When variety can be the spice of life

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Intensity Level ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Diversified Portfolio

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Fund managers and investors can increase financial returns from their socially responsible investment through a carefully considered strategic approach. A diversified portfolio of appropriate strategies together with an optimum intensity level perhaps best enhances the likelihood of objectives being achieved. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Best of both worlds

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
New Product ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Product Launches ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings How firms perform with new product launches significantly depends on the strategic approach adopted. Both innovation and imitation offer specific benefits but have risks attached too. By adopting a combination innovation strategy, it is possible for organizations to exploit the advantages of each approach and also minimize any negative impact from these risks. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Socially responsible banking behavior?

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 31-32
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The banking sector is failing to fully realized the benefits of utilizing CSR initiatives and adopting SCSR plans to gain a competitive advantage. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Dimensions of corporate entrepreneurial strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Market Opportunity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Entrepreneurial Organizations ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Entrepreneurial Strategy ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Taking a more strategic approach enables entrepreneurial organizations to identify and exploit different types of market opportunity. Decision-making can be optimized when companies are alert to the potential impact of environment and agency factors on their corporate entrepreneurial strategy. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Making middle-market firms the center of attraction

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Middle Market ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – This paper examines the issues faced by middle-market companies in trying to raise their profile to stakeholders. Strategic communication is the key, something that can be achieved by a combination of thinking and behaving as if they are corporations, engagement with stakeholders and implementation of a strategic approach for corporation communication. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Purpose-washing of impact investing funds: motivations, occurrence and prevention

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 853-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Findlay ◽  
Michael Moran
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Impact Investing ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Fund Managers ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Systematic Appraisal

Purpose As an emerging field of financing, impact investing is under-institutionalised and is in a legitimacy building phase. In an attempt to unpack how impact investing is deployed in global markets, the key elements of its definition (intentionality, returns and measurement) are examined through a review of academic and practitioner literature. A refined definition is developed which emphasises the key elements of intentionality and measurement as separating impact investment from the established field of socially responsible investment (SRI). Design/methodology/approach Funds and products from a publicly available database are systematically analysed against the refined definition to determine the rigour with which intentionality and measurement are applied by self-identified market participants. These elements are used as a proxy to determine “purpose-washing” – a process where funds are presented as impact investments but do not satisfy a tightly applied definition. Purpose-washing enables the possibility of “retrofitting”, where funds originally defined as other products (e.g. SRI) retrospectively claim to be impact investments. Findings Having found evidence of purpose-washing but not retrofitting, actions are identified to enhance impact investment’s integrity, focussing on intentionality, measurement and transparency. Clarity of definition and purpose are important for a field in the market-building phase, as a lack of clarity could have negative implications for integrity and growth. The authors postulate that purpose-washing may be attributed to twin but distinctive motivations by market participants: interest in fee-generation among fund managers and attempts to bolster field legitimacy by demonstrating sector growth among impact investing proponents. Originality value This paper represents a unique analysis of impact investments against a robust and refined definition. By doing so, it offers a systematic appraisal of impact investments and an overall assessment of market integrity in its field-building phase.

Flexible working: help or hindrance?

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 18-20
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings What are the dirty little secrets that still remain in the world’s more cut-throat businesses? Senior managements read every day about corporate social responsibility obligations, socially responsible commercial behavior, and necessary compliance with the latest legislation on working conditions – and yet, there is always a nagging doubt that behind closed doors, all of this is forgotten about and replaced with a more mercenary mind-set. “Do what you have to, but try and get away with as much as you can” is not an unrealistic version of what may be said in private between managers pushed to the limit to maximize profit by their bosses. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Why it pays to be ethical

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 27-29
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Major Consequence ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Responsible Manner

Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the world they inhabit. One major consequence is that the onus on business organizations to operate in a socially responsible manner has never been greater. Yet, many operators still regard ethical behavior and business accomplishments as mutually exclusive. Profit rules the roost, and focus is firmly on making short-term gains. Unscrupulous practices come packaged with a heavy price though. Any exposure of questionable actions invariably means a lengthy uphill battle to restore tarnished reputations. Is such a risk really worthwhile? Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

How Phillips saw the light

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (8) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Freak Show ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
The One ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The problem with developing a reputation of being something of an oracle in the business world is that all of a sudden, everyone expects you to pull off the trick of interpreting the future on a daily basis. Like a freak show circus act or one-hit wonder pop singer, people expect you to perform when they see you, and they expect you to perform the thing that made you famous, even if it is the one thing in the world you don’t want to do. And when you fail to deliver on these heightened expectations, you are dismissed as a one trick pony, however good that trick is in the first place. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Negotiation and corporate strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Organizational Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Consistent Approach

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Negotiation is a key tool in delivering competitive advantage but requires a clear and consistent approach closely linked to organizational strategy. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Blending global and regional planning in multinationals

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-18
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Central Planning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings Blending global and regional planning is important for multinationals. Within a central framework, local offices should have input. Different regions will approach this in different ways, but regional planning needs to be in-synch with central planning cycles. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists, and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

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