Assembling Understandings : Findings from the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerhsips, 2005-2011 / / Matthew Thompson and Joy Emmanuel
| Assembling Understandings : Findings from the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerhsips, 2005-2011 / / Matthew Thompson and Joy Emmanuel |
| Autore | Thompson Matthew <1982-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of Victoria Libraries, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (167 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.30971 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | EmmanuelJoy <1955-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Nonprofit organizations - Canada
Cooperative societies - Canada Community development - Canada Voluntarism - Canada Public-private sector cooperation - Canada Economics - Sociological aspects - Canada Best practice Business Canada Community Cooperative Corporate social responsibility Economic development Economy Employment Entrepreneurship |
| ISBN |
9781550584592
1550584596 9781550584585 1550584588 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Author biography -- Introduction -- Websites of the Canadian social economy research partnerships -- Frequently used abbreviations -- Mapping the social economy: how do we know thee? Let us count the ways -- Social enterprises and the social economy -- Co-operatives and the social economy -- The social economy and indigenous peoples -- Organizational governance and capacity -- Financing the social economy -- Enabling and enforcing the social economy through public policy -- Conclusion. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Findings from the Canadian social economy research partnerships, 2005-2011 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524676203321 |
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Corporate social responsibility and environmental management
| Corporate social responsibility and environmental management |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Chichester, West Sussex], : John Wiley & Sons, : ERP Environment, ©2002- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 658 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Environmental auditing Environnement - Gestion Vérification environnementale Corporate social responsibility Unternehmensethik Umweltmanagement |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| Soggetto non controllato | Environmental Sciences |
| ISSN | 1535-3966 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996212257403316 |
| [Chichester, West Sussex], : John Wiley & Sons, : ERP Environment, ©2002- | ||
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Corporate social responsibility and environmental management
| Corporate social responsibility and environmental management |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Chichester, West Sussex], : John Wiley & Sons, : ERP Environment, ©2002- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 658 |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Environmental auditing Environnement - Gestion Vérification environnementale Corporate social responsibility Unternehmensethik Umweltmanagement Gestió ambiental |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Revistes electròniques. |
| ISSN | 1535-3966 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910134112403321 |
| [Chichester, West Sussex], : John Wiley & Sons, : ERP Environment, ©2002- | ||
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Linking environmental performance to business value : a North American perspective / / written by John T. Ganzi, Eric Steedman, Stefan Quenneville
| Linking environmental performance to business value : a North American perspective / / written by John T. Ganzi, Eric Steedman, Stefan Quenneville |
| Autore | Ganzi John T |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montréal, Qué., : Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America ; , c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic text (80 p.) : digital file |
| Disciplina | 338.9/7 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SteedmanEric
QuennevilleStefan |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Environmental aspects - North America
Corporations - Environmental aspects - North America International business enterprises - Environmental aspects - North America Accounting Air pollution Business Business value Commission for environmental cooperation Corporate governance Corporate social responsibility Economy Environmental resource management Finance |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
I. Acknowledgements.
II. Executive summary. Key findings. Status of the business value case ; Communication and language barriers ; North American engagement in the business value case ; Role of the public sector. III. Introduction. Methodology. Structure of the report. IV. Linking environmental performance to business value. A. Current state of evidence linking environmental performance to business value. Qualitative research context ; Quantitative research--moving to macro-level and indices studies ; Summary -- B. Industry sector response to the business value case. Environmental performance and business value ; Measuring, communication and disclosing ; Connecting the corporate and financial sectors -- C. Financial sector response to the business value case. Mainstream equity analysts ; Creditors ; Socially responsible investment -- D. Public sector response to the business value case: geographic perspectives. V. Conclusions: barriers, gaps and opportunities. A. Research and analysis -- B. Measurement, communication and dissemination -- C. Public policy. VI. Recommendations for further development of the business value case. Annex A. List of interviewees. Annex B. Comments from expert reviewers. General assessment. I. Acknowledgements -- II. Executive summary. Key findings -- III. Introduction. Methodology -- IV. Linking environmental performance to business value. A. Current state of evidence ; B. Industry sector response to the business value case ; C. Financial sector response to the business value case ; D. Public sector response to the business value case: geographic perspectives -- V. Conclusions: barriers, gaps and opportunities -- VI. Recommendations for further development of the business value case. Annex C. Authors' response to expert reviewers. Annex D. Timeline of major events related to the business value case. Bibliography. |
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| Montréal, Qué., : Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America ; , c2004 | ||
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Vocational Rehabilitation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises : An Integrated Management Perspective on Potentials and Business Impact / / Boris Miethlich
| Vocational Rehabilitation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises : An Integrated Management Perspective on Potentials and Business Impact / / Boris Miethlich |
| Autore | Miethlich Boris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Germany : , : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (413 pages) |
| Disciplina | 658.408 |
| Soggetto topico |
Corporate social responsibility
Employer branding Vocational rehabilitation Employment of people with disabilities |
| ISBN | 3-8325-5572-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction . 11 -- 1 The current state of dealt problems inland and abroad . 15 -- 1.1 People with disability and their employment 15 -- 1.1.1 What is a disability? . 15 -- 1.1.2 Historical development of the understanding of disability in society 16 -- 1.1.3 Variants of the integration of people with disabilities into the labour. 18 -- 1.1.4 Success factors of the integration of people with disabilities into the labour 19 -- 1.2 Vocational Rehabilitation 22 -- 1.2.1 Purpose of vocational rehabilitation 22 -- 1.2.2 History of the development of vocational rehabilitation 23 -- 1.2.3 The realisation of Vocational Rehabilitation: A Cooperation between social security -- and enterprises . 25 -- 1.2.4 Success factors of vocational rehabilitation 28 -- 1.3 Employment of people with disability and vocational rehabilitation 30 -- 1.3.1 Delamination from diversity initiatives 30 -- 1.3.2 Delimitation from other concepts . 31 -- 1.3.3 The economic relevance of the employment of people with disabilities and -- vocational rehabilitation 32 -- 1.3.4 Political context and relevance of the employment of people with disabilities and -- vocational rehabilitation 33 -- 1.3.5 Current situation and problems in promoting the employment of people with -- disabilities and vocational rehabilitation 35 -- 1.4 Corporate Social Responsibility 38 -- 1.4.1 Delimitation from related concepts 39 -- 1.4.2 Company's ripple effect: a model for assessing the impact of socially responsible -- engagement on society and stakeholders . 40 -- 1.4.3 Benefits of CSR . 41 -- 1.4.4 CSR and Employer branding . 44 -- 1.4.5 Implementation of CRS in enterprises 47 -- 1.5 Employment of PWD and Vocational Rehabilitation as CSR strategy . 48 -- 1.5.1 The current state of research: Employment of PWD and Vocational Rehabilitation -- as CSR initiatives . 49 -- 1.5.2 Implementation and Success Factors: Employment of PWD and Vocational -- Rehabilitation as part of the CSR strategy . 51 -- 1.5.3 Benefits of a socially responsible engagement for companies . 54 -- 6 -- 1.6 The resource-based view on competitive advantages . 59 -- 1.6.1 VRIO Framework: assessment of competitive advantages 62 -- 1.6.2 Competitive advantages through better use of resources 63 -- 1.6.3 Integrated management models to assess competitive advantages 64 -- 1.7 Summary of the literature overview 67 -- 2 Aim of the scholarly work 71 -- 2.1 The main aim of the scholarly work 71 -- 2.2 Partial aims of the scholarly work . 71 -- 2.3 Deriving and defining the research questions . 72 -- 2.4 Presentation and substantiation of the research theses 73 -- 3 Methodology and research methods . 75 -- 3.1 Characteristics of the examined object 75 -- 3.2 Working methods: Case study research 76 -- 3.3 Method of data obtaining and sources used 79 -- 3.4 Used methods of evaluation and interpretation of results . 81 -- 3.5 Research design . 82 -- 3.6 Operationalisation of the case studies . 83 -- 3.6.1 Deriving the case study protocol and report 83 -- 3.6.2 Presentation of the interview guide 85 -- 3.6.3 Selection of companies for the case studies . 86 -- 4 Empirical data collection and analysis . 89 -- 4.1 Assessing the Literature . 89 -- 4.1.1 Identify the business implications of vocational rehabilitation 89 -- 4.1.2 Interim conclusion 92 -- 4.1.3 Preliminary explanatory model 94 -- 4.2 Conducting the descriptive-explorative case studies . 96 -- 4.2.1 Conducting the within-case analysis 96 -- 4.2.1.1 Case study report NW GmbH . 96 -- 4.2.1.2 Case study report AVT Verpatec GmbH 101 -- 4.2.1.3 Case study report RPM Informatik GmbH . 106 -- 4.2.1.4 Case study report Hämmerli Technik GmbH . 110 -- 4.2.1.5 Case study report Smartpedia GmbH 114 -- 4.2.1.6 Case study report Seminarhotel Lihn Gen. 117 -- 4.2.1.7 Case study report RH Ladenbaumanagement GmbH 124 -- 4.2.2 Conducting the cross-case analysis . 128 -- 7 -- 4.2.2.1 The systematisation of the Processes . 128 -- 4.2.2.2 The systematisation of the Structuring factors . 129 -- 4.2.2.3 The systematisation of the Modes of Development 131 -- 4.2.2.4 The systematisation of the Stakeholders . 132 -- 4.2.2.5 The systematisation of the Interaction issues . 135 -- 4.2.2.6 The systematisation of the Environment . 136 -- 4.2.2.7 The systematisation of the Challenges and motivation 138 -- 4.2.2.8 The systematisation of the Expenditure and returns 138 -- 4.2.2.9 The systematisation of Long-term success through CSR strategies . 140 -- 4.2.3 Interim conclusion 142 -- 4.3 Synthesis of literature and case studies . 146 -- 5 Results of the work and discussion . 155 -- 5.1 Overview of the results 155 -- 5.2 An explanatory model of the impact of vocational rehabilitation on -- business performance 158 -- 5.3 Answering the research questions . 161 -- 5.4 Examination of the research theses . 163 -- 5.5 Discussion of the results and classification in the field of research 163 -- 5.6 Discussion of the method used 166 -- 5.7 Limitations and need for further research . 168 -- 5.8 Benefits for the development of the theory and practice . 169 -- Conclusion 171 -- Bibliography 175 -- Appendices . 197 -- Interview guideline I -- Transcribed interviews II -- Qualitative content analysis: codes and their sub-codes . 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| Altri titoli varianti | Vocational Rehabilitation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910647263303321 |
Miethlich Boris
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| Berlin, Germany : , : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, , 2022 | ||
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