MNEs, Organizational Legitimacy, and the Need for Non-market Strategies

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Vikrant Shirodkar ◽  
Steven McGuire ◽  
Roger Strange
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Legitimacy ◽  
Market Strategies

Challenges and threats to the economic security in the ferrous metallurgy

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1527-1544
Author(s):  
I.L. Ryabkov ◽  
N.N. Yashalova
Keyword(s):  
Ferrous Metallurgy ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Ferrous Metal ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Corporate Strategies ◽  
Group Methods ◽  
Production Distribution ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Market Strategies

Subject. The article focuses on market strategies of the Russian enterprises operating in the ferrous metallurgy. Objectives. The study is to analyze corporate strategies the leading ferrous metal manufacturers use in the Russian Federation, such as NLMK Group, Severstal, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works, EVRAZ Group. Methods. The study interprets public financial statements and methods of the logic, intuitive and comparative analysis. Results. We analyze market strategies of the Russian metal manufacturers, determine their development priorities and competitive advantages and weaknesses. We describe the impact of various threats and measures metallurgical companies undertake to eliminate them. Conclusions and Relevance. We sorted out possible threats and exposures of the Russian metallurgic companies' economic security and traced the dynamics of their significance for 2015 to 2019. Key threats relate to policies, economy, external and internal market, regulations and laws, production, distribution and financial management, consumption, IT, social welfare and environment.

Researching the factors influencing the satisfaction of master students at VNU School of Interdisciplinary Studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Huy Thuong ◽  
Nguyen Thi Phuong Hong
Keyword(s):  
Service Industry ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Number Of Solutions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Training Institutions ◽  
Market Needs ◽  
Market Strategies ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Training Service

Improving the quality in order to keep up with the trend in the world is the vital task of training institutions today. Training institutions need to grasp market needs and satisfy the requirements of customers - learners. Nadiri, H., Kandampully, J & Hussain, K. (2009) argue that the managers in education need to apply market strategies that are being used by manufacturing and business enterprises and need to be aware that the role of training institutions is a service industry which is responsible for satisfying learner needs (Elliott & Shin, 2002). Currently, there have been many researches on students’ satisfaction. However, each research has its own objectives and is conducted on different scales. This study is implemented to provide information about the factors affecting master students’ satisfaction with the training service at VNU School of Interdisciplinary Studies (VNU SIS). Through it, the research offers a number of solutions to improving the satisfaction level of the master students at VNU SIS in the coming time.

Using CSR Disclosure Quality to Develop Social Resilience to Exogenous Shocks: A Test of Investor Perceptions

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Zahller ◽  
Vicky Arnold ◽  
Robin W. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Strong Support ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Organizational Legitimacy ◽  
Social Resilience ◽  
Exogenous Shock ◽  
Nonprofessional Investors ◽  
Exogenous Shocks ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social

ABSTRACT Our overarching purpose is to propose and test a theory of social resilience to exogenous shocks. The theory posits that high-quality corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure promotes the perception of organizational legitimacy, creating social resilience to exogenous shocks (external events outside management control). Using a path model and data from 100 experienced, nonprofessional investors, we examine whether the quality of a corporation's voluntary CSR disclosure increases its perceived organizational legitimacy and if increases in perceived legitimacy help insulate that organization from negative investor reactions following an exogenous shock. The results provide strong support for the model and show that when CSR disclosures are higher quality, investors perceive organizational legitimacy to be higher, inferring that organizations should emphasize quantifiable, consistent, and comparable reporting. Further, the results indicate that higher levels of perceived organizational legitimacy are associated with greater levels of organizational resilience to an intra-industry exogenous shock.

scholarly journals Managing Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure: An Accountability vs. Impression Management Framework

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
Adelaide Martins ◽  
Delfina Gomes ◽  
Manuel Castelo Branco
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Impression Management ◽  
Organizational Legitimacy ◽  
Social Reporting ◽  
Corporate Accountability ◽  
Environmental Reporting ◽  
Environmental Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social Reporting ◽  
Corporate Social

Institutional environment demands from organizations to be accountable for their social and environmental actions and to provide information allowing the assessment of their long-term prospects for profitability may lead organizations to adopt Impression Management (IM) tactics to manage perceptions. Consequently, organizations may provide accounts demonstrating that they are good corporate citizens and possess the intangible assets required for future good financial performance. Although organizations have increased their corporate social reporting, the quality and reliability of those reports have been questioned. The literature suggests that these disclosures tend to be selective and biased, and do not enhance corporate accountability. This study proposes a formal conceptual framework linking IM, social and environmental accountability, financial performance, and organizational legitimacy. The arguments in this study are of economic, societal, and ethical concern, as IM behaviors may undermine the transparency of social and environmental reporting, and the decoupling between the economic and social image offered by companies through reporting and the reality. These insights also point at the complexities for organizations in dealing with accountability to all stakeholders. The conceptual framework proposed is useful for future studies aiming at understanding how organizations use IM in their corporate social reporting in the accountability process.

A simulation model for evaluating the effectiveness of various stock market strategies

SIMULATION ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 299-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Krolak ◽  
R. Berquist ◽  
R. Conn ◽  
H. Gilliland
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Stock Market Forecasting ◽  
Market Strategies

This paper develops a simulation model which can be used to investigate a wide variety of stock market invest ment strategies. A brief review of the literature of stock market forecasting is given. The paper describes the de tails that any simulation of a stock market investor would have to include if the model is to be realistically com pared to the performance of real investors. An outline of the necessary features of any program which is to be used to investigate may different combinations of invest ment strategies and forecasting devices is also given. The program is described in detail and a few preliminary results are given.

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