Advances in Computation and Intelligence [Risorsa elettronica] : Third International Symposium, ISICA 2008 Wuhan, China, December 19-21, 2008 Proceedings / edited by David Hutchison, Takeo Kanade, Josef Kittler, Jon M. Kleinberg, Friedemann Mattern, John C. Mitchell, Moni Naor, Oscar Nierstrasz, C. Pandu Rangan, Bernhard Steffen, Madhu Sudan, Demetri Terzopoulos, Doug Tygar, Moshe Y. Vardi, Gerhard Weikum, Lishan Kang, Zhihua Cai, Xuesong Yan, Yong Liu

• Record Nr.: UNINA990009258750403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, 2008
• ISBN: 9783540921370
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Computer Science , 0302-9743 ; 5370
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Risorsa elettronica
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Business and community : the story of corporate social responsibility in India / / Pushpa Sundar

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466102503321
• Autore: Sundar Pushpa
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Los Angeles, [California] : , : Sage : , : Response Business Books, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 81-321-1153-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.4080954
• Soggetti: Social responsibility of business - India; Public-private sector cooperation - India; Globalization - Social aspects - India; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Contents; List of Abbreviations ; Foreword ; Preface ; 1 - Introduction ; 2 - Private Wealth for Public Good ; Part I: Business and Community: Yesterday (1850-1990) ; 3 - Merchants to Multinationals: Growth of Indian Business ; 4 - Merchant Charity (1850-1941) ; 5 - Corporate Philanthropy (1941-1960) ; 6 - Towards Corporate Social Responsibility (1960-1990) ; Part II: Business and Community: Globalization and Beyond (1990-2012) ; 7 - Winds of Change ; 8 - CSR in Action ; Part III: Business and Community: Tomorrow ; 9 - The Challenges ; 10 - CSR as Trusteeship; Appendix 1: Pioneering Dynasties and Their Philanthropic Foundations,1914-1960 Appendix 2: Brief Sketches of CSR by a Few Select Companies ; Bibliography ; Index ; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Business and Community traces the evolution of the ideas and practices of Indian corporate social responsibility (CSR) against the backdrop of India's socio-economic development since the beginning of industry to the present, through four major phases of Indian business history.