Download or read book Multinational Enterprises and the Challenge of Sustainable Development written by John R. McIntyre and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transnational corporations play a role in the design, diffusion, and consolidation of sustainable development in the context of globalization and multinational firms. In this timely book European and American contributors analyze this role and explore the complex and dynamic phenomena of economic, political, cultural and legal interactions involved. In order to understand this interplay, the authors examine the practices and organizational behaviors used by multinationals in sustainable development. They also discuss the evolving concepts that multinationals hold about sustainable development and corporate social responsibility and how companies reaffirm these philosophies through their strategy and organizational practices such as human resource development, marketing, supply chain, information technology, law, and communications. The authors outline an approach to help identify the key details and motivating factors in decision making. Scholars, students and policy analysts in the fields of business, ecology, economic development and developmental economics and consultants focusing in corporate planning and strategic analysis will find this original collection of great value.
Download or read book US Privatization Programs And Regulations Handbook Volume 1 Privatization Strategy and Developments written by IBP, Inc. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. US Privatization Programs and Regulations Handbook
Download or read book Courir Un Lievre a la Fois written by David Parrish and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "e;Le marketing au bout des doigts, sur votre telephone portable..."e; 'Courir Un Lievre a la Fois' vous propose de decouvrir le marketing strategique. Ce livre reunit des exemples pratiques et des techniques utilisables pour donner aux entrepreneurs creatifs les moyens de rendre leur entreprise encore plus performante. 'Comment vendre ?' est l'eternelle question. David Parrish, consultant et formateur de renommee internationale, illustre les messages les plus importants de la vente et du marketing grace a des anecdotes tirees de sa propre experience en tant qu'entrepreneur et des succes de ses clients de par le monde.'Courir Un Lievre a la Fois' a ete concu specifiquement pour etre un livre electronique. Chaque section est succincte et ecrite pour vous aider a creer votre plan marketing. Y sont joints des suggestions sur les demarches pratiques a adopter et les notions de marketing correspondantes, afin de vous aider a clarifier et affiner vos objectifs.Nous ne parlons pas ici de publicite. Une strategie marketing intelligente n'a pas besoin de coAter cher, ni d'etre flamboyante: il s'agit de comprendre votre entreprise, de reflechir a chaque etape et de concentrer vos efforts afin de developper des strategies et des techniques de ventes bien definies pour accroitre vos succes, vos profits et votre position sur le marche. 'Courir Un Lievre a la Fois' vous montrera la marche a suivre.Vous y decouvrirez la puissance du marketing viral et comment beneficier de recommandations de bouche-a-oreille. Vous comprendrez la difference entre le marketing strategique et le marketing operationnel, entre les communications marketing et une strategie complete et reflechie.La vente et le marketing devraient travailler ensemble sans encombres, soutenus par une strategie adaptee a votre entreprise, votre secteur d'activite et votre clientele. David pose les questions qui comptent et analyse des exemples concrets, creant ainsi une boite a outils marketing qui vous aidera a developper votre propre strategie marketing.'Courir Un Lievre a la Fois' vous incite a penser aussi a comment etre authentique afin que vendre ne soit plus une corvee et a comprendre ce que vous vendez et pourquoi vos clients le veulent. Ce livre vous aide a calculer la valeur du produit ou du service creatif que vous vendez et vous donne des moyens precis sur comment y arriver. Il vous incitera egalement a penser a vos marches locaux, nationaux et internationaux.Ce livre touche aussi aux complexites toutes particulieres des entreprises creatives, au fait de travailler dans un secteur qui vous passionne, a la valeur qu'on apporte a son travail, au choix des bons clients, a faire sa publicite de maniere efficace et a rendre votre entreprise rentable et prospere.Chacun des 63 courts chapitres vous suggerera des pratiques que vous pouvez mettre en action immediatement. Ecrit de maniere pragmatique et didactique, ce livre a ete cree pour les entreprises de toutes tailles - des starts-up aux entreprises etablies - avec une profusion d'idees et d'anecdotes inspirantes dans lesquelles puiser de maniere quotidienne.David Parrish a travaille avec des centaines de petites entreprises creatives et d'entrepreneurs, entreprises digitales, organisations culturelles et agences de developpement dans plus de 30 pays. Il est specialise dans les industries creatives et digitales, et aide les entrepreneurs a utiliser leur creativite pour mieux diriger leurs entreprises.'Courir un Lievre a la Fois' est son second livre, apres le succes de 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity', traduit et publie dans sept pays.'Courir un Lievre a la Fois' est ecrit pour les entreprises creatives et digitales. En tant que boite a outils, il s'adresse a toutes les entreprises dans le secteur des industries creatives.
Download or read book Enterprise Development in SMEs and Entrepreneurial Firms Dynamic Processes written by Ndubisi, Nelson Oly and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to increase the economic opportunities available, enterprise development plays a crucial role in the progression of socio-economic development for small and medium enterprises. Enterprise Development in SMEs and Entrepreneurial Firms: Dynamic Processes explores the process of enterprise development and its reconstruction of entrepreneurial identities, critical competencies as well as market turnaround for SMEs. This book aims to be a critical resource in the understanding of enterprise strategies adopted and lessons learned for management development. It is a successful resource for students, researchers and professionals interested in the growth SMEs.
Download or read book Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries written by Meine Pieter van Dijk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries analyses the functions and advantages of clusters and networks for small enterprises in developing countries. In the opening chapter the editors describe different types of clusters and networks and compare the diverse forms of external economies and co-operation effects derived from them. Taking a multidiscplinary approach, they point out it is trust that is the social basis for positive effects of clustering and networking, which are often sources of co-operation and technology diffusion for small enterprises in developing countries.
Download or read book Competitiveness and Private Sector Development New Entrepreneurs and High Performance Enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa written by OECD and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book assesses the current policy context for young enterprises in the MENA region and outlines policy tools and instruments, both indirect and direct, that governments can implement to support new enterprise development.
Download or read book Small Nations High Ambitions written by X. Hubert Rioux and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the importance that entrepreneurship and start-up businesses in technology-intensive sectors like life sciences, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, financial technologies, software and others have come to assume in economic development, the access of entrepreneurs to appropriate levels of finance has become a major focus of policymakers in recent decades. Yet, this prominence has led to a variety of policy models across countries and even within countries, as different levels of government have adapted to new challenges by refining or transforming pre-existing institutions and crafting new policy tools. Small Nations, High Ambitions investigates the roots of such policy diversity at the “subnational” level, offering in-depth accounts of the evolution of Quebec’s and Scotland’s policy strategies in the entrepreneurial finance sector and venture capital more specifically. As compared to other regions and provinces in the United Kingdom and Canada, Quebec and Scottish venture capital ecosystems rely on a high degree of state intervention, either direct (through public investment funds) or indirect (through government-backed, hybrid, or tax-advantaged funds). These two regions can thus be described as “sponsor states,” heavily involved in the strategic backing of innovative businesses. Whereas most of the literature on venture capital has focused on economic variables to explain variations in policy models, this book seeks to explain policy divergence in Quebec and Scotland through political and ideological lenses. Its main argument is that the development of venture capital ecosystems in these regions was underpinned by Québécois and Scottish nationalisms, which induced preferences for policy asymmetry and state intervention.
Download or read book The Economics of Public Enterprise written by V. V. Ramanadham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public enterprises have played a central part in the development of all mixed economies in the post-war period, but they are now in a crisis phase. Privatisation has pushed back the level of public enterprise almost throughout the world. Where public enterprises remain, they are being brought under significant reforms. Originally published in 1991, this book presents a comprehensive critique of public enterprise, analysing why its performance has fallen far short of expectations. Part one is concerned with the establishment of public enterprises: the case for them, the circumstances in which they emerged, the extra enterprise objectives attached to them, and the decisions on their investment feasibility and capital structure. Part two looks at the working of public enterprises: the state of their financial performance, the peculiarities of pricing, the determination of targets which they should meet, the continuous monitoring and evaluation of their operations. Macro concerns are the focus of Part three. Among the issues addressed are the level of indirect taxation and subsidisation implicit in the pricing structures of public enterprises, the links between public enterprise and the public exchequer and the implications of their operations for distributional equity. In Part four the extent to which privatisation can solve the problems of public enterprise is discussed. The book ends with some broad conclusions on the future of public enterprise. Throughout, the approach is analytical, but the arguments are supported by extensive examples from both developed and developing economies.
Download or read book Islamic Republic of Mauritania written by International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the Islamic Republic of Mauritania’s adoption of its third Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) action plan, covering the medium term (2011–2015). Poverty reduction as the ultimate objective of all of the country’s economic social and institutional development policies has informed the context in which the third action plan is being implemented. The safe drinking water supply rate reached 52 percent nationally. In urban areas, the rate of access to private water main connections was 35 percent although it varied significantly from town to town. During the first year of implementation of the PRSP III, significant progress was made with actions targeting good governance and capacity-building in all areas of governance.
Download or read book Strategic Engineering of the Reed written by Henri Savall and published by IAP. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is part of an ongoing partnership between the Research in Management Consulting book series and the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR), located in Ecully, France, on the outskirts of Lyon. The socio-economic approach to management (SEAM) provides a pathway to creating more engaged, more responsible and responsive, and more productive organizations. In many respects this volume reflects a culmination of ISEOR’s work, drawing together Henri Savall and Veronique Zardet’s insights and framing them in the context of strategy creation and, just as if not more important, strategy implementation. This volume casts SEAM in the context of strategy development and implementation. Reflecting on the changing nature of work and the workplace, the potential power of—and need to develop and build on—human potential has never been greater. Savall and Zardet have always thought that the Western concept of human resources was misguided, that people are not a resource to use up but rather a source of potential to invest in, develop, and nurture. People bring their potential to the organizations in which they work—and it is their choice as to whether they will apply it in their jobs. Thus, a core managerial challenge is to create an environment in which that potential can be maximized. SEAM-based strategy builds on this premise, developing an approach to economic and social performance, providing direction as to how managers can create and implement strategies that enhance organizational effectiveness and efficiency. As Savall and Zardet argue, strategic vision does not have to be limited by constraints in the external environment—companies “are not compelled to enter in a ‘strategic’ tunnel” that mimics the competition and the market. Instead, companies can experience breakthroughs, turning constraints into opportunities by unleashing their internal energy, power, and cohesion, working and succeeding as a team. The SEAM approach to strategy is grounded in innovation and creation far more than imitation—and, as convincingly illustrated in the volume, that creativity can be self-financed through the value-added created by the elimination of organizational dysfunctions and the hidden costs they generate. The volume provides an insightful guide for enhancing economic and social performance, with a useful mixture of specific tools and techniques—grounded in a conceptual view of organizational life—interspersed throughout that illustrate how it can be done.
Download or read book Strat gie de D veloppement Durable written by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and published by Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations. This book was released on 2004 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This strategy demonstrates the commitment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to sustainable development. It begins with a corporate profile, an introduction on the strategy development process, an overview of achievements of the previous sustainable development strategies, and presentation of the Police's vision for sustainable development. It then presents the strategy goals, objectives, & targets and an action plan to meet those targets in three areas: sustainable communities, stewardship of resources, and corporate responsibility in sustainable business practices & capacity building. The final sections include information on strategy implementation, performance evaluation & reporting, and consultations on sustainable development with other government departments.
Download or read book OECD Economics Glossary English French written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2006-11-17 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and expanded edition of the 1992 Glossaire de l’économie anglais-français contains some 30 000 terms and expressions, covering a wide range of subject areas: economics, statistics, finance and banking, trade, management, accounting, insurance, employment, development and taxation.
Download or read book New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa written by Karl Wohlmuth and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2009 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume XIV analyses the New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa. Institutional issues and perspectives in designing new growth and poverty alleviation strategies are considered in various case studies (Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Botswana and Tanzania). Other studies deal with institutional problems of resource-rich countries after conflict (Sudan), and with the institutions to enhance environmental protection parallel with economic growth and poverty reduction (Niger). Further studies deal with institutions to bridge the gap between formal and informal entrepreneurial sectors in Kenya and Tanzania. Local issues and perspectives for designing new growth and poverty alleviation strategies are considered in case studies on rural-urban development gaps in Tanzania, and on microfinance as an instrument for new growth and poverty alleviation strategies (Tanzania and Eritrea). A study on small farmers in Ghana provides information on the role they can play in value chains. Two studies on Nigeria highlight the local and the sub-regional health and poverty alleviation programmes and the relation to growth. Book Reviews and Book Notes on the theme are part of the volume. This Volume builds the foundation for a comprehensive strategy of policy reforms in Africa so as to integrate new growth and poverty alleviation strategies. Complementary to Volume XIV is Volume XIII on New Growth and Poverty Alleviation Strategies for Africa - International and Regional Perspectives. Both Volumes are of importance for all those who work in African countries as officials, executives, managers, researchers, and policy-makers, but also for all those who actively support Africa's development concerns at the international, regional, country, local and project levels. They will experience this Volume XIV and also the complementary Volume XIII as indispensable sources of insight, reference and inspiration.
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Zero Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions written by Geoffrey Wood and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-12-27 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palgrave Handbook of Zero-Carbon Energy Systems and Energy Transitions provides a comprehensive and authoritative source of information, analysis and recommendations on the multi- and inter-disciplinary subject of zero carbon energy systems. The Handbook will advance thinking and research underlying the on-going energy transition by; covering a wide range of energy technologies and sources (e.g. fossil fuels, renewables, low carbon energy) including investigating the potential of new and alternative technologies and fuel sources and looking at the power, heating/cooling and transport sectors; Looking at varied legal jurisdictions and governance approaches including developing and developed countries and investigating potential new approaches to achieving a zero carbon energy system; Providing a broad range of theoretical and methodological approaches from a range of disciplines; Inclusion of a global range of case studies from Africa, Arctic, Asia, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas (Central, North and South) and the Pacific, from the international, national, sub-national to city/community level.
Download or read book La Recherche Intervention Dans les Entreprises et les Organisations written by Anthony F. Buono and published by IAP. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume continues to build on the relationship between the Research in Management Consulting series and the intervener-researchers at the Socio-Economic Institute for Firms and Organizations (ISEOR) in Ecully, France, extending that partnership to our recent work with the French Foundation for Management Education (FNEGE), a foundation dedicated to closing the gap between the teaching and practice of management in France. As part of the Foundation’s multifaceted activities—which range from seminars and an advanced training initiative for French doctoral students to joint programs with international organizations an associations—FNEGE partnered with ISEOR to sponsor a series of workshops on developing high quality intervention-research. This volume is one of the results from that endeavor. Although intervention-research helps to uncover valuable insight into organizational dynamics and performance, the challenge of capturing and disseminating that insight to both academics and practitioners is entrenched in the rigor-relevance debate. While we are witnessing increased calls for “actionable knowledge,” this ideal, unfortunately, remains a rather elusive concept as critics contend either that rigorous academic research falls well-short of relevance to the practitioner world or research that proves to be valuable to practitioners falls short of the rigor expected in academic life. This volume is intended to help bridge that divide. Drawing on the FNEGE-ISEOR intervention-research workshop, the volume contains 18 chapters that explore the intervention-research process, from initial conceptualization, to implementation, to publication. The volume will be published in French and English
Download or read book Sustainable Entrepreneurship Renewable Energy Based Projects and Digitalization written by Amina Omrane and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-27 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Entrepreneurship is nowadays considered as a discipline at the cross-roads of many others. This book describes recent cases, techniques and tools proposed for leaders, entrepreneurs, and practitioners who are involved and responsible for making strategic decisions in their companies and aiming at sustainable development. This book highlights the use of new business models/methods that can be employed by organizations and researchers to save millions of dollars, to enhance the economic growth, as well as to resolve environmental and social issues, via sustainable networks, renewal energy distribution, and social/green entrepreneurship. It will provide a comprehensive discussion of practical techniques, like Machine Learning, Robotics, Photovoltaic solar energy, in the field of renewable energy, and other digital tools, such as digital marketing, crowdsourcing platforms, and digital currency. Meanwhile, it will enlighten the way for entrepreneurs and decision makers by helping them to learn how to grow their business. The focus will be on how to benefit from these techniques to develop sustainable and renewable energy-based projects, as well as digitalized new ventures. The book walks the reader through the latest emerging trends in digitalization that can support practitioners, managers, entrepreneurs, and researchers to help them appreciate the application of sustainable solutions in various functional domains.
