2014 Business Strategy and the Non-Market Environment Conference
SBE Conference 2014
April 21 – 22, 2014
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
James L. Allen Center
2169 North Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Conference Organizer: Daniel Diermeier
Conference Administrator: Peggy Cornog
Presentations
Session 1
A Dynamic Process Model of Contentious Politics: Activist Targeting and Corporate Receptivity to Social Challenges by
Mary-Hunter McDonnell, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Brayden King, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Sarah Soule, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Private Politics and Public Interest: NGOs, Corporate Campaigns, and Social Welfare by
Jose Miguel Abito, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
David Besanko, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Daniel Diermeier, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Discussant: Davin Raiha, Richard Ivey School of Busniess, University of Western Ontario
Session 2
Using
Item Response Theory to Improve Measurement in Strategic Management
Research: An Application to Corporate Social Responsibility by
Robert J. Carroll, University of Rochester
David M. Primo, University of Rochester
Brian Kelleher Richter, University of Texas at Austin
Is
Corporate Environmentalism Profitable? Experimental Investigations of
the Effects of Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility on
Political Activity by
Neil Malhotra, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Benoit Monin, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Michael Tomz, Department of Political Science, Stanford University
Discussant: Sanjay Patnaik, George Washington University School of Business
Keynote
"Improving Relationships between the Company and its Stakeholders; Views form the the Trenches and the Boardroom" By Roxanne Decyk, Independent Director ATK, Ensco PLC, Petrofac Ltd and SnapOn; Retired Executive Vice President, Royal Dutch Shell
Session 3
Corporate Social Responsibility as a Remedy for Moral Hazard? by
Caroline Flammer, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario
Jiao Luo, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Can
Firms Pay Less and Get More… By Doing Good? The Effect of Corporate
Social Responsibility on Employee Salary Requirements and Performance by
Vanessa C. Burbano, Anderson School of Management, UCLA
Discussant: Witold Henisz, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Session 4
Shadow Risks and Disasters by
Dylan Minor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Financial market versus Consumer market Responses to Emergent Phenomena: An Application to a Social Media-Inspired Boycott by
Brian Kelleher Richter, University of Texas at Austin
Timothy Werner, University of Texas at Austin
Discussant: Caroline Flammer, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario
Session 5
Monitoring the Monitors: How Social Factors Influence Supply Chain Auditors by
Jodi Short, University of California Hastings College of the Law
Michael Toffel, Harvard Business School – Technology & Operations Management Unit
Andrea Hugill, Harvard Business School
How Much Does Negative Public Exposure on Environmental Issues Increase Environmental Performance by
Estefania Amer Maistriau, Universite de Geneve
Jean-Philippe Bonardi, Universite de Lausanne
Discussant: Sinziana Dorobantu, Stern School of Business, New York University