Institutional Interconnections and Cross-Boundary Cooperation in Inclusive Business

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Business

scholarly journals Reimagining Corporate Social Responsibility in the Era of COVID-19: Embedding Resilience and Promoting Corporate Social Competence

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6548
Author(s):  
Jingchen Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Company Law ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Ex Ante ◽  
Inclusive Business ◽  
Corporate Social

The debate over corporate objectives and how companies deal with amplified existing societal inequalities and vulnerabilities has received increasing attention in recent years, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic encouraged companies and policy makers to consider ways to develop a more enabling institutional environment, not only to tackle the ongoing crisis but also to prepare for similar future tests. Against this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to focus on the significance and effectiveness of ex ante corporate social responsibility (CSR) law approaches in tackling the challenges brought by the pandemic. We investigate the uniqueness of the sustainable development challenges in the era of the pandemic, and introduce “corporate social competence” as a compliance principle in response to the need for forward-looking approaches to risk management and strategic planning. We use two ex ante legislative approaches in company law, namely mandatory CSR policy and legally recognised inclusive business models, as examples to illuminate the contribution of company law to navigate the pandemic beyond philanthropic CSR actions.

Partner Selection for Inclusive Business Models

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (56) ◽  
pp. 24-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Gradl ◽  
Aline Krmer ◽  
Fausto Amadigi
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Partner Selection ◽  
Inclusive Business ◽  
Selection For

Institutional Factors That Affect Inclusive Businesses: The Case of Banana Cooperatives in the Magdalena Region (Colombia)

2021 ◽  
pp. 097300522199160
Author(s):  
Marcela Maestre-Matos ◽  
Jahir Lombana-Coy ◽  
Francisco J. Mesías ◽  
Ahmed Elghannam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Base Of The Pyramid ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Banana Production ◽  
Inclusive Business ◽  
Agricultural Industries

Inclusive business as a model at the base of the pyramid is a relatively recent unit of study in academic literature. From the institutional perspective, businesses are affected by norms, processes, rules of moral and ethical behaviour, which have not been studied for the base of the pyramid in inclusive businesses, much less in agricultural cooperatives. The objective of this research is to identify institutional factors that can affect agribusiness inclusive models. In this research, agricultural cooperatives of banana production in the province of Magdalena, Colombia, are the unit of analysis to identify institutional factors. The method of review of institutional factors is the multiple cases (six banana cooperatives) with a simple unit using inductive analysis. The results show that institutional factors—both formal (certifications, quality standards, social responsibility policies and economic incentives) and informal (cooperation, improvement of quality of life, generation of social capital)—promote the development of inclusive businesses in cooperatives of the base of the pyramid. The research is a first step to show its potential replication in other agricultural industries and even in other economic sectors.

scholarly journals Validity of information security policy models

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Onome Imoniana
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Information Security Policy ◽  
Security Officer ◽  
Continuity Planning ◽  
Policy Models ◽  
Inclusive Business

Validity is concerned with establishing evidence for the use of a method to be used with a particular set of population. Thus, when we address the issue of application of security policy models, we are concerned with the implementation of a certain policy, taking into consideration the standards required, through attribution of scores to every item in the research instrument. En today's globalized economic scenarios, the implementation of information security policy, in an information technology environment, is a condition sine qua non for the strategic management process of any organization. Regarding this topic, various studies present evidences that, the responsibility for maintaining a policy rests primarily with the Chief Security Officer. The Chief Security Officer, in doing so, strives to enhance the updating of technologies, in order to meet all-inclusive business continuity planning policies. Therefore, for such policy to be effective, it has to be entirely embraced by the Chief Executive Officer. This study was developed with the purpose of validating specific theoretical models, whose designs were based on literature review, by sampling 10 of the Automobile Industries located in the ABC region of Metropolitan São Paulo City. This sampling was based on the representativeness of such industries, particularly with regards to each one's implementation of information technology in the region. The current study concludes, presenting evidence of the discriminating validity of four key dimensions of the security policy, being such: the Physical Security, the Logical Access Security, the Administrative Security, and the Legal & Environmental Security. On analyzing the Alpha of Crombach structure of these security items, results not only attest that the capacity of those industries to implement security policies is indisputable, but also, the items involved, homogeneously correlate to each other.

“Inclusive business” in agriculture: Evidence from the evolution of agricultural value chains

2020 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 105018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. German ◽  
Anya M. Bonanno ◽  
Laura Catherine Foster ◽  
Lorenzo Cotula
Keyword(s):  
Value Chains ◽  
Inclusive Business
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