CEO soon discovered that the endeavor was fraught with risks...
Elia Nuqul and the Making of a Middle Eastern Business Group (A)
Authors: Jones, Geoffrey G.; Ghanem, Lana
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
The case is concerned with Elia Nuqul, the founder of Jordanian-based Nuqul Brothers, a large diversified business group. The case is positioned within the wider context of the regional conflict in Palestine and Israel, and it provides a vehicle for exploring the role and responsibility of entrepreneurs, if any, in such conflicts...
Negotiating the Path of Abraham
Author: Sebenius, James K.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
The Abraham Path Initiative board faces strategic and negotiating challenges in revitalizing a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's path 4000 years ago. From a notion crystallized at Harvard in 2004, this idea has been carefully negotiated into a concrete reality with supporting country organizations in Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. Yet, momentum has stalled in key areas, strategic and operational issues remain unresolved, and the financial future of the initiative is clouded.
Inspirational Guide for the Implementation of PRME: Placing Sustainability at the Heart of Management Education
Author: GSE Research Limited
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: GSE Research Limited; United Nations Global Compact, Principles for Responsible Management Education
Publication Year: 2012
While consensus has been reached by the majority of globally focused management education institutions that sustainability must be incorporated into management education curricula, the relevant question is no longer why management education should change, but how? This Guide addresses frequently asked questions concerning the implementation of principles for responsible management education by highlighting real world examples with cases from dozens of institutions in countries around the world...
Speeding Ahead to a Better Place
Authors: Ofek, Elie; Wagonfeld, Alison Berkley
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place, is in the midst of planning a paradigm shift in clean transportation. In an attempt to wean the world from using gasoline-powered vehicles, his company is playing the role of innovator and integrator for new vehicles, charging spots, and battery switch stations.
Souk El Tayeb: The Good Food Market in Lebanon
Authors: Jamali, Dima; Khoury, Haitham
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
Kamal Mouzawak first launched Souk el Tayeb, a farmer’s market, in 2004 in Beirut, Lebanon. The idea was to create a communal space for farmers across the country to sell their organic produce and products. Mouzawak and his business partner are brainstorming ways to scale the impact of their social business while meeting the challenge of financial sustainability...
Gulf Bank: Re-Building a Bank
Authors: Busaba, Walid; Khokher, Zeigham; Safieddine, Assem; Mark, Ken
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
In December 2009, about a year after it suffered a crisis after clients walked away from massive derivative losses, Gulf Bank’s new chief executive officer is trying to changes the way Gulf Bank operates and is governed.
Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi: An Entrepreneur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author: Isenberg, Daniel J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2009
Mrs. Ebtissam Algosaibi has created a leading high end jewelry company based in Saudi Arabia. The case also deals with the new opportunities and old challenges for women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
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