Values-Centered Entrepreneurs and Their Companies

Informationen zum Autor David Y Choi , Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship and an Associate Director of the Hilton Center for Entrepreneurship at Loyola Marymount University. Edmund R. Gray is Professor of Management at Loyola Marymount University. Zusammenfassung This book examines how values-centered entrepreneurs balance the profit objective with social responsibility in key aspects of their business operation – from their initial company formation, through growth, to exit – to build successful triple bottom-line companies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction PART I: The Values Centered Entrepreneur 1. Toward a New Model of Entrepreneurship PART II: Lessons/Guidelines 2. Commit to a Purpose 3. Be Circumspect about Raising Institutional Capital 4. Hire Employees with Shared Values 5. Promote Your Company’s Values 6. Build a Strong (Value-Centered) Organizational Culture 7. Make Money, But Then Also Make Exceptions 8. Do No Harm 9. Stay With It For The Long Haul 10. Give Back a Lot (Commit to a Giving Program) 11. Be a Role Model for Others 12. Conclusion Part III: Case Studies 13. Timothy Haahs Engineering 14. Stoneyfield Farm 15. Migros 16. Chris King Precision Equipment Part IV: Appendix: Table of Socially Responsible Companies

Summary

This book examines how values-centered entrepreneurs balance the profit objective with social responsibility in key aspects of their business operation – from their initial company formation, through growth, to exit – to build successful triple bottom-line companies.

Product details

• Authors: David Y. Choi, David Y. Gray Choi, Choi David Y., Edmund Gray, Gray Edmund
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2010
• EAN: 9780415997607
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99760-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Business & Economics / General, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Small businesses & self-employed, COMPUTERS / General, computer science, Sales & marketing, Small businesses and self-employment, Business mathematics & systems, Sales and marketing, Network Management, Business mathematics and systems