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PIVOT platform is helping small businesses tackle climate change

webfull — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:08:49 +0000

Climate anxiety is real, and sometimes it can feel overwhelming, but the key to addressing it is to stop dwelling and start doing. Business owners can do more than most. The 91�� Sustainability Systems Initiative wants to help them do exactly that, writes Prof. Karl Moore for Forbes.com. Called PIVOT for short, the program is led by Prof. Dror Etzion, and it’s creating an online community where business owners can share and discover what others do.

Published: 4 April 2023

Desautels students look for sustainable business practices

webfull — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:50:58 +0000

91�� students are once again at the forefront of the climate movement, finding ways for businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Students in Professor Dror Etzion’s Strategies for Sustainability course are using solutions proposed by Project Drawdown to present viable business cases to help combat climate change. Mariela Tovar highlights some of the cases presented by students.

Published: 17 January 2020

Selling sustainability to small and medium enterprises

webfull — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:21:19 +0000

Professor Dror Etzion and his co-leads, Professors Catherine Potvin and Jaye Ellis, are on a mission to inspire sustainable business practices among Canada’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which employ 90 percent of the population.

Recently, they teamed up with the National Film Board of Canada and a Montreal-based production company to develop a platform to share stories about the steps SMEs are taking on the path to environmental sustainability.

Published: 13 September 2019

Going Public: Debating Matters of Concern As an Imperative for Management Scholars

webfull — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:46:52 +0000

Authors: Dror Etzion and Joel Gehman

Publication: Academy of Management Review, Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 480 – 492, April 2019

Abstract:

In this review essay, we assess the shale revolution through the lens of management theory and practice. First, we contend that fracking in America is a textbook example of “good” management. Nonetheless, as we subsequently document, fracking’s influence extends beyond immediate impacts in many social, environmental, and economic spheres, often with negative repercussions. Although management scholars have remained on the sidelines, academics from a variety of other disciplines have actively participated in this debate. We identify several topics where management scholars seem positioned to contribute well-informed opinions on fracking. We close the essay by posing suggestions for what such public engagement might look like. First, we consider the kinds of problems that might lend themselves to public debate. Second, we tackle questions related to the ground rules for such debates, in terms of potential norms. Finally, we differentiate the kinds of public debates we have in mind from other forms of academic relevance. Essentially, we advocate for “going public” as a complement to rigorous and evidence-based academic research.

Published: 17 July 2019

Management for sustainability

webfull — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:39:41 +0000

Authors: Dror Etzion

Publication: Nature Sustainability, Volume 1, Issue 12, Pages 744 -749, December 2018

Abstract:
Published: 17 July 2019

Opaque transparency: How material affordances shape intermediary work

webfull — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:28:44 +0000

Authors: Miron Avidan, Dror Etzion and Joel Gehman

Publication: Regulation and Governance, Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 197 - 219, June 2019

Abstract:
Published: 17 July 2019

Professor Etzion co-leads MSSI research project focusing on SMEs

webfull — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 18:23:41 +0000

Professor Dror Etzion, along with 91�� colleagues Jaye Ellis (Law) and Catherine Potvin (Biology), has been selected to co-lead a research project under the 91�� Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI).

Working under the theme of “Transitions”, the team will explore the pivotal role that Small- and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs) will play as they increasingly shift toward sustainable practices.
Published: 26 March 2019

Professor Faraj awarded six research recognitions

webfull — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:02:47 +0000

Over summer 2018, Professor Samer Faraj received six recognitions for the excellence of his completed and forthcoming research.

In recognition of his published research with students and collaborators, Professor Faraj was presented with the following:

• France-wide FNEGE 2018 Prix académique de la Recherche en Management for: Kudaravalli, S., Faraj, S., Johnson, S. (2017) “A Configural Approach to Coordinating Expertise in Software Development Teams” in MIS Quarterly;
Published: 14 September 2018

Cutting the Cord: Mutual Respect, Organizational Autonomy, and Independence in Organizational Separation Processes

webfull — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:11:34 +0000

Authors: Rene Wiedner and Saku Mantere

Publication: Administrative Science Quarterly, Forthcoming

Abstract:

Based on a longitudinal, qualitative analysis of developments in the English National Health Service, we develop a process model of how organizations divest or spin off units with the aim of establishing two or more autonomous organizational entities while simultaneously managing their continued interdependencies. We find that effective organizational separation depends on generating two types of respect—appraisal and recognition respect—between the divesting and divested units. Appraisal respect involves showing appreciation for competence or the effort to achieve it, while recognition respect requires considering what someone cares about—such as values or concerns—and acknowledging that they matter. The process model we develop shows that open communication is crucial to the development of both. We also find that certain attempts to gain organizational independence and respect may unintentionally undermine the development of autonomy. Counterintuitively, we find that increasing or maintaining interorganizational links via communication may facilitate organizational separation, while attempts by units to distance themselves from one another may unintentionally inhibit it. By linking organizational separation, autonomy, independence, and respect, this paper develops theory on organizational separation processes and more generally enhances our understanding of organizational autonomy and its relations with mutual respect.

Published: 4 June 2018

Co-LEAD Montreal: International Workshop on Collective Leadership to be held at Desautels May 1-3, 2018

webfull — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:21:27 +0000

Hosted by the Desautels Faculty of Management’s Suzanne Gagnon, the Co-LEAD Montreal workshop will bring 40 management and public administration scholars from Canada, the US, Europe, Israel, Australia and New Zealand to the Faculty from May 1-3, 2018.
Published: 13 April 2018

91������ News - Centre for Strategy Studies in Organizations (CSSO)

PIVOT platform is helping small businesses tackle climate change

Desautels students look for sustainable business practices

Selling sustainability to small and medium enterprises

Going Public: Debating Matters of Concern As an Imperative for Management Scholars

Management for sustainability

Opaque transparency: How material affordances shape intermediary work

Professor Etzion co-leads MSSI research project focusing on SMEs

Professor Faraj awarded six research recognitions

Cutting the Cord: Mutual Respect, Organizational Autonomy, and Independence in Organizational Separation Processes

Co-LEAD Montreal: International Workshop on Collective Leadership to be held at Desautels May 1-3, 2018

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