The governance of social enterprises: Mission drift and accountability challenges in hybrid organizations

A Ebrahim, J Battilana, J Mair - Research in organizational behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
We examine the challenges of governance facing organizations that pursue a social mission
through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as …

Legitimizing negative aspects in GRI-oriented sustainability reporting: A qualitative analysis of corporate disclosure strategies

R Hahn, R Lülfs - Journal of business ethics, 2014 - Springer
Corporate sustainability reports are supposed to provide a complete and balanced picture of
corporate sustainability performance. They are, however, usually voluntary and thus prone …

Means versus ends in opaque institutional fields: Trading off compliance and achievement in sustainability standard adoption

F Wijen - Academy of Management Review, 2014 - journals.aom.org
The long-standing discussion on decoupling has recently moved from adopters not
implementing the agreed-upon policies to compliant adopters not achieving the goals …

[图书][B] After greenwashing: Symbolic corporate environmentalism and society

F Bowen - 2014 - books.google.com
Businesses promote their environmental awareness through green buildings, eco-labels,
sustainability reports, industry pledges and clean technologies. When are these symbols …

[图书][B] Greening the globe

A Hironaka - 2014 - books.google.com
Recent decades have seen a rapid expansion of environmental activity in the world,
including the signing of a growing number of environmental treaties and the formation of …

How you downsize is who you downsize: Biased formalization, accountability, and managerial diversity

A Kalev - American Sociological Review, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Scholars and pundits argue that women and minorities are more likely to lose their jobs in
downsizing because of segregation or outright discrimination. In contrast, this article …

The World Bank and private provision of schooling: A look through the lens of sociological theories of organizational hypocrisy

K Mundy, F Menashy - Comparative Education Review, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
In this article, we explore how the World Bank operationalizes its focus on poverty alleviation
in one of the most controversial arenas of educational change: the expansion of privately …

Do innovation measures actually measure innovation? Obliteration, symbolic adoption, and other finicky challenges in tracking innovation diffusion

A Nelson, A Earle, J Howard-Grenville, J Haack… - Research Policy, 2014 - Elsevier
Although innovation diffusion is a central topic in policy and strategy, its measurement
remains difficult–particularly in cases where the innovation is a complex and possibly …

[PDF][PDF] La construction politique du prix de l'énergie

T Reverdy, AP LORS, G SON - 2014 - lelibellio.com
Page 92 concerne l'électricité, après une baisse sensible, les prix proposés aux industriels
sont remontés progressivement alors que, dans la même période, les coûts de production …

Why sparing the rod does not spoil the child: A critique of the “strict father” model in transnational governance

P Haack, AG Scherer - Journal of Business Ethics, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is one of the largest transnational
governance schemes (TGSs). Its success or failure, however, is a matter of debate. Drawing …