How stakeholder shape innovation in controversial industries: the biotechnology industry in Germany

Günther, Edeltraud; Hüske, Anne-Karen

doi:10.1007/s00550-014-0343-2

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“…Thus, energy and mining industries are the main sectors that are required to respond to the public regarding environmental pollution, emissions of greenhouse gases, and toxic waste (Du & Vieira, ; Perez & Sanchez, ; Rodrigo, Duran, & Arenas, ). In the same way, chemical and pharmaceutical industries have been questioned regarding health and social issues and especially in relation to the significant ecological footprint of their activities (Günther & Hüske, ). Some authors also include organizations in transport (e.g., automobile and airlines) and resource industries (Kilian & Hennigs, ).…”

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Corporate social responsibility information and involvement strategies in controversial industries

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Siano

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Corp Soc Responsibility Env

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This paper assesses how companies belonging to controversial and non-controversial industries differ in their adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) information and involvement strategies. Drawing on legitimacy and stakeholder theories, a thematic content analysis of the websites of companies listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Word Index is used to establish a set of measures for CSR communication strategies aimed at fostering stakeholder engagement. Companies in controversial industries are found to be more likely to adopt a CSR information strategy than those in non-controversial industries but do not attempt to create stakeholder involvement.The results highlight the importance for communication managers in controversial organizations of considering information strategies as a meta-level of engagement and of implementing an involvement strategy to mitigate the level of controversy.The study offers a wider conceptualization of the business activities of controversial industries and contributes to the debate on stakeholder engagement for organizational legitimacy.

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Corporate social responsibility information and involvement strategies in controversial industries

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“…Community services made farmers feel confidence with their business. Therefore, the skills and new innovation provided, enable farmers to keep up their production and business scales ( Prado-lorenzo and Gallego-a 2011 ; Blok et al., 2015 ; Günther and Hüske 2014 ; Leroy et al., 2017 ; Stephen P Borgatti et al., 2003 ; Sysak et al., 2012 ; Nguthi 2007 ; Iyai 2010 ; Crossley et al., 2009 ; Menard and Klein 2004 ). Programs from other stakeholders are easy to practice in the fields, while the budget provided ensure development and drive business scales.…”

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“…Without understanding the roles of the system, it is difficult to instruct the parties towards the development of the proposed model. Every stage of the development has its process and related parties or stakeholders involved ( Günther and Hüske, 2014 ). Examples are industrial and livestock business, particularly pig farming ( Phiri, 2012 ; Widayati et al 2018 ), which is in line with Kenyan dairy ( Nyokabi et al 2018 ).…”

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Analyses of interlinked actors in determining the potential business beneficiaries of small-scale pig farming systems in West Papua, Indonesia

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Arim

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Pig production is a key livelihood sector and a source of economic and social beneficiaries, which has many interest and interlinked actors. The inventory which includes all resources and the roles played by actors is utmost important in pig farming system. Some stakeholders are interlinked in function, forming a complex system with multi-disciplinary actors. This research aims to distinctively map and provide clear involvement of actors or stakeholders in relation to their contribution towards pig business. As much as 32 institutions were interviewed based on the roles and resources of individuals working inside the organizations formally and informally. The parameters collected inlude the structure, status of law, and types of organization. As well as stakeholders' role, effect, importance, threat, and turn-back impact. The data obtained include resources sharing, duration, continuity, power, and interventions. Those related to intervention were policy, finance, space, time, access, satisfaction, knowledge, skills, threats, and power. In terms of innovation, the data collected include power, finance, space, time, access, satisfaction, knowledge, skills, threats, and power. And were stored in Microsoft excel worksheet and exported to Social Network Visualizer software version 2.5. The key and strategic stakeholder in pig business beneficiary were identified and determined based on power and interest. The following were identified in the first rank: crop farmers, private credit business, village officer, and local community. In the second rank, the factors identified include government (local and national), student community services, and security.

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“…Interestingly, even though companies are more focused on socially relevant content, the study highlights that user engagement increases when healthcare firms post environment-related information, rather than social information. In fact, consumers today are more sensitive to CSR programs relating to environmental protection and the ecological footprint of companies' activities [80]. Similarly, most research on sustainability in healthcare regards the environmental dimension and concerns energy usage [33].…”

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Designing a Data Visualization Dashboard for Managing the Sustainability Communication of Healthcare Organizations on Facebook

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Healthcare organizations are being increasingly requested to publicize their sustainability efforts on digital environments and social media, in part because previously passive patients are now becoming active customers. This paper investigates how leading healthcare organizations are using Facebook to communicate their sustainability, in terms of their focus on different components of the 3Ps (people, profit, planet) and interactive communication strategies used on social media. A content analysis was made of the Facebook posts (n = 6145) of healthcare organizations in the Forbes Global 2000 (2017 annual ranking) from 2015 to mid-2018. Our findings show that the social component of sustainability prevails over environmental and economic issues, although it does not seem to generate increased consumer engagement (in terms of users’ likes, comments, reactions, etc.). A data visualization dashboard was developed to help managers in benchmarking competitors and assessing how they can increase response rates and public engagement on social media, thus encouraging the active participation of users. The study also provides useful insights for communication managers in identifying how to use deliberative tools to develop consumer relationships on social media and aligning companies and consumers regarding shared sustainability themes.

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How stakeholder shape innovation in controversial industries: the biotechnology industry in Germany

Cited by 8 publications

References 47 publications

Corporate social responsibility information and involvement strategies in controversial industries

Corporate social responsibility information and involvement strategies in controversial industries

Analyses of interlinked actors in determining the potential business beneficiaries of small-scale pig farming systems in West Papua, Indonesia

Designing a Data Visualization Dashboard for Managing the Sustainability Communication of Healthcare Organizations on Facebook

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