Stakeholder Strategy IG

The relative value of firm and nonprofit experience

Weiting Zheng on Buffering and Enabling: Political Ties in China

Several studies suggest that political ties help firms survive or perform but do not examine the boundary conditions concerning which types of firms and which type of ties help firms.…

Dorobantu & Odziemkowska: Valuing Stakeholder Governance

Eesley, DeCelles, & Lenox on strategies of social activists

The purpose of this study was to examine how different types of activist groups behave differently when targeting firms for social change. We find that traditional activist groups rely on…

From Farms to Fuel Tanks – Who defines the market and why it matters.

Entrepreneurs entering new markets must consider how their products or services create value for customers. What customers value, however, is often shaped by competition between different stakeholders who seek to…

How media coverage of corporate social irresponsibility increases financial risk

This article examines the effect of negative news on financial risk. It shows that negative media articles regarding environmental, social, and governance (ESG ) issues increase a firm’s credit risk.…

Competing/Complementary Labels? Estimating Spillovers in Chinese Grn Bldg Cert

Video abstract for the Strategic Management Journal article “Competing or Complementary Labels? Estimating Spillovers in Chinese Green Building Certification” authored by Xia Li and Timothy Simcoe. Click here to read…

Strategic Responses to Crisis

A Virtual Special Issue edited by Matthias Wenzel, Sarah Stanske, and Marvin Lieberman Currently, the pandemic crisis is affecting the lives of people and organizations around the world. As the…

“Reshaping Demand Landscapes: How Firms Change Customer Preferences to Better Fit their Products.” A Conversation with the Author

by Esther Leibel Vinokurova’s analysis of the development of the MBS market is based on a massive archival database (366 industry documents and periodicals and 13 books from 1960 to…

Stepping Beyond Market Concerns: How Should Firms Engage with Non-profit Stakeholders to Create Value?

Should firms care about resolving social issues beyond their market boundaries? How can they create value by doing so? Concerns outside the boundaries of firms’ markets, such as environmental sustainability,…

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