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Intro
About Ed Freeman as a Scholar and a Person: An Introductory Essay to R. Edward Freeman's Selected Works - Including Personal Stories from Some Very Special People, and a Reader's Guide to the Book
About R. Edward Freeman as a Scholar and a Person
Some Personal Stories from Some Very Special People
Overview of the Book
Contents
About the Editors
Part I: Stakeholder Theory
Chapter 1: The Problems That Stakeholder Theory Tries to Solve
1 Stakeholder Theory : The Basic Mechanics
2 The Friedman Problem: Business as Markets and Maximizing Shareholder Value
3 The Jensen Move: Business as Agency
4 Porter's Strategy: Business as Competitive Strategy
5 The Williamson Result: Business as Transaction Cost Economizing
6 Business as Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Basic Ideas of Stakeholder Theory
7 The Stakeholder Mindset
8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Stakeholder Management: A Case Study of the U.S. Brewers Association and the Container Issue
1 A Stakeholder Framework for Management
2 The Stakeholder Management Process
2.1 The USBA and the Container Issue: A Short History
2.1.1 Phase 1: Assess Corporate Objectives
2.1.2 Phase 2: Assess Stakeholder Influence
2.1.3 Phase 3: Explain Stakeholder Behavior
2.1.4 Phase 4: Design Stakeholder Strategies
2.1.5 Phase 5: Define Integrated Corporate Stakeholder Strategy
3 Stakeholder Management Philosophy
3.1 Develop a Generalized Marketing Approach
3.2 Define a Stakeholder Negotiation Process
3.3 Establish a Proactive, Risk-Taking Decision Philosophy
3.4 Redesign the Resource Allocation Process
4 Conclusions
Chapter 3: Stakeholder Management: Framework and Philosophy
1 Introduction
2 The Stakeholder Framework
3 The "Rational" Level: Stakeholder Maps
4 The "Process" Level: Environmental Scanning and the Like
5 The "Transactional" Level: Interacting with Stakeholders
6 The Stakeholder Philosophy: A Plea for Voluntarism
7 Summary
References
Chapter 4: Theory Building in Strategic Management
1 Introduction
2 Fundamental Contexts for Substantive Issues
3 The Need for a Framework
4 A Classification Framework
4.1 The Task Dimension: Strategic Decisions
4.2 The Decision Level Dimension
4.3 The Decision Purpose Dimension: Content and Process
4.4 The Decision Context Dimension
4.5 Putting the Pieces Together
5 Some Examples of the Use of the Framework
5.1 Strategic Business Unit Definition
5.1.1 Decision Dimension
5.1.2 Decision Level Dimension
5.1.3 Purpose Dimension
5.1.4 Context Dimension
5.2 Strategic Control and Stakeholder Management
6 Putting the Framework Together
7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: The Politics of Stakeholder Theory: Some Future Directions
1 Introduction
2 Goodpaster's Argument
The Separation Thesis
3 Normative Cores
4 The Doctrine of Fair Contracts
About Ed Freeman as a Scholar and a Person: An Introductory Essay to R. Edward Freeman's Selected Works - Including Personal Stories from Some Very Special People, and a Reader's Guide to the Book
About R. Edward Freeman as a Scholar and a Person
Some Personal Stories from Some Very Special People
Overview of the Book
Contents
About the Editors
Part I: Stakeholder Theory
Chapter 1: The Problems That Stakeholder Theory Tries to Solve
1 Stakeholder Theory : The Basic Mechanics
2 The Friedman Problem: Business as Markets and Maximizing Shareholder Value
3 The Jensen Move: Business as Agency
4 Porter's Strategy: Business as Competitive Strategy
5 The Williamson Result: Business as Transaction Cost Economizing
6 Business as Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Basic Ideas of Stakeholder Theory
7 The Stakeholder Mindset
8 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2: Stakeholder Management: A Case Study of the U.S. Brewers Association and the Container Issue
1 A Stakeholder Framework for Management
2 The Stakeholder Management Process
2.1 The USBA and the Container Issue: A Short History
2.1.1 Phase 1: Assess Corporate Objectives
2.1.2 Phase 2: Assess Stakeholder Influence
2.1.3 Phase 3: Explain Stakeholder Behavior
2.1.4 Phase 4: Design Stakeholder Strategies
2.1.5 Phase 5: Define Integrated Corporate Stakeholder Strategy
3 Stakeholder Management Philosophy
3.1 Develop a Generalized Marketing Approach
3.2 Define a Stakeholder Negotiation Process
3.3 Establish a Proactive, Risk-Taking Decision Philosophy
3.4 Redesign the Resource Allocation Process
4 Conclusions
Chapter 3: Stakeholder Management: Framework and Philosophy
1 Introduction
2 The Stakeholder Framework
3 The "Rational" Level: Stakeholder Maps
4 The "Process" Level: Environmental Scanning and the Like
5 The "Transactional" Level: Interacting with Stakeholders
6 The Stakeholder Philosophy: A Plea for Voluntarism
7 Summary
References
Chapter 4: Theory Building in Strategic Management
1 Introduction
2 Fundamental Contexts for Substantive Issues
3 The Need for a Framework
4 A Classification Framework
4.1 The Task Dimension: Strategic Decisions
4.2 The Decision Level Dimension
4.3 The Decision Purpose Dimension: Content and Process
4.4 The Decision Context Dimension
4.5 Putting the Pieces Together
5 Some Examples of the Use of the Framework
5.1 Strategic Business Unit Definition
5.1.1 Decision Dimension
5.1.2 Decision Level Dimension
5.1.3 Purpose Dimension
5.1.4 Context Dimension
5.2 Strategic Control and Stakeholder Management
6 Putting the Framework Together
7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5: The Politics of Stakeholder Theory: Some Future Directions
1 Introduction
2 Goodpaster's Argument
The Separation Thesis
3 Normative Cores
4 The Doctrine of Fair Contracts