Strategic Activism and Nonmarket Strategy

By David P. Baron, Daniel Diermeier. 2007

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Does financial resource slack drive sustainability expenditure in developing economy small and medium-sized enterprises? (2017, background): “Research shows that activists motivated by environmental and social concerns are increasingly employing these strategies (particularly private politics) and campaigns to influence firm behaviors and industry standards (Baron and Diermeier, 2007).”
How Media Coverage of Corporate Social Irresponsibility Increases Financial Risk (2017, unknown): “While some previous studies suggest that CSR would decrease CSI coverage (Godfrey et al. , 2009), others suggest that it might actually provoke more CSI coverage (Baron and Diermeier, 2007).”
The Contentiousness of Markets: Politics, Social Movements, and Institutional Change in Markets (2010, background): “Baron (2001; also Baron & Diermeier 2007) notes that corporate social responsibility programs, if initiated prior to tactical attacks from activists, may have strategic benefits for firms because they increase the intangible value of the company; however, firms that initiate social responsibility…”
The potential role of carbon labeling in a green economy (2012, background): “For example, pressure by an environmental group and the threat of boycotts might induce firms to improve the environmental footprint of their products – or of products they put on their shelves -even in the absence of direct consumer demand signals (Baron and Diermeier, 2007).”
Green Management Matters Only if it Yieds More Green: An Economic/Strategic Perspective (2009, background): “Barney (1991) conjectured that if such resources and capabilities are valuable, rare, inimitable, and nonsubstitut-”
Adoption of Pollution Prevention Techniques: The Role of Management Systems and Regulatory Pressures (2009, background): “These groups can express their preferences through boycotts and adverse publicity which can affect the reputation of a firm (Baron and Diermeir 2007).”
Keeping up Appearances (2013, background): “Baron and Diermeier (2007) argued that public disclosures and ex-ante reputation management should benefit firms that decide to counter an extra-institutional attack.”
A Positive Theory of Moral Management, Social Pressure, and Corporate Social Performance (2009, unknown): “Baron and Diermeier (2007) present a model in which the probability of a successful campaign is endogenous to the expenditure of the activist on the campaign and the target’s expenditure to counter the campaign.”
Integrated market and nonmarket strategies: Political campaign contributions around merger and acquisition events in the energy sector (2014, background): “…the proposed merger between Duke Energy and Cinergy in 2006, PUCs 2To illustrate, ‘big box’ retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target must often counteract opposition from labor unions, local businesses and/or activists when seeking municipal approvals to build new stores (Baron and Diermeier, 2007).”