Successful Business Leaders’ Focus on Gender and Poverty Alleviation: The Lojas Renner Case of Job and Income Generation for Brazilian Women

Arruda, Maria Cecília Coutinho de; Levrini, Gabriel

doi:10.1007/s10551-014-2356-8

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“…In contrast, leaders who exploit cultures through negative practices have less social support, external relations, employee motivation, and profit, which was not the case with the study's online small business leaders (Arruda & Levrini, 2015). Face-to-face social networking could work against an online small business leader if their popularity, branding, or beliefs become a negative target (Alnsour, 2018).…”

Section: Theme 3: Importance Of Face-to-face Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 67%

Effective Leadership in Online Small Businesses: An Exploratory Case Study

Smith¹

2020

IJEK

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The exploratory case study, with a positive deviance approach, was used to address the problem that online small business leaders lack effective leadership skills and actions. Generally, online small business leaders face challenges separate and unique from traditional ground business leaders and different than big ecommerce business leaders who are turning ground businesses to online global businesses. Specifically, online small business leaders lack effective leadership skills and actions to address the unique challenges of online small businesses, resulting in a 90% first-year failure rate. Ten online small business leaders answered interview questions to explore best practices and processes. Data analysis revealed six themes of online small business leadership qualities but not particular leadership qualities practiced by online small business leaders. The major six qualities of the online small business leaders in this study consisted of having passion and intrinsic motivation for their work, having a heightened awareness of time and time management, maintaining old fashioned face-to-face interactions, historically having someone of positive influence in their lives, being adaptable to change, and having high problem-solving and decision-making skills. Based on these new findings, more exploration of how these online small business leadership qualities could contribute to higher success rates is recommended.

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Section: Theme 3: Importance Of Face-to-face Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 67%

Effective Leadership in Online Small Businesses: An Exploratory Case Study

Smith¹

2020

IJEK

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“…Poverty has been considered in most cases as background information or in theoretical discussion, risking to become part of the rhetoric of social development, more than a central variable to analyze. However, some efforts have been made in understanding the work against poverty of different kinds or organizations: MNC and CSR impact in poverty alleviation (Griesse, 2007; Casanova and Dumas, 2010); local firms case studies (Lindgreen et al 2010); entrepreneurial leaders and inclusive business (de Arruda and Levrini, 2015); ethical initiatives case studies (de Arruda and Granado, 2013); and microfinance (Prior and Argandoña, 2009). All of the articles in this research stream have low citation numbers and with the exception of the Brazilian authors who tend to weave a conversation with their colleagues, there are few reference to the work of others on the region; on the other hand, in some cases there is connection with the well-known literature on business for the BoP (Prahalad and Hart, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

Bibliometric analysis of indexed research on corporate social responsibility in Latin America (2000-2017)

Jaén

Auletta

Celli

et al. 2018

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Purpose This paper presents an overview of Latin American (LA) publications on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and closely related themes that appear in ISI Thompson Reuters Social Science Citation Index journals, in the period 2000-2017. The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first is to understand the institutional context in which this research is being produced, and to reflect on how it can be improved. The second is to map out key research strands in this literature, to discuss its achievements and limitations, and identify opportunities for future research. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative-qualitative systematic review was performed using a standard bibliometric approach. A total of 148 articles from 36 journals, indexed in the ISI Thompson Reuters Social Science Citation Index, were selected and analyzed. A systematic analysis was performed, based on a review protocol, which comprised following eight steps: research objectives, article search, articles selection, article identification, root themes coding, data coding, data coding validation and content analysis. Findings Research about CSR Latin America features a very low citation record. It is also very fragmented. Both of these characteristics reflect little conversation amongst scholars publishing on this topic in indexed venues. More generally, participation in these venues reflects the location of scholars working on this topic as peripheral actors in scholarly conversations. The study identifies many opportunities for future research that attend to key issues that are relevant for Latin America and that will stimulate a more dynamic conversation among scholars interested in the region. Research limitations/implications First, this study is limited to articles on CSR research on LA published in ISI journals. It does not show the whole trend of other academic and managerial publications in the region. Second, although the articles selected were retrieved based on 17 search terms derived from the theoretical framework, the complexity of CSR-related themes and its evolution could have caused some terms, and therefore publications, to be left out. Practical implications Results provide scholars interested in the region with updated information about the state of research on the topic and about opportunities for future research. They also provide business schools in the region with a valuable input for a comprehensive reflection on research policy. Social implications In the 30th anniversary of Academia (Revista Latinoamericana de Administración), this study offers recommendations on how research on CRS in Latin America could be made more visible and relevant. Originality/value This is the first bibliometric analysis of scholarly publications on CSR and related issues in Latin America. It is also unique in addressing institutional factors that may be conditioning intellectual production on the topic.

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“…A major stream of research within international business and marketing that has only recently been applied to international entrepreneurship is the debate on whether to localize (adapt the business, marketing, or web strategy to the host country) or to standardize with a 'one-size-fits-all' approach. Research on standardization versus localization within social entrepreneurship is limited (Zahra et al 2008;Volery 2010;de Arruda and Levrini 2015); however, the research that does exist in this field subscribes to the same conclusions as the electronic business research.…”

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confidence: 89%

Social enterprises in electronic markets: web localization or standardization

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The question of how social enterprises (SEs)-organizations that work to solve social issues through innovative ideas and strategies-utilize the web to internationalize has received little attention in electronic business literature. We address this issue by examining whether SEs pursue a web globalization strategy that is standardized across national markets or localized and culturally customized to individual locales. Accepted knowledge about e-commerce corporations predicts that these firms would be better off with web localization. However, an investigation using content analysis and two case studies complemented with face-to-face and digital interviews reveals that SEs differ inherently from for-profit businesses in web globalization. Specifically, this paper shows that SEs adopt a web strategy high on standardization to mobilize, educate, advocate, and recruit would-be donors, influencers, and volunteers. Such a strategy allows SEs to build legitimacy and reinforce their global brand. Our empirical findings show the uniqueness of SEs' digital context from profit-oriented e-commerce corporations and the need for a suitable theoretical framework.

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Successful Business Leaders’ Focus on Gender and Poverty Alleviation: The Lojas Renner Case of Job and Income Generation for Brazilian Women

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Effective Leadership in Online Small Businesses: An Exploratory Case Study

Effective Leadership in Online Small Businesses: An Exploratory Case Study

Bibliometric analysis of indexed research on corporate social responsibility in Latin America (2000-2017)

Social enterprises in electronic markets: web localization or standardization

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