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The Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania
The place of social responsibility in the business model of a SME
June 26th 2014MBD Conference, Bucharest
PhD(c) Adina-Roxana Munteanu
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CSR claims its role in the business model of a company
Visual abstract
► Business needs to increase performance in current macroeconomic conditions
► CSR is gaining popularity with businesses of all sizes
Analysing data of a company to..
…identify the place of CSR in the Business Model
► Case study analysis on a Romanian SME using the business model canvas
Context
Methodology
Analysis and discussion
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► CSR is gaining popularity– in 2013 The Global Corporate Sustainability Report (UNGC) – more than 8,000 companies in 140 countries – committing to adopt a principle based management and operations approach (compared to 40 companies in 2000)
► CSR is not only for the economically powerful companies => CSR concepts applied more and more in SMEs► Several studies point out that the rationale for socially
responsible acts, dynamics of budget allocated and impacts of these actions differ significantly for SMEs compared to large companies
► CSR is perceived as referring to the building of stable and profitable business
► In Romania, the studies on CSR still focus on the large companies (Dobrea & Dinu, 2012; Hermana, Georgescu & Georgescu, 2012; Avram and Avasilcai, 2014).
Context
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► Founded in 1994, as a family business► 120 employees► 7.1 million euro revenues in
2013► Main business line: en gross sale of
HoReCa equipment, furniture, accessories; secondary business lines: restaurants and service for sold equipment
► The management team believes in business excellence and created an excellence organizational structure
► Implemented and maintained ISO 9001 standard since 2006.
Horeca Expert: a short introduction
Case study
Revenues structure at group level in 2013
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Coverage of the sales team of HORECA Expert
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Types of CSR actions undertaken at Horeca Expert
Case study
The structure of the money spent on CSR at Horeca
Expert between 2009-2013
Following the literature review, the CSR types of actions were grouped in 3 categories: ► Community / society
(donations, 2% campaign, any other expense incurred not for the sake of business per se)
► Stakeholders (additional medical insurance and medical check-ups, company events dedicated to personnel, non-cash benefits for personnel, training of personnel, client related expenses, partnerships on local levels)
► Environment (environmental protection and improving the environmental performance of the company)
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The CSR budget at Horeca Expert
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The evolution of the CSR budget between 2009 and 2013 at Horeca
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► CSR related expenses are positively correlated with the revenues of the company
► In 2010-2011, during the peak of the economic crisis, the CSR budget decreased faster than the revenues
► The main drive for CSR actions is internal, not external (management values and organizational culture)
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The place of CSR concepts in the Business Model of Horeca Expert
Key Partners Customer Segments
Value Proposition
Activities
Resources Channels
Customer Relationships
Cost Structure Revenues Model
Environmental costs
Organic products
Commit-ment to
CSR concepts
Personnel
► Multiple variations on the Business Model are possible ► Application of Business Model Canvas –Osterwalder & Pigneur (2010)
Case study
Business excellence
culture
Quality & environmental
standards
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► As a result of this research exercise at Horeca Expert, the management: ► Understood that the CSR actions undertaken by the company
are linked to the strategic decision making process and heavily influenced by management’s values
► understood that CSR constitutes another framework for looking at their business
► decided to communicate the commitment to CSR to external stakeholders
► The results of this case study seem to be in line with findings of Castka et. al. (2004) that points out that the CSR agenda serves as a vehicle for business improvement and building of the competitive advantage of SMEs
Conclusions
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► Avram, E. and Avasilcai, S. (2014). Business Performance Measurement in Relation to Corporate Social Responsibility: A conceptual Model Development Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 109: 1142 – 1146
► Castka, P.; Balzarova, M.A.; Bamber, C.J. and Sharp, J.M. (2004). ow can SMEs effectively implement the CSR agenda? A UK case study perspective. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 11: 140–149
► Dobrea, R.C. and Dinu, F.A. (2012).Interdependencies between CSR strategies and economic performance in top Romanian companies. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 62: 1208 – 1214
► Hermana, E.; Georgescu, M.A. and Georgescu, A. (2012). Ethics between theory and practice social responsibility in the Romanian business environment. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 58: 703 – 713
► Osterwalder, A., & Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. John Wiley & Sons.
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June 26th 2014MBD Conference, Bucharest
PhD(c) Adina-Roxana Munteanu
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► Small and medium enterprise (SME) – according to the European Commission (2005), a small enterprise has less than 50 employees, annual revenues of less than 10 million euros and assets amounting to less than 43 million euros. The medium enterprise, as defined by the Commission, has less than 250 employees, annual revenues less than 50 million euros and assets of less than 43 million euros. The company that is represented in the case study is, by the above mentioned definition, a medium company.
► CSR is defined as “a concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interaction with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis” (Commission Of The European Communities. Green Paper. Promoting a European framework for Corporate Social Responsibility 366, Brussels , 2001, pp. 6).
Definitions of SMEs and CSR
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