Journal
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Volume 127, Issue 1, Pages 65-85Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1792-1
Keywords
Cooperative advantage; Scandinavia; Stakeholder theory; Strategic management; Sustainability; Creating shared value
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- University of Minnesota Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
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In this article, we first provide evidence that Scandinavian contributions to stakeholder theory over the past 50 years play a much larger role in its development than is presently acknowledged. These contributions include the first publication and description of the term stakeholder, the first stakeholder map, and the development of three fundamental tenets of stakeholder theory: jointness of interests, cooperative strategic posture, and rejection of a narrowly economic view of the firm. We then explore the current practices of Scandinavian companies through which we identify the evidence of relationships to these historical contributions. Thus, we propose that Scandinavia offers a particularly promising context from which to draw inspiration regarding effective company-stakeholder cooperation and where ample of examples of what is more recently referred to as creating shared value can be found. We conclude by endorsing the expression Scandinavian cooperative advantage in an effort to draw attention to the Scandinavian context and encourage the field of strategic management to shift its focus from achieving a competitive advantage toward achieving a cooperative advantage.
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