This study investigates the processes underlying how business and nonprofit partnerships form. The authors identify the challenges faced by managers at each stage of partnership implementation. Based on their findings, they propose a partnership test that managers can use to evaluate the implementation effectiveness of a partnership.
This study answers two questions: 1) How do firms manage stakeholders to improve their market performance? 2) What competitive benefits can firms obtain by managing stakeholders?
Corporate social responsibility and philanthropy can payoff for a firm - but only at very low or very high levels.
NBS and Canadian Business for Social Responsibility present a five-part framework to help businesses embed sustainability into their organizational culture.
This paper highlights how managers form effective partnerships between business, government and non-profits to address social issues. Successful partnerships create a shared vision by focusing on common interests.
Researchers contrast corporate responses to climate change in the UK and Pakistan. How does your firm's response compare?
Companies can support corporate environmental initiatives and create social benefits by linking executive compensation to environmental performance. This study investigated the link between compensation and environmental performance across high-polluting industries in the U.S.
While most organizations approach community engagement in a 'transactional' way, the greatest value and competitive advantage is derived from more relational forms of engagement, which is harder to imitate.
Climate change is a business issue. Here are four reasons why adapting to a changing climate should be on every executive's radar.
Companies can successfully market environmental programs by describing how others in a similar situation participate—and how doing so helps the environment.
