The Apple Recycling Program includes several initiatives that form part of its overall corporate social responsibility and its specific environmental strategy. Since the early 1990s, […]
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Corporate Social Responsibility Program of Apple
Steve Jobs enforced several tenets that differentiated Apple from other technology companies. For example, when he returned to the company in 1997, one of his […]
Principles of Natural Capitalism: Definitions, Assumptions, and Applications
Physicist Amory Lovins, environmentalist L. Hunter Lovins, environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken wrote the 1999 book on environmental economics “Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial […]
Cradle to Cradle: Principles, Examples, Pros, and Cons
During the 1970s, Swiss architect and industrial analyst Walter Stahel coined the expression “cradle to cradle” while developing a closed-loop approach to production processing. Further […]
Subscription Business Model: Advantages and Disadvantages
A subscription business model or a subscription-based model is a business model for generating revenues in which a business organization sells a product or service […]
Explainer: Venture Capital and Venture Capitalists
Venture capital is a type of private equity financing and seed funding option provided by investors to startups and small businesses with limited access to […]
Explainer: What Are Angel Investors?
So-called angel investment arrangements have long been existing even prior to the popular use of the terminology. For example, the term “angel” was ascribed to […]
The Business Strategy of Google
Google is one of the most influential companies in the world. Undeniably, this American multinational technology company has also been one of the prime shapers […]
Authoritarian Leadership: Advantages and Disadvantages
Authoritarian leadership is a specific style and model of leadership characterized primarily by a leader who takes personal and full control over all decisions and […]
Theories of Leadership
The different theories of leadership provide different standpoints on leadership approaches, as well as different frameworks for understanding how the practice of leading other individuals, […]