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The Importance of Cultural Framing to the Success of Social Initiatives in Business
Authors: Howard-Grenville, Jennifer; Hoffman, Andrew J.
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Academy of Management Executive. Vol. 17, Issue 2.
Publication Year: 2003
Cultural frames provide leverage for action on social initiatives, as shown in a case on the air pollution issue in semiconductor manufacturing.
Video: Thomas L. Friedman
Author: Friedman, Thomas L.
Product Type: Speeches; Multimedia
Source: MITWorld
Publication Year: 2005
Chances are good that Bhavya in Bangalore will read your next x-ray, or as Thomas Friedman learned first hand, “Grandma Betty in her bathrobe” will make your Jet Blue plane reservation from her Salt Lake City home. In “Globalization 3.0,” Friedman contends, people from far-flung places will become principal players in the marketplace.
Critical Mass on Corporate Boards
Authors: Kramer, Vicki W.; Konrad, Alison M.; Erkut, Sumru
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Wellesley Centers for Women
Publication Year: 2006
Although numerous articles make a case for diversity on boards and scholars have begun to focus on women on boards, the Critical Mass project is the first research study to examine multiple perspectives on the impact of the number of women on corporate boards of directors.
Julia Stasch (A, B)
Authors: Meyer, Kirk O.; Eisenberg, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1993
A successful woman executive attempts to integrate women into the construction trade in Chicago. Julia Stasch rose from office assistant to president and chief operating officer of a major Chicago real estate firm, Stein & Co. This case describes her campaign to create expanded opportunities for women and minority-owned businesses as suppliers to construction projects, and for women and minority workers on construction sites...
Do Majority-Minority Districts Maximize Substantive Black Representation in Congress
Authors: Epstein, David; O'Halloran, Sharyn; Cameron, Charles
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: The American Political Science Review, Vol. 90, No. 4
Publication Year: 1996
Majority-minority voting districts have been advanced as a remedy to the underrepresentation of minority interests in the political process. Yet, their efficacy in furthering the substantive goals of minority constituents has been questioned because they may dilute minority influence in surrounding areas and lead to an overall decrease in support for minority-sponsored legislation...
Misery Loves Company: Rethinking Social Initiatives by Business
Authors: Margolis, Joshua; Walsh, James
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Administrative Science Quarterly. Vol. 48, Issue 2.
Publication Year: 2003
This paper assesses how organization theory and empirical research have thus far responded to this tension over corporate involvement in wider social life.
Coca-Cola Chile Foundation
Author: Herrera, J
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School Publishing
Publication Year: 2005
Provides an overview of the Coca-Cola System in Chile and focuses on the Coca-Cola Chile Foundation (CCFCH), a non-profit organization dedicated to education...
Black Caucus Groups at Xerox Corporation (A)
Authors: Friedman, Raymond A.; Deinard, Caitlin
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 1991
In 1970 Xerox had a very progressive affirmative action program yet, once hired, black employees faced serious problems, due both to overt discrimination and to their exclusion from the informal networks of support, information and mentoring that the other salespeople shared...
Access Teaching Module- Full Version
Authors: Johnson, Jennifer; Scully, Maureen
Product Type: Teaching Modules
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2009
FULL VERSION OF TEACHING MODULE. Access, to new markets and materials, to new sources of labor and information, to new communities and new ideas, is crucial to business, and can also serve as a way to spread the benefits of economic development to people and their communities.
Social Entrepreneurship Teaching Resources Handbook
Authors: Brock, Debbi D.; Kim, Marina; Davis, Susan
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship
Publication Year: 2008
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As advocates for social entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurship education, staff at Ashoka have gathered a plethora of resources for both faculty new to the field of social entrepreneurship and seasoned veterans who blazed the trail in the early twenty first century.
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