Corporate citizenship: Creating intangible assets across institutional environments

Article Abstract:

The fact that citizenship programs are strategic investments comparable to research and development and advertising and that they can create intangible assets that help companies overcome nationalistic barriers, facilitate globalization and outcompete local rivals is examined. It is found that citizenship profiles enable the sociocognitive integration that global companies require to operate effectively across diverse local markets, though further research is necessary to assess the activities a manager developing citizenship profile for a foreign market should do and the way to get better assistance for locals and groups from the company.

Corporate social responsibility, Corporate giving

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A resource-based theory of market structure and organizational form

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The effect of combining the insights from both the industrial organization and organizational ecology perspectives and a resource-based theory of market structure, where resources pertain to the environmental assets without which a firm cannot operate viably is studied. It is found that the distributive shape of resource space, together with the presence or absence of exploitation economies, molds market structures in terms of density and concentration.

Market Targeting & Approach, Strategic planning (Business), Market strategy

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The knowledge-leveraging paradox: How to achieve scale without making knowledge imitable

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The approach to applying information technologies to leverage scarce expertise without codifying or transferring knowledge is explored. It is found that this technology might allow individuals to further specialize and generate more tacit knowledge, preserving the strategic properties of knowledge while scaling up.

General services, Venture Analysis, Methods, Company systems management, Information management, Knowledge management, Business enterprises

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