Socially responsible investing

[8] Ecomagination program targets society and business challenges such as depletion of known oil and gas reserves, lack of clean water availability, new demand on natural resources, infrastructure and access to energy in emerging and rapidly growing economies. Ecomagination puts into practice GE’s belief that financial and environmental performance can be integrated to accelerate profitable growth for the company as well as serve the society. Eric Ortman, Supply Chain Executive with GE Oil…

Women fighting for their space The feminization of the paid labor force has been considered to be one of the most important changes in society the past century. Accompanied by a profound cultural shift and the commitment to gender equality in society, women over the past year have managed to make remarkable moves in the business world towards equal opportunities. Women have also managed to advance into more leadership and executive positions, showing that society no longer is the “man’s world”…

logically but socially (Robert M. Blackburn, 1999, Understanding social…

Introduction and Background Famous Brands Limited is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in South Africa. The company is Africa's leading quick-service and casual dining restaurant franchisor. George Halamandres, who brought new ideas to South Africa relating to the food industry that he found while travelling in America. He successfully built and operated approximately 100 stores in South Africa, ranging from steak houses and take-away stores. Halamandres was one of the…

Fuji Xerox was one of the excellent companies in Japan. When Xerox Corporation became in deficit, Fujifilm acquired additional 25% of Fuji Xerox's outstanding shares in 2001, increasing the shareholding in that company to 75% and transformed that company into a consolidated subsidiary. Fuji Xerox is now taking a major role in Fujifilm. In 2006, Fujifilm Group shifted to a holding company structure centering on the holding company FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (FHC), which controls both the…

13,000, IIP accreditation requires organisations to consistently operate in a way that develops employees and to actively engage with them to look for ways to improve the running of the company. It is also important that the organisation is socially responsible and that people are committed to its' success. Mears may be a larger organisation now but our commitment to staff development will never change. In 2011 you will see new efforts to increase our apprenticeships, support management…

According to this research part of the paper Internal Factor Evaluation it’s giving us a brief run-down of the result of Costco in the industry. Meanwhile perform trying to maintain balance structure in Internal Factor Evaluation on Costco Wholesale Corporation in NASDAQ stock exchange. Also with about approximately opening at $139. Next with a high and low rate of $141 to $110 in 52 week at a high range in the stock exchange. Then on the other hand the growth rate is approximately 11%.…

and its numerical targets. Yamaha has positioned the three years under YMP2016 as the first stage of the “quantum leap” phase of its development. During this stage, Yamaha will endeavor to secure growth in its existing businesses while actively investing to achieve growth through new business in the next stage. Under the new management plan, by the fiscal year ending March 2016, Yamaha will aim to reach consolidated net sales of ¥430 billion (which will represent real growth over the three-year…

Does the company need to defend itself against new competition? Under Armour, founded in 1996, has successfully entered the high-performance apparel industry. Bargaining power of suppliers: How dependent is the business on its suppliers? If the business has only one major supplier and no available alternatives, the supplier has great bargaining power. Conversely, a business can have bargaining power over the supplier. For example, Nike doesn’t manufacture its own sneakers; it uses…

impress and raising its social responsibility. According to the SWOT analysis the current strategy (See appendix3), the main strength of McDonald’s is its international operations and brand equity. Besides, McDonald’s always concentrate on social responsible issue. Recent year, they allowed providing nutritional information to the consumers which made consumer aware of the more detail about the food they choose. Moreover, Jacob,N (2003) pointed out the reason for McDonald’s success in Russia…