Stakeholder Strategy

Toward a dynamic notion of value creation and appropriation in firms

Most managers and the business press regard “value creation” as the increase in shareholder wealth represented by a rise in corporate profit or stock price. A broader conception of value…

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.…

The relative value of firm and nonprofit experience

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.…

Do Investors Actually Value Sustainability?

The debate about how investors perceive corporate social responsibility (CSR) predates Milton Friedman’s famous statement that the only social responsibility of business is to increase profits. Although extensive research has…

Measuring value creation and appropriation in firms: The VCA model

Firms create value not only for shareholders, but also for other stakeholders, including employees, customers and suppliers. This article applies a method to quantify the “new” economic value created by…

Do firms use CSR to insure against stock price risk?

Corporate social responsibility has many purported benefits, one of which is that it can insure against the adverse stock price effects of negative events. But do managers purposefully use CSR…

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