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Este informe profundiza en la construcción de relaciones entre empresas y comunidades locales y ONGs analizando los mecanismos de adaptación organizativa a través de dos casos del sector energético.

This study provides a definition of Multi-Stakeholder Sustainability Alliances (MSSAs) based on describing the platforms formed and/or joined by the fifty largest food and beverage multinational corporations (MNCs). It develops an inductive framework on how MNCs use MSSAs to effectively signal to their stakeholders that they are sustainable and suggests a set of methods to test the developed framework in future research. Results provide management scholars a research agenda that can be implemented with agribusiness managers and their stakeholders.

Este reporte presenta el trabajo y aprendizajes de la Cooperación Suiza en la articulación empresarial en Perú en los sectores de la producción de queso, de la producción de papa, en el apoyo y articulación de la micro y pequeña empresa.

This report highlights issues, opportunities and challenges for public-private partnerships (PPPs) in fulfilling the rights to education for all - particularly the poor - in East Asia and the Pacific. It discusses the benefits and risks associated with PPPs, and essential factors for establishing successful partnerships.

This case study presents a business model of the Indonesian company Rajawali, which integrates Indonesian taxi drivers as Business Partners in the core activities of its subsidiary Express Taxi. By providing access to capital and training Express Taxi redefined the traditional business model between large transport companies and drivers’ groups. The case examines the challenges and opportunities of such a partnership in the context of income generation for the poor and reliability and safety for the general public.

This case study reviews the Procter & Gamble and United Nations’ Children’s Fund (UNICEF) collaborative marketing campaign which aimed to help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). It looks at the executional challenges that arise from the fundamental differences between the organisations involved, and the challenges of tackling MNT on the ground.

This report describes the concept of an inclusive business ecosystem and presents three structures companies can employ to strengthen these ecosystems: private initiative, project-based alliances, and platforms that are commonly used to execute the strategies identified. It is based on an analysis of 15 case examples that have been identified in a review of 170 documented efforts by companies to start and scale inclusive business models and provides a simple framework for companies to think about the strategic management of inclusive business ecosystems.

This case study is the second part of the study into Procter & Gamble and the United Nations’ Children’s Fund (UNICEF) collaboration to tackle maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). It looks at the successes and challenges of the campaign, and how the barriers were overcome.

The aim of this study is to show the contribution that Emerging Market Multinationals are making to development. The findings are based on research conducted on twelve large Emerging Market Multinationals from six emerging economies: Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Mexico and South Africa. It shows philanthropy, inclusive business and activities related to the business environment as three ways that multi-nationals can contribute to development.

This report provides an introduction to inclusive business and the forms it can take. It details basic guidance on how to make the working relationships between NGOs and business in Bangladesh more effective and successful.