Social contribution and profit – are companies facing a trade-off?
Should companies give up maximizing their profits to do good for society? What does profit actually mean for a company in the first place? Midori Toya, ESSEC GBBA student and […]
Monthly Archives: November 2019
People, Power, Performance: The impact of effective HR practices in professional service firms
Dr. Na Fu, Prof. of Human Resource Management at Trinity Business School, explores the specific nature of professional service firms and how high-impact HR bundles catalyze their success. By Tom […]
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Diplomacy and Innovation
Srividya Jandhyala, Associate Professor of Management and expert in international business and public policy at ESSEC Business School Asia-Pacific, draws on her keynote address at the 2019 India Conference on […]
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Your Voice on the Council Community Blog
Dear Readers, Welcome and a warm hello to you all. The Council on Business & Society blog has met with quite a bit of success this year and we’re delighted […]
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The World and Blockchain: A rough ride ahead
As the world follows the future of Blockchain with expectation, Prof. Markos Zachariadis from Warwick Business School argues why we might be in for a rough ride. By CoBS Editor […]
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Children, Adolescents and Large-scale Projects in Brazil
With the increase of large-scale projects in Brazil, researchers Aron Belinky and Livia Menezes Pagotto of the GVces Center for Sustainability at FGV-EAESP share a guide for companies on how to generate shared value from the full protection of children and adolescents.
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More Gender Equality, More Prosperity for All
Solène Eveillard, ESSEC MiM student and finalist of the CoBS 2019 CSR article competition, researches the economic facts and figures to prove that gender equality brings prosperity not only for […]
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4 of the Best from 6 of the Best – and 1 more to come!
Take away 4 issues of cutting-edge research made practical Things are underway here at the CoBS to assemble and produce the Christmas issue #12 of our quarterly and specials magazine […]
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Beyond Gigs: The “Project Economy”
Professor Andrew Burke, Dean of Trinity Business School, Trinity College, Dublin, and chair of the Centre for Research on Self-Employment (CRSE) shines a light on the immense value of the growing freelancer “project economy”.
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There is more to diversity than what meets the eye
Can’t get your team’s consensus on anything lately? It could be a good sign. Maja Korica, Warwick Business School, sheds light on how differences and inclusivity in organisations can improve their performance – in more ways than one.
