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Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: A Mirage
(2006)
Poor people – at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) – represent a very attractive market
opportunity. The ‘BOP proposition’ argues that selling to the poor can simultaneously be profitable and help eradicate poverty. This ...
Governance and Corruption Constraints: The Business Ethics Glass Ceiling in Middle East Corporate Governance
(2010-04)
This paper argues for a model of a corruption constraint on organizational growth and development in the form of a business ethics glass ceiling. Although the problem of corruption‘s negative impact on economic growth is ...
Corporate Social Responsibility Does Not Avert the Tragedy of the Commons -- Case Study: Coca-Cola India
(2013-10)
'Tragedy of the commons' is a powerful concept to analyze a variety of problems related to environmental sustainability. The commons problem can be solved if individuals behave altruistically. In the business context, this ...
Covenants Not To Compete in a Knowledge Economy: Balancing Innovation from Employee Mobility Against Legal Protection for Human Capital Investment
(2006)
This Article examines a specific policy issue that goes to the heart of the larger debate surrounding the changing employment relationship: How should the law of covenants not to compete adapt to the changing landscape of ...
Political Uncertainty and Financial Market Quality
(2014-04)
We examine the effects of political uncertainty surrounding the outcome of U.S. presidential elections on financial market quality. We postulate those effects to depend on a positive relation between political uncertainty ...
A Cultural Analysis of Homosocial Reproduction and Contesting Claims to Competence in Transitional Firms
(1998-07-01)
Drawing on 56 in-depth interviews with American business advisors and East Europe-an managers, entrepreneurs and consultants, I argue that homosocial reproduction -- the promotion of management according to social ...
Doing Well by Doing Good - Case Study: 'Fair & Lovely' Whitening Cream
(2007-01)
According to the ‘doing well by doing good' proposition, firms have a corporate social responsibility to achieve some larger social goals, and can do so without a financial sacrifice. This paper empirically tests this ...