Anselm Jakob Schneider, Andreas Scherer, The democratization of corporate boards: reconciling legitimacy and efficiency by deliberation, In: 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
In this paper we argue that the dominant shareholder-centered model of cor-porate governance does not take into account two interrelated developments: the increasing threat to corporate legitimacy in a globalized economy and the growing complexity and dynamics of corporate environments, that potential-ly diminish the efficiency of corporations. Indeed, this model of corporate governance can be regarded as a potential threat to corporate legitimacy and efficiency. To tackle both problems of organizational legitimacy and effi-ciency we suggest to make corporate governance subject to and complement it by democratic processes based on stakeholder participation and communi-cation. So it can serve as a counterweight and corrective to the dominant economic logic underlying corporate structures and processes. |
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Christopher Wickert, Stephan Schaefer, Towards Critical Performativity in Corporate Sustainability Research, In: 7th International Critical Management Studies Conference. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Zhigang Feng, Pedro Gomis-Porqueras, Consequences of valuing health: A macroeconomic perspective, In: 8th World Congress on Health Economics, 2011-07-10. (Conference or Workshop Paper published in Proceedings)
In this paper we study the implications of valuing health in an otherwise standard real business cycle model. We contrast the model predictions over the business cycle with
the corresponding data counterparts. We find that health can improve the predictions of the standard real business cycle model. In particular, the benchmark model with health improves the predictions in terms of the comovements between investment and market hours relative to output. Considering health in the environment also increases
the volatility of consumption, investment and market hours while slightly reducing output volatility. In terms of health observables the benchmark model is able to account
for practically all comovement between health outcomes and health expenditures as well as with output. |
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Eva-Maria Aulich, Macht – warum manche sie haben, In: NZZ, 28, p. 87, 10 July 2011. (Newspaper Article)
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Helmut Max Dietl, FCL: Weniger Budget - weniger Risiko, In: Neue Luzerner Zeitung, p. 13, 9 July 2011. (Newspaper Article)
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Christian Vögtlin, Andreas Butz, Ina Maria Kaufmann, Asking Questions and Raising Concerns – The Case of BP as a Matter of Compliance Versus Integrity, In: European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS). 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Christian Vögtlin, Ina Maria Kaufmann, Leading Towards Legitimacy: The Contribution of Responsible Leadership, In: EGOS 2011 Colloquium. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Andrea Schenker-Wicki, Quality Management Systems at Universities: do they really help to be better, New Directions in Economics and Welfare II, In: OECD Congress. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Xinhua Wittmann Zhang, Andrea Schenker-Wicki, Trust, control and extra-role behavior in the work place – An intercultural comparison , In: The 27th European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium, Sub-theme: Organizational Trust. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Maria Olivares, The Dynamics of Swiss University Production - A Non-Parametric Analysis Accounting for Heterogeneous Production, In: OECD Conference on New Direction on Welfare. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Felix Langenmayr, Organizational memory: A systems theoretical approach, In: 27th EGOS Colloquium. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Andrea Schenker-Wicki, New Directions in Economic and Welfare II, In: OECD Congress. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Katharina Dittrich, Stéphane Guérard, David Seidl, Meetings in the Strategy Process: Toward an integrative framework, In: European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Stéphane Guérard, Robin Gustafsson, Christoph Bode, Resolving Framing contests: The case of the automotive field and the environmental movement in Germany, In: European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Shenghui Ma, David Seidl, Stéphane Guérard, Strategic Change and Leader Integration Processes during The Post-CEO-succession Period: Review and Future Directions, In: 27th European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
CEO succession is one of the most important landmarks in the life of an organization. The post-succession period, following the appointment of a new CEO, is critical for an organization as both it and the new CEO have to adjust to each other in order to insure organizational performance. By reviewing the literature, this paper identifies the fundamental processes, the contextual factors and the outcomes which shape the post-CEO-succession period. Our review suggests that new CEOs have to manage both a strategic change process and a leader integration process during this period. We conclude this paper by identifying avenues of future research. |
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Alexandre Ziegler, Die Devisenverluste treffen alle, In: Tages Anzeiger, p. 9, 6 July 2011. (Newspaper Article)
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Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Christopher Wickert, Andreas Scherer, Laura Spence, Organizing Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Large Firms: Does Size Matter?, In: European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
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Dennis Schoeneborn, Timothy Kuhn, Patrick Haack, The communicative constitution of partial organizations, In: European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloqium. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
In this paper, we aim to contribute to Ahrne and Brunsson’s notion of “partial organization” (2011). By definition, partial organizations lack one or more of the typical features of “complete organizations”, i.e., hierarchies, membership, rules, or monitoring and sanction mechanisms. We reconstruct phenomena of partial organizations from a theoretical perspective called “communication constitutes organizations” (CCO). The CCO view allows for examining partial organizations as dynamic phenomena that typically undergo a discursive trajectory over time. Based on the empirical example of the Equator Principles (EP) standard in international project finance, we show that partial orga¬ni¬za¬tions can face pressures of eventually developing into a more “complete” organization, that is, by adding further organizational elements (e.g., hierarchies, membership, etc.). This identified pro¬cess pattern may also hold true for other phenomena of partial organizations in the global realm. |
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Florian Stahl, Daniel Halbheer, Donald R. Lehmann, Oded Koenigsberg, Sampling Paid Content, In: 2011 INFORMS Marketing Science Conference. 2011. (Conference Presentation)
This paper studies profit-maximizing sampling and pricing of paid content for online news publishers. The key feature of the model is the twofold role of free samples which allows publishers to generate advertising revenues and simultaneously disclose editorial quality to potential subscribers. Taking customers' prior beliefs about article qualities into account and employing Bayesian updating, we derive the subscription demand and characterize the optimal number of articles offered for free as well as the subscription price for the content behind the paywall. Considering two cases where free sampling aims to persuade either all consumers to subscribe or only those with the highest willingness-to-pay, we find that is optimal for the publisher to offer a larger number of free samples when consumers underestimate product quality. |
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Helmut Max Dietl, Tobias Duschl, Egon Franck, Markus Lang, A contest model of a professional sports league with two-sided markets, In: 86th Western Economics Association International (WEAI), University of Zurich, 2011-07-02. (Conference or Workshop Paper)
This paper develops a model of a professional sports league with network externalities by integrating the theory of two-sided markets into a contest model. In professional team sports, the competition of the clubs functions as a platform that enables sponsors to interact with fans. In these club-mediated interactions, positive network effects operate from the fan market to the sponsor market, while positive or negative network effects operate from the sponsor market to the fan market. Clubs react to these network effects by charging higher (lower) prices to sponsors (fans). The size of these network effects also determines the level of competitive balance within the league. We further show that clubs benefit from stronger combined network effects through higher profits and that network externalities can mitigate the negative effect of revenue sharing on competitive balance. Finally, we derive implications for improving competitive balance by taking advantage of network externalities. |
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