Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.2307%2F3343168.pdf

Development as Freedom

The measurement of meaning

Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy

What makes organizations so similar? We contend that the engine of rationalization and bureaucratization has moved from the competitive marketplace to the state and the professions. Once a set of organizations emerges as a field, a paradox arises: rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them. We describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative—leading to this outcome. We then specify hypotheses about the impact of resource centralization and dependency, goal ambiguity and technical uncertainty, and professionalization and structuration on isomorphic change. Finally, we suggest implications for theories of organizations and social change.

The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields (Chinese Translation)

Ökologische Verantwortung und Umweltberichterstattung im Luftverkehr

The case introduces the situation of HSE, a mid-sized German utilities company and leading provider of green energy in the year 2014. The German energy industry used to be very traditional with low levels of innovation. This changed with a major deregulation of the market in 1998, which subsequently led to a severe market shake-up. Established players encountered significant challenges and new players saw chances to enter the market. After the deregulation, HSE successfully transitioned from a regional energy provider operating in a secure and regulated monopoly to a successful nationwide player investing in green energy production. Thus, the company seemed well suited to adapt to the next major disruption in the market: the Energiewende. This term describes Germany’s transition to a sustainable energy system. The German government introduced several regulatory measures to boost green energy; however, details of these regulations changed frequently so that it was difficult for companies to predict future developments and also HSE suffered from these uncertainties. The case describes this situation, the company’s many efforts in sustainability, its situation as a leading provider of green energy and the strategic and operational challenges it faces in terms of regulation, market demand, product differentiation and strategic choice.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2699469_code1468472.pdf?abstractid=2699469&mirid=1&type=2

Strategy and Sustainability at HSE: Managing a Utilities Company in Times of the Energiewende

Verständnis und Messung sozialer und positiver Nachhaltigkeitswirkungen: Erkenntnisse aus Literatur, Praxis und Delphi Studien: Arbeitspapier Nr. 1 im Rahmen des Projekts "Der Handabdruck: ein komplementäres Maß positiver Nachhaltigkeitswirkung von Produkten"

Cross-sector partnerships are emerging in companies to help firms tackle sustainability issues. Extant research on cross-sector partnerships explains why partnerships form but little is known how t...

Emergence and Selection of Cross-Sector Partnerships for Sustainability

The integration of social indicators in sustainability performance management systems has only recently gained momentum in research and corporate practice. Consequently, there is no unilateral unde...

Rüdiger Hahn

Papers

Ökologische Verantwortung und Umweltberichterstattung im Luftverkehr

Strategy and Sustainability at HSE: Managing a Utilities Company in Times of the Energiewende

Verständnis und Messung sozialer und positiver Nachhaltigkeitswirkungen: Erkenntnisse aus Literatur, Praxis und Delphi Studien: Arbeitspapier Nr. 1 im Rahmen des Projekts "Der Handabdruck: ein komplementäres Maß positiver Nachhaltigkeitswirkung von Produkten"

Emergence and Selection of Cross-Sector Partnerships for Sustainability

Social Indicators in Corporate Sustainability Performance Measurement