Publications

2010
Dictionary Entry

Civil Society - Business Relations

By: James E. Austin and Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Civil Society or Community; Business and Community Relations; Business Ventures; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

2009
Working Paper

Corporate Social Entrepreneurship

By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco

Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship

Read Now

March 2007
Teaching Note

Organics: Coming Center Stage? (TN)

By: James E. Austin and Reed Martin

Keywords: Food

May 2006
Teaching Note

Forest Stewardship Council (TN)

By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco

Keywords: Forestry Industry

May 2004
Teaching Note

Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects (TN)

By: James E. Austin and Diana Barrett

Teaching Note to (9-302-068). View Details

Keywords: Biotechnology Industry

October 1996
Case

Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (C)

By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry

Educators

March 1996 (Revised November 1996)
Case

Supermarkets in Inner Cities

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias

Excerpts from five articles that present the challenges and opportunities inherent in opening and operating supermarkets in inner-city neighborhoods. View Details

Keywords: Urban Scope; Market Entry and Exit; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; Problems and Challenges; Development Economics; Business and Community Relations; Business Ventures; Strategic Planning; Cooperation

1987
Book

Food Policy in Mexico: The Search for Self Sufficiency

By: James E. Austin and Gustavo Esteva

Keywords: Food; Policy; Mexico

1979
Book

Nutrition Intervention in the United States: Cases and Concepts

By: James E. Austin and Christopher Hitt

Keywords: Nutrition; Programs; Cases; United States

April 2004
Article

Mining Gold in Not-for-Profit Brands

By: John A. Quelch, James E. Austin and Nathalie Laidler-Kylander

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Nonprofit Organizations

20 Dec 2016
First Look

years, this paper presents a significant revision of the model of creativity and innovation in organizations published in Research in Organizational Behavior in 1988. This update focuses primarily on the individual-level psychological processes implicated in creativity... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

2001
Chapter

Management in Developing Countries

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Management

fall 2006
Article

Business and Low-Income Sectors: Finding a New Weapon to Attack Poverty

By: James E. Austin and Michael Chu

Keywords: Poverty; Business Ventures

October 1996 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)

By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt

The board of directors of a rural health clinic fires its executive director. The case elaborates the evolution and progress of the clinic under this director during a period of growth and a changing health care environment. Factors contributing to and questioning the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resignation and Termination; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Rank and Position; Social Enterprise; Health Industry

Educators

May 1996 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Timberland and Community Involvement

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias

The Timberland Co., a manufacturer and retailer of footwear, outdoor apparel, and accessories, committed itself to instituting and communicating a core set of values to its employees, stockholders, and consumers. The system of beliefs emphasized community service.... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Business and Community Relations; Social Enterprise; Corporate Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry

Educators