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Toulouse Business School partner of a European project on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in SMEs

Toulouse Business School is partner to the European project « PRISMA » which aims to promote the integration of Corporate Social Responsibility strategies in SMEs in the south of Europe (Spain, Portugal, France).

CSR adapts sustainable development principles to companies aiming at reconciling economic, social and environmental issues and at the same time to contribute to the company performance.

PRISMA project offers Midi-Pyrenean SMEs the opportunity to integrate a business model based on Corporate and Social Responsibility criteria, through:
- Information on the benefits resulting from the introduction of a CSR style of management for a SME
- An evaluation of the situation for each company regarding CSR
- The integration of CSR indicators in SME management
- The implementation of concrete actions with the support of an external team.

PRISMA project is funded by the European programme INTERREG III B.
Other partners :
- FADE (Federación Asturiana de Empresarios, Project manager), Spain
- FAMA (Fundación Asturiana de Medio Ambiente), Spain
- CECOT (Fundació Privada CECOT Innovació), Portugal
- NERSANT (Associação Empresarial da Região de Santarém), Portugal

For more information, please contact:
Toulouse Business School Research Service
h.paillares@esc-toulouse.fr
+33 (0)5 61 29 49 85

Consult in Europe

The research and development project Consult in Europe financed with the support of the European Commission Leonardo da Vinci Programme, was launched in Toulouse the 9 and 10 October 2006 with 14 partners representing 9 countries (Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom).
Promoted and coordinated by the Centre for European Research in Employment and Human Resources (CREER) of Toulouse Business School , the project entailed an innovative partnership between the Management Consulting sector and specialists in education and training.
The current situation shows that there is an insufficient training offer available and adapted to the needs of senior employees (45 years and above) who wish to build on their work experience and start a new career as consultant. In response to these specific needs, the project was focused on two main objectives: developing and piloting training programms at the European level.
A new Management Consulting MBA developed by Toulouse Business School in collaboration with SYNTEC Management Consulting has been one opportunity for the experimentation of the long training course.

On the basis of a previous crossed analysis of consulting firms and seniors needs, six modules have been developed:
1. Knowledge of consulting environment,
2. Client needs analysis and building the offer
3. Costumer relations
4. Business process and change management
5. Complex project management
6. Knowledge management and strategic competence


The results of this project including the results of the experimentation made in 3 European countries (France, Ireland and Romania), have been presented in Toulouse on 26th September 2008.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

For more information contact:
Caroline TILLOU
c.tillou@esc-toulouse.fr

Recent Publications :

ASSASSI, Isabelle (2008) 'Régulation du canal dans un environnement incertain : le cas des arts du spectacle', Revue française de gestion, No. 182, mars: 135-153

BARZANTNY, Cordula et FESTING, Marion (2008) 'A comparative approach to performance management in France and Germany: the impact of the European and the country-specific environment', European Journal of International Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, avril: 208-277

BOITIER, Marie (2008) 'L'influence des systèmes de gestion intégrés sur l'intégration des systèmes de contrôle de gestion', Comptabilité-Contrôle-Audit, Vol. 1, juin: 57-61

CURRAN, Louise (2008) 'Unpicking the textiles trade - The impact of liberalization on the global textiles sector', Global trade and customs journal, Vol. 3, No. 7/8, juillet: 261-274

CURRAN, Louise (2008) 'Forecasting the trade outcomes of liberalization in a quota context - What do we learn from changes in textiles trade after the ATC?', Journal of world trade, Vol. 42, No. 1, avril: 129-150

CURRAN, Louise, NILSSON, Lars et FRONTINI, Gaspar (2008) 'Assessing the scope for preference erosion on the EU market: a pragmatic approach', Global trade and customs journal, Vol. 2, No. 10, mai: 347-358

CURRAN, Louise, NILSSON, Lars et BREW, Douglas (2008) 'The economic partnership agreements: rationale, misperceptions and non-trade aspects', Development policy review, septembre

CURRAN, Louise (2008) 'Les objectifs du millénaire pour le développement : le verre est-il moitié vide ou moitié plein?', Techniques financières et développement, juin

FAVOREU, Christophe, LECHNER, Christian et LEYRONAS, Christophe (2008) 'Légitimité des politiques publiques en faveur des clusters', Revue française de gestion, Vol. 34, No. 183, avril: 157-178

HAIGH, Matthew et HAZELTON, James (2008) 'Incorporating sustainability into accounting curricula: lessons learnt from an action research study?', Accounting education: an international journal, juillet

HAIGH, Matthew (2008) 'On the definitional problem of ethical investment: the problem is not the definition: a response to Osterhage', Philosophy for Business: Journal of the International Society for Philosophers, Vol. 43, février

HAIGH, Matthew et GUTHRIE, James (2008) 'Management practices in Australasian ethical investment products: a role for regulation?', Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 17, février

HAIGH, Matthew et HAZELTON, James (2008) 'Sustainability curriculum in accounting education: possibilities in action research', Accounting Education: An International Journal

HAIGH, Matthew (2008) 'What counts in social managed investments: evidence from an international survey', Advances in Public Interest Accounting, Vol. 13, juillet: 35-62

KESWANI, Aneel et STOLIN, David (2008) 'Which Money is smart? Mutual fund buys and sells of individual and institutional investors', The Journal of Finance, Vol. 63, No. 1, février: 85-118

MALAVAL, Philippe et DECAUDIN, Jean-Marc (2008) 'Le lobbying : techniques, intérêts et limites', Décisions marketing, No. 50, avril

OKONGWU, Uche et SANTOSA, Kristanto (2008) 'Best prices in distribution and retail networks: the case of Indonesia and France', International journal of integrated supply management, Vol. 4, No. 1, juin: 16-33

OKONGWU, Uche, LAURAS, Matthieu, HUMEZ, Vérane et DUPONT, Lionel (2008) 'Advanced available-to-promise for order management stock-out situation', Operation and supply chain management, Vol. 1, No. 2, septembre: 101-114

ROUGE, Luc et GRIMAUD, André (2008) 'Environment, Directed Technical Change and Economic Policy', Environmental and Resource Economics, mars