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		Leadership in times of crisis: New demands for leaders Posted on 30-05-2010The economic crisis shows remarkable parallels to a personal crisis in its characteristics and consequences. If that is the case, does this imply that solutions should also run parallel? For sure, such crises provide corporate leaders with many new demands.
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		Partnerships for Development Posted on 30-06-2009Since the beginning of the 21st century ‘partnerships’ have received increasing attention on the development agenda. Governments and NGOs seek alliances with firms to increase the effectiveness of their development efforts. Partnerships have been pioneered in infrastructure projects, millennium villages, the provision of health services and microcredits… the list of announcements is growing. The increasing involvement of firms in development partnerships is particularly noticeable, especially multinational enterprises seeking alliances with governments and NGOs, not only as part of their CSR strategies, but also as part of their internationalisation strategies towards ‘emerging markets’ (which Previously often were denominated as ‘developing countries’) and the effective management of their global value chains.
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		Poverty alleviation as a business issue? Posted on 11-03-2009Since the beginning of the 21st century, the potential contribution of corporations to a larger number of societal issues has received increasing attention and controversy. This also apples to arguably the biggest global challenge of th emoment: alleviating poverty. Until recently, the issue of poverty was largely ignored in managemnet theory and practice (Jain, Vachani, 2006). There are at least three reasons for this. Firstly, because poor people generally do not operate on 'markets' and have limited buying power. Secondly, the issue of poverty itself is complex. Do we consider absolute or relative poverty for instance? What about the so-called 'working poor'? Thirdly, the issue of poverty has many 'issue owners' and it is extremely hard to identify primary responsibilities. Poverty reduction is generally acknowledged to be the most important precondition for worldwide economic growth.
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