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How a Social Logic Can Transform Your Business
Santos, FilipeArticle ART-2594-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThough social entrepreneurship and traditional, commercial entrepreneurship have many things in common, there are some fundamental differences. The author, an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, believes social entrepreneurship offers a transformative grassroots alternative to the usual way of doing business. This article highlights four crucial ways in which social entrepreneurs differ from their traditional cou...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00
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Infosys Technologies: Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values
Mitchell, Jordan; Velamuri, RamaCase E-81-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipThis case documents the evolution of Infosys Technologies from its humble beginnings in 1981 to its position in 2004 as one of the most admired companies in India, with revenues exceeding US$ 1 billion, profits of US$ 270 million (CAGR in revenues and profits of approximately 60% over the past 10 years), and a workforce of more than 25,000 employees. The case focuses on the values of the founders, and the extent to which these values have allowed...Starting at €8.20
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Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals: Dr. Beat Richner's Lifework
Olivares, Ignacio; Kase, KimioCase SM-1548-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementDr. Beat Richner, a 62-year-old Swiss pediatrician, set up children's hospitals in 1991 at the behest of the Cambodian King after the devastation brought about by the civil war. By 2009 he has managed to open and run four of them, both in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. They are almost entirely dependent on private donations, which, collected through his cello concerts and the Kantha Bopha Foundation, largely come from Europe and other parts of the wo...Starting at €8.20
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Cardiac Care for the Poor (A) (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Rangan, V. KasturiCase HBS-514S15Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDescribes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore, India. The purpose of the hospital was to offer health care for the masses. This tertiary care hospital performed over 4,000 surgeries a year (approximately half on pediatric patients), which is more than that performed by The Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic (ranked #1 and #2 in the United St...Starting at €8.20
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Sonrisas de Bombay: Historia de un emprendedor social
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; Lucas, PabloCase DPO-259Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementEste caso describe la historia, el desarrollo y la consolidación de Sonrisas de Bombay, ONG fundada por el periodista Jaume Sanllorente. Desde su experiencia vital, se abordan las cuestiones estratégicas de la organización, y se intenta encontrar el equilibrio entre sus valores, su misión social y los requerimientos de eficiencia, rigor e independencia.Starting at €8.20
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Los hospitales infantiles Kantha Bopha: el trabajo de toda una vida del Dr. Beat Richner
Olivares, Ignacio; Kase, KimioCase SM-1548Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl Dr. Beat Richner es un pediatra suizo de 62 años que en 1991 construyó un hospital infantil a petición del rey de Camboya tras los destrozos que se produjeron durante la guerra civil. En 2009 ya había conseguido poner en marcha cuatro centros en Phnom Penh y Siem Reap. Sus hospitales dependen casi exclusivamente de las donaciones privadas, que se recaudan en los recitales de violonchelo del doctor y a través de la Fundación Kantha Bopha y prov...Starting at €8.20
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Cipla 2011 (Spanish version)
Deshpande, Rohit; Sucher, Sandra J.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-517S04Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics manufacturing company Cipla, is weighing options for how to continue to support the global fight against HIV/AIDS while positioning his company for growth in a changing regulatory landscape.Starting at €8.20
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The Story of Jai Jaikumar (B) (Spanish version)
Bowen, H. Kent; Squire, Richard; Vickers-Willis, Sarah; Wilson, HarryCase HBS-613S02Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityHow did you get this far in life, and what does this mean, if anything, for your duties to others?Starting at €5.74
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Cómo puede transformar su negocio la lógica social
Santos, FilipeArticle ART-2594Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Strategy¿Qué es el emprendimiento social y en qué difiere del comercial? Según el autor, experto en el campo emergente de la innovación social, ofrece una alternativa de base y transformadora al modo habitual de hacer negocios. En este artículo, destaca cuatro diferencias que emanan de la distinción fundamental entre creación y captación de valor. Asimismo, propone que las teorías económicas y los modelos de negocio establecidos reconozcan, más allá del ...Starting at €8.20