Corrigendum to “Poverty Alleviation as Business Strategy? Evaluating Commitments of Frontrunner Multinational Corporations” [World Development 34 (2006) 789–801]

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ans Kolk ◽  
Rob Van Tulder ◽  
Bart Westdijk
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
World Development

scholarly journals THE PARADIGM OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE BALANCED SCORECARD

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Olena Burunova ◽  
Sergii Gushko ◽  
Volodymyr Kulishov
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Support Mechanism ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard

The paper investigates the process of strategic management and missions of a multinational corporation on the basis of the model of the balanced scorecard (BSC) formation. Due to the trends in modern management, the development of a company’s strategy, and the estimation of its efficiency are carried out with increasing frequency by means of scorecards. Thus, the aim of the research is to explore the paradigm of strategic management of multinational corporations within the framework of implementation of the model of an enterprise scorecard in an ERP system. The topicality of the research is determined by the necessity to implement the worked out in detail monitoring of company’s activity in a strategic focus, which will allow increasing the operationability and efficiency of administrative decisions and controlling the most essential financial and non-financial performance indices. In the course of work, the authors were guided by the principles of systemic and dialectical approaches to explore the problem. Thereat methods of logic and factor analysis, swot analysis, scenario planning, approaches to grouping, comparison, generalization, interconnection of the theoretical and practical aspects of the work of multinational corporations were used. They serve to deepen the theoretical and methodological aspects referred to the formation of the accounting and analytical information and implementation of the balanced scorecard model in the process of institutionalization of informative economy. It is well-proven that optimization of a business strategy of companies contributes to realization of the information support mechanism of the accounting and analytical systems under the condition of ERP introduction- systems for the improvement of methods of accounting, control and analysis. It gives an opportunity to efficiently manage the resources of corporations, to regulate their production load, to control quality and push their products forward to foreign markets. It has been found out that, taking into account these tendencies, it is possible to construct a pay card of the system of indices according to the levels of acceptance of administrative decisions on the basis of all main business processes of a corporation.

Gambling with the Future

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Dauvergne
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
General Motors ◽  
Environmental Rhetoric ◽  
Air Conditioners ◽  
History Of ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
Corporate Social

This chapter brings to light the risks – and at times grave costs – for human health and ecosystems of companies introducing new technologies and products to compete for profits and markets. New technologies and products can cast dark ecological shadows onto distant ecosystems, poor communities, and future generations. Sometimes these shadows arise from genuine ignorance, as with chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) drifting skyward from refrigerators, hairsprays, and air conditioners to deplete the ozone layer. But other times these shadows arise from arrogance and intentional risk-taking, as in the 1920s when Thomas Midgley, Jr., working for General Motors and DuPont, put tetraethyl lead into gasoline. As this chapter shows, corporations have a long history of deploying anti-environmental rhetoric to subvert calls for precautionary measures. Since the mid-2000s, however, the executives of multinational corporations have been avoiding straightforward greenwash, preferring a rhetoric of corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility. To some extent this eco-business strategy is improving efficiency and reducing waste (on a per product basis), but it is not translating into a stronger precautionary approach for the introduction of new technologies and products.

Multinational Corporations

2019 ◽  
pp. 460-479
Author(s):  
Leena Ajit Kaushal
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Economic Framework

Foreign Investors are looking forward to enter organized retail sector, which has a mere 8 percent presence in India, but the present government in India which endorses liberal economic framework proscribe 100 percent FDI in multi-brand retail sector on the grounds of safeguarding small indigenous retailers known as ‘kirana stores'. The objective of the chapter is to explore the importance of Multi National Corporations (MNCs) not only in multi-brand retail sector but otherwise as a potent source of technology, efficiency and equality for farmers and poor, poverty alleviation and growth for a developing economy as a whole.

The Poor as Suppliers of Intellectual Property: A Social Network Approach to Sustainable Poverty Alleviation

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sridevi Shivarajan ◽  
Aravind Srinivasan
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Knowledge Networks ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Property A ◽  
The Poor

ABSTRACT:We extend the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) poverty-alleviation approach by recognizing the poor as valuable suppliers—specifically of intellectual property. Although the poor possess huge reserves of intellectual property, they are unable to participate in global knowledge networks owing to their illiteracy and poverty. This is a crippling form of social exclusion in today’s growing knowledge economy because it adversely affects their capabilities for advancement at several levels. Providing the poor access to global knowledge networks as rightful participants—as suppliers of intellectual property—leads to poverty alleviation as a result of their increased social inclusion, not only through economic benefits, but also through the poor’s improved well-being as a result of their increased self-esteem and dignity. Using concepts from social network theory, we develop a poverty-alleviation approach to harness and integrate the intellectual property of the poor into global knowledge networks through trust-based partnerships among the poor, non-governmental organizations, and multinational corporations.

Multinational Corporations

2016 ◽  
pp. 154-172
Author(s):  
Leena Ajit Kaushal
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Developing Economy ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Economic Framework

Foreign Investors are looking forward to enter organized retail sector, which has a mere 8 percent presence in India, but the present government in India which endorses liberal economic framework proscribe 100 percent FDI in multi-brand retail sector on the grounds of safeguarding small indigenous retailers known as ‘kirana stores'. The objective of the chapter is to explore the importance of Multi National Corporations (MNCs) not only in multi-brand retail sector but otherwise as a potent source of technology, efficiency and equality for farmers and poor, poverty alleviation and growth for a developing economy as a whole.

Creating Competitive Markets for Small Businesses with New Media and E-Business Strategy

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabel T. Kung ◽  
Yi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Business Approach

The innovative and dynamic nature of E-business enables small companies to compete with multinational corporations via online marketing. This paper serves as a guide from a practitioner’s perspective to embark in E-business while traditional marketing strategies are diminished. Three E-business adoption models for small enterprises are discussed. Planning involving new media, Internet technological capabilities and marketing strategies are examined. A literature review on new media gives a comprehensive study of online marketing. To evaluate the effectiveness of the E-business approach, a case study of a family chain of hotels is presented.

scholarly journals BUSINESS STRATEGY AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY: PERCEPTION AND PRACTICE IN THE OIL INDUSTRY AND THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 951-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asad K. Ghalib ◽  
Patricia Agupusi
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Short Term ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Responsible Behaviour ◽  
Corporate Social

This paper examines the strategies for the implementation of corporate social responsibility of various multinationals, with a particular focus on the oil industry. The role of non-governmental organisations towards inducing a more responsible behaviour is explored. By drawing on literature and reflecting on documented actions of various multinational corporations, particularly from the extractive sector, we find a commonalty that cuts across the board: a considerable disparity exists between policies, strategies and actions that these organisations display in the interest of their inherent, short-term economic gains. Such gains jeopardize interests of both internal and external stakeholders as well as the environment especially in the developing world. We argue that the disparity in implementation can be linked to weak structural institutions and lack of ethical standards in most developing countries.

Creating Competitive Markets for Small Businesses with New Media and E-Business Strategy

2012 ◽  
pp. 287-305
Author(s):  
Mabel T. Kung ◽  
Yi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Business Approach

The innovative and dynamic nature of E-business enables small companies to compete with multinational corporations via online marketing. This paper serves as a guide from a practitioner’s perspective to embark in E-business while traditional marketing strategies are diminished. Three E-business adoption models for small enterprises are discussed. Planning involving new media, Internet technological capabilities and marketing strategies are examined. A literature review on new media gives a comprehensive study of online marketing. To evaluate the effectiveness of the E-business approach, a case study of a family chain of hotels is presented.

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