This article is published in the June Edition of SME Advisor ME. Author: Tatjana de Kerros for SME Advisor ME Corporate social responsibility provides competitive advantage in an evolving business environment, says Tatjana de Kerros, an independent research analyst and consultant, specialising in entrepreneurship and private sector development for the GCC region. The current economic and social… [Read more…]
At the present, there are two concepts that are rocking the academic and corporate world. These are enveloped by an even greater, bolder and altruistic notion of redefining not only the purpose of business, but the manner in which we envisage and use capitalism to achieve social and economic aims. One holds that profit should no longer… [Read more…]
Only yesterday at the World Economic Forum being held in Davos, Switzerland, a panel of delegates was discussing the implications of ‘Living in a Hyper-connected World’. Led by members of INSEAD, the prominent European Business School, members of the panel were coming to the consensus that new technologies were enabling people to become more engaged;… [Read more…]
Interview with Michael E. Porter, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School The problem today with capitalism is the relationship between business and society, putting in doubt the purpose of capitalism and the benefits of the capitalist system in meeting societal needs. Business has evolved in a direction were we… [Read more…]
June 16, 2011
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