261 research outputs found
Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in the Retail Sector: a Multiple Case Study Analysis of US Retailers
No full textOver the last few years, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a central theme in corporate management and is a relevant element of competitiveness for businesses. However, it is difficult to find a sustainable business model that fits perfectly to all companies, therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the social responsibility balances of some of the major American companies in the retail sector through a multiple case study analysis, to verify similarities and differences in their approach to defining a socially responsible strategy. The methodology used is a multiple case study analysis that compares the Social Reports of 5 American companies selected as a sample as they are leaders in the Retail sector, considering the Deloitte rankings. The commitment on the social and environmental front of companies considered is aimed at producing long-term collective benefits and is not reduced to formal and facade interventions adopted in the short term mainly for opportunistic purposes. Sometimes companies consider sustainability as a goal to be achieved, but from the results of the study, analyzing the different time period 2012-2018, it can be seen that it is not an achievable goal, but a prolonged path, during which the company and its stakeholders try to improve each other continuously
Labor demiúrgica y lengua de origen. La obra de Adrián Bravi y su traducción
No full textEl artículo pretende abordar el tema del bilingüismo de escritura y la traducción alógrafa a través de la obra de Adrián Bravi, autor argentino que lleva más de treinta años en Italia y quien afirma hablar su lengua madre, el español, en italiano. Se trata de una operación lingüística que no implica solo un mero hecho sintáctico, sino una manera de ver el mundo, una operación a medias entre la labor demiúrgica y la estilística, sin olvidar la pragmática del texto.El autor rechaza la idea de autotraducirse pero interviene en la labor traductora. El trabajo original será el análisis que Janette define “author-translator (mostly one way) communication” (Jansen, 2013: 249) de la traducción del italiano al español de L’albero e la vacca (2013)–El árbol y la vaca (2017), para profundizar en la traducción alógrafa con colaboración usando el material proporcionado por el mismo autor, es decir todas sus intervenciones en el texto y sus sugerencias aportadas a Luciano Padilla López, el traductor, a lo largo de la traducción. L’articolo si propone di trattare il tema del bilinguismo di scrittura e della traduzione allografa attraverso l’opera di Adrián Bravi, autore argentino da oltre trent’anni in Italia, che afferma di parlare la sua lingua madre, lo spagnolo, in italiano. Si tratta di un’operazione linguistica che non riguarda solo la sintassi; è anche un’operazione demiurgica di creazione di un vero e proprio mondo attraverso scelte stilistiche, senza dimenticare la pragmatica del testo.L’autore rifiuta di autotradursi ma interviene nel processo traduttivo. Il lavoro originale sarà l’analisi di quella che Janette definisce “author-translator (mostly one way) communication” (Jansen, 2013: 249) della traduzione dall’italiano allo spagnolo de L’albero e la vacca (2013)–El árbol y la vaca (2017), per approfondire il tema della traduzione allografa con collaborazione, usando il materiale fornito dall’autore stesso, ovvero tutti i suoi interventi sul testo e i suggerimenti apportati al traduttore, Luciano Padilla López, nel corso della traduzione
Book Review: Raval, V. (2020), Corporate Governance. A Pragmatic Guide for Auditors, Directors, Investors and Accountants, New York, Auerbach Publications.
No full textAdditive Manufacturing: analysis of the economic context and evaluation of the indoor air quality, with a Total Quality Management approach
No full textThe world has started to speak about a possible new revolution that would change radically the way in which the entire economic system will be managed: Additive Manufacturing, together with the other enabling technologies of Industry 4.0, has the potential ability to change the traditional concepts of manufacturing and the way in which the production is managed throughout its supply chain.
This study, divided in four chapters will analyze the changes that the Industry 4.0 is making to the whole economic system focusing on the manufacturing technology of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and analyzing the Italian economic context of reference, in the wood-furniture manufacturing sector. It will consider the supply side, that is the propensity of businesses to use 3D printers in the prototyping and subsequent production phase and the role of Fab Labs as mediators for the use of the technology between private consumers and businesses. Subsequently it will analyze the demand side and therefore Italian consumers knowledge of AM, 3D printing technologies and Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs), their perceptions about products made using 3D printers, their propensity to buy products made with these technologies and to use these ones to create their one products. Finally it will consider also environmental aspects related to Additive Manufacturing and the possible problem of Indoor Air Pollution due to the melting process of 3D printers, during which materials such as plastics emit gaseous substances, commonly called Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), assessing that the quantity of substances emitted does not exceed threshold levels, which is important for the health and safety of those using such digital tools
Linking Student Satisfaction with Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to manage Higher Education in Italy
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Developing a Corporate Social Responsibility strategy in India using the SA 8000 standard
No full textIn today’s global markets, issues related to Corporate Social Responsibility have greater importance on business performance, and international standards are defined as tools for companies to internalize their sustainability requests. The aim of this paper is to understand how the Social Accountability 8000 (SA 8000) standard is managed by developing countries, focusing on Indian certified companies, analyzing, in detail, of the motivations and benefits that prompted them to certification and barriers to its implementation. The research is based on a qualitative multiple case study. A total number of six companies participated in the research. The study showed that one of the main reasons for Indian companies of being SA 8000 certified is the willingness to satisfy the request for greater transparency on the part of stakeholders and the market in general. The study shows that by certifying SA 8000,Indiantextilecompanieswanttobepromotersofamoresustainableandethical way of doing business. The value of the research lies in the decision to focus on the Indian market, and in the textile sector, since India is the first country with the largest number of SA 8000 certified companies among developing countries and its textile industry is relevant all around the world
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