Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change: A Sensemaking Perspective on How Institutional Investors May Drive Corporate Social Responsibility

Cover......Page 1
EBS Forschung 79......Page 3
Responsible Investment\rand the Claim\rof Corporate Change......Page 4
ISBN 9783834919762......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 9
Summary of Contents......Page 11
Contents......Page 12
List of Figures......Page 16
List of Abbreviations......Page 18
1.1 Context and Motivation of the Study......Page 21
1.2 Previous Literature and Research Relevance......Page 24
1.3 Research Approach and Theory Perspective......Page 29
1.4 Research Objective and Scope of the Study......Page 37
1.5 Course of Investigation......Page 40
2.1 The Phenomenon of Responsible Investment......Page 45
2.2 The Practice of Responsible Investment......Page 56
2.3 The Link to Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 69
3.1 Responsible Investment in the Light of Agency Theory......Page 75
3.2 Towards a New Conceptualization of Responsible Investment......Page 83
3.3 Introducing Sensemaking Studies as Underlying Theory......Page 97
3.4 Interim Conclusion I: A Framework to Analyze Responsible Investment as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 116
4.1 How Institutional Investors and Corporations Enact Their Sense of Responsibility......Page 123
4.2 How Institutional Investors and Corporations Interact......Page 181
4.3 How Institutional Investors May Change a Corporation’s Sense of Responsibility......Page 214
4.4 Interim Conclusion II: A Process Model of Responsible Investment as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 236
5.1 Implications for Institutional Investors......Page 241
5.2 Implications for Researchers......Page 247
6 Concluding Remarks......Page 253
Appendix......Page 259
Bibliography......Page 265