Thesis (M.Sc. Environmental Management & Policy)--Lunds universitet, 2004? / Bibliography: 77-81. Available also in print form.

Thesis (PhD) - Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, 2006. / This thesis is submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology - 2006. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-231).

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 74-78).

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Lincoln University, 2008. / "Based on case analysis of 23 environmentally responsive organizations in India and New Zealand"--Abstract. Also available via the World Wide Web.

The current research of slack-performance relationship pays attention mainly to a set of overlapping slack natures, such as being sticky or liquid, without sufficient consideration of variables related to the internal structure of a given organization. I posit that this weakness may prevent us from further understanding how different slack resources (the slacks) influence firm performance. Moreover, the research on slack-performance relationship has pay insufficient attention to firm's performance in terms of corporate social responsibilities or CSR. Combining the transaction cost theory of the firm with a perspective of international strategy (Taylor, Beechler, & Napier, 1996), I propose a new model explaining how organizational-structure-related variables may interact with the slacks and influence firms' corporate social responsibility. In the study, I propose that with the international strategy, the positive relationship between liquid slack of a given MNE and its corporate social performance will become stronger. Meanwhile, with the international strategy, the negative relationship between the sticky slack of a given MNE and its corporate social performance will become weaker. After analyzing data from publicly listed US firms (2000-2012), I obtain evidence supporting the importance of organizational integration structure for understanding slack-performance relationship. The results show that the international strategy has negative effects to moderate the relationship between the slacks and corporate social responsibilities. Keywords: Sticky slack, Liquid slack, Corporate social performance, Corporate social irresponsible, International strategy

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- Lincoln University, 2008. / Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:20:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SilvanaMC.pdf: 1007352 bytes, checksum: 07067f838d112b9fbc5e697ed5eac284 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-02-28 / In this work we have analyzed the political commitment of the social assistance sponsored by the Bradesco Foundation in Jo?o Pessoa. This Foundation is a private institution of public interest that provides social assistance to low income populations all over Brazil. This kind of work is one of the oldest management initiatives in what is actually referred to as managers` social responsibility. This thesis assumes that managers who are in fact socially responsible should guide their actions by the principles of social democracy, so that everyone can enjoy citizens` social freedom, and guarantee their rights as well as the political awareness of social actors. Analysis of documents and a qualitative approach have been applied to the pedagogical Project of the Foundation, as well as phenomenology to study the social profile of their students. The analysis of the pedagogical project as well as the students` standpoint towards life reveals that the Bradesco Foundation is indeed committed to the social efficacy of its students. The educational proposal of the organization includes those elements that are required for teenagers` education envisaging participative citizenship. The teenagers` speech reveals that they have developed the project identity, being therefore able to take part in the process of political transformation of our time. The results indicate that the Bradesco Foundation not only guarantees some of the basic social rights for the healthy development of those who attend their courses, but also sponsors a high level education providing both a technical and a political formation / Neste trabalho analisamos o compromisso pol?tico do servi?o social prestado pela Funda??o Bradesco na cidade de Jo?o Pessoa. A Funda??o ? uma institui??o privada de interesse p?blico que presta um servi?o social para popula??es de baixo poder aquisitivo em todo o Brasil. A Funda??o ? uma das mais antigas iniciativas empresariais no ramo do que hoje se denomina Responsabilidade Social Empresarial. Esta tese elege como marco te?rico o pensamento de autores que problematizam o compromisso pol?tico dos empres?rios que atualmente investem em a??es sociais. Parte do pressuposto de que os empres?rios socialmente respons?veis devem nortear seus investimentos pelos princ?pios da democracia social, para que todos desfrutem da liberdade social dos cidad?os, pela garantia dos direitos e a forma??o pol?tica dos atores sociais. Metodologicamente fizemos uso da an?lise documental, adotando uma abordagem qualitativa para analisar o Projeto Pedag?gico da Funda??o, e da fenomenologia para analisar o perfil social dos seus alunos. A an?lise do Projeto Pedag?gico, bem como da postura dos alunos frente ? vida, revela que a Funda??o Bradesco est? comprometida com a efic?cia social de seus educandos. A proposta educativa da organiza??o contempla os elementos necess?rios ? forma??o dos jovens para a cidadania participativa. Os depoimentos dos jovens revelam que eles desenvolveram a identidade de projeto, tornando-se capazes de participar do processo de transforma??o pol?tica de nosso tempo. Os resultados encontrados indicam que a Funda??o Bradesco garante alguns dos direitos sociais b?sicos para o desenvolvimento saud?vel das crian?as que l? estudam, e uma educa??o de qualidade em que s?o contempladas forma??o t?cnica e pol?tica