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The Triple Bottom Line
Authors: Savitz, Andrew; Weber, Karl
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Jossey-Bass
Publication Year: 2006
The Triple Bottom Line is the groundbreaking book that charts the rise of sustainability within the business world and shows how and why financial success increasingly goes hand in hand with social and environmental achievement...
The Natural Advantage of Nations
Authors: Hargroves, Karlson Charlie; Smith, Michael Harrison
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Earthscan; New Ed edition
Publication Year: 2006
This is not another book of nice ideas. The Natural Advantage of Nations covers the latest most significant developments in the actual day to day practice of sustainable development by business, government, institutions, civil society, universities, research and development organisations, and educational institutions from around the world...
Low-Wage America
Authors: Appelbaum, Eileen; Bernhardt, Annette D.; Murnane, Richard J.
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Russell Sage Foundation Publications
Publication Year: 2006
Low-Wage America is the most extensive study to date of how the choices employers make in response to economic globalization, industry deregulation, and advances in information technology affect the lives of tens of millions of workers at the bottom of the wage distribution.
Breaking the Short-term Cycle
Authors: Krehmeyer, Dean; Orsagh, Matthew; Schacht, Kurt N.
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Year: 2006
This report encourages all market participants to refocus on long-term value and provides recommendations concerning earnings guidance, incentives and compensation, leadership, communications and transparency, and education.
Webcast: Sarbanes-Oxley Act: How Did We Get Here?
Authors: Keating, Elizabeth; The Corporate Governance and Accountability Project Team
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education's Corporate Governance and Accountability Project
Publication Year: 2006
Faculty, if you missed the Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Keating's Sarbanes Oxley Web-Conference (Sarbanes-Oxley: How Did We Get Here?), you can still access the powerpoint and audio presentations here...
Attracting the Unbanked
Author: Winterboer, Tom
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Africa Investor
Publication Year: 2006
Africa has a massive unbanked rural market, with potential customers in the outer lying areas waiting for the arrival of banks that can overcome the challenges of penetrating areas where there is inadequate infrastructure and minimal distribution networks...
After Katrina: Rebuilding Places and Lives, City & Community
Author: Briggs, Xavier de Sousa
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: City & Community, Volume 5, Issue 2. American Sociological Association
Publication Year: 2006
In this article, the author briefly outlines this context and develops two arguments about rebuilding: First, that debates about returning versus relocating families, including the poor, should be grounded in the realities of the city's housing and labor markets and reflect informed choices, not anecdotes, about the preferences of the displaced; and second, that we should not rely on simplistic images of "community lost" to understand what the displaced stand to lose or gain by either moving back or moving on...
Untapped: Creating Value in Underserved Markets
Authors: Weiser, John; Kahane, Michele; Rochlin, Steve; Landis, Jessica
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication Year: 2006
Most companies mistakenly dismiss low-income markets as commercial wastelands. Yet many top corporations — including IBM, Ford, Hewlett Packard, and Texas Instruments — have discovered that investing in and partnering with underserved communities can yield significant profits...
Zetor Tractors
Authors: Newman, Karen L.; Nollen, Stanley D.
Product Type: Cases
Source: North American Case Research Association, Case Research Journal, 1995; The Laurier Institute
Publication Year: 2006
After the "Velvet Revolution", the Czech Republic faced the task of privatizing its state-owned enterprises, and the companies faced the task of coping with an environment where customers decided what to buy.
The Business of Green: A Special Section
Author: The New York Times
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Web Sites
Source: The New York Times
Publication Year:
A special New York Times section on Green Business: Businesses are going green for many reasons, not just to enhance their image. Some are seeking a competitive advantage...
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