Dr Frank Wijen

Associate Professor of Strategic Management

Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Profile

Frank Wijen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He holds a PhD in management from Tilburg University, where he also worked as a Senior Researcher. His research interests include institutional processes, globalization, power and influence, organizational learning, and corporate and national environmental management. Frank published in journals such as Academy of Management Review (2014, 2015), California Management Review (2011), Organization Science (2013), Organization Studies (2006, 2007), Strategic Management Journal (2018), and Strategic Organization (2011), and was the leading editor of A handbook of globalisation and environmental policy, second edition (2012, published by Edward Elgar).

Professional experience

Associate Professor

Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship

Publications

Professional Publications (2)

F.H. Wijen (2014). Trade-offs in the adoption of sustainability standards. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 19 (3), 18-19.
F.H. Wijen & R. Van Tulder (2011). International Regulatory Turbulence: Strategies for Success. RSM Insight, 8 (4), 4-6.

Scholarly Publications (24)

R. Wang, F.H. Wijen & P.P.M.A.R. Heugens (2018). Government's green grip: Multifaceted state influence on corporate environmental actions in China. Strategic Management Journal, 39 (2), 403-428. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.2714[go to publisher's site]
T. Lyon, M. Delmas, J. Maxwell, P. Bansal, M. Chiroleu-Assouline, P. Crifo, R. Durand, J.P. Gond, A. King, M. Lenox, M. Toffel, D.J. Vogel & F. Wijen (2018). CSR needs CPR: Corporate sustainability and politics. California Management Review, 60 (4), 5-24. doi: 10.1177/0008125618778854
R. Wang & F.H. Wijen (2015). Responding to complexity within a state logic: Environmental responsibility reporting in China. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceedings. Vancouver, Canada
F.H. Wijen (2015). Coupling, not decoupling, should be institutional theory's mantra: A rejoinder to Haack and Schoeneborn. Academy of Management Review, 40 (2), 310-313. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amr.2014.0464[go to publisher's site]
F.H. Wijen (2014). Means versus ends in opaque institutional fields: Trading off compliance and achievement in sustainability standard adoption. Academy of Management Review, 39 (3), 302-323. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/amr.2012.0218[go to publisher's site]
S.M. Ansari, F.H. Wijen & B. Gray (2013). Constructing a climate change logic: An institutional perspective on the "Tragedy of the commons". Organization Science, 24 (4), 1014-1040. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1120.0799[go to publisher's site]
F.H. Wijen, K. Zoeteman, J. Pieters & P. van Seters (Ed.). (2012). A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy, Second Edition: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
F.H. Wijen, K. Zoeteman, J. Pieters & P. van Seters (2012). Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: Update and Overview. In F. Wijen, K. Zoeteman, J. Pieters & P. van Seters (Eds.), A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy, Second Edition: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena (pp. 3-33). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
F.H. Wijen & A.H.L. Slangen (2012). The dark side of globalization for mature European multinationals: An extended network perspective. In R. Van Tulder, A. Verbeke & L. Voinea (Eds.), Progress in International Business Research (pp. 443-467). Emerald
S.M. Ansari, B. Gray & F.H. Wijen (2011). Fiddling while the ice melts? How organizational scholars can take a more active role in the climate change debate. Strategic Organization, 9 (1), 70-76. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476127010395525[go to publisher's site]
F.H. Wijen & R. Van Tulder (2011). Integrating environmental and international strategies in a world of regulatory turbulence. California Management Review, 53 (4), 23-46. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2011.53.4.23[go to publisher's site]
F.H. Wijen, N. Noorderhaven & W. Vanhaverbeke (2011). Structural Antecedents of Corporate Network Evolution. International Journal of Business Environment, 4 (3), 207-233.
F.H. Wijen (2010). Book review: Thomas Lawrence, Roy Suddaby and Bernard Leca (eds): Institutional work: Actors and agency in institutional studies of organizations. [Bespreking van het boek Institutional work: Actors and agency in institutional studies of organizations]. Organization Studies, 31(12), 1744-1747.
S.M. Ansari, F.H. Wijen & B. Gray (2009). Averting the "tragedy of the commons": An institutional perspective on the construction and governance of transnational commons. In G. Solomon (Ed.), Academy of Management 2009 Conference Best Paper Proceedings
F.H. Wijen (2008). The environmental (un)sustainability of the Base-of-the-Pyramid (BOP) philosophy: A governance perspective. In P. Kandachar & M. Halme (Eds.), Sustainability challenges and solutions at the base of the pyramid. Sheffield: Greenleaf
F.H. Wijen (2007). Institutionalization as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Corporate Development. In Sanjay Sharma & Mark Starik (Eds.), Organizations and the Sustainability Mosaic (pp. 106-132). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
F.H. Wijen & S.M. Ansari (2007). Overcoming Inaction through Collective Institutional Entrepreneurship: Insights from Regime Theory. Organization Studies, 28 (4), 1079-1100. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840607078115[go to publisher's site]
F.H. Wijen, K. Zoeteman & J. Pieters (Ed.). (2006). A handbook of globalisation and environmental policy: National government interventions in a global arena (paperback). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
N.J. Roome & F.H. Wijen (2006). Stakeholder power and organizational learning in corporate environmental managment. Organization Studies, 27 (2), 235-263. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840605057669[go to publisher's site]
F.H. Wijen & G.M. Duysters (2005). Negotiating innovation: Product renewal as the outcome of a complex bargaining process. R and D Management, 35 (1), 73-87.
K. Zoeteman, F.H. Wijen & J. Pieters (2005). Globalisation and national environmental policy: An overview. In Frank Wijen, Kees Zoeteman & Jan Pieters (Eds.), A handbook of globalisation and environmental policy: National government interventions in a global arena (pp. 1-29). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
F.H. Wijen & K. Zoeteman (2005). Architecture of the Kyoto Protocol and prospects for public climate policy. In F. Wijen et al. (Ed.), A handbook of globalisation and environmental polity: National government interventions in a global arena (pp. 595-623). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
F.H. Wijen, K. Zoeteman & J. Pieters (2005). A Handbook of globalisation and environmental policy: National government interventions in a global arena (hardback). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
F.H. Wijen (2003). Invloed en leren bij het milieumanagement van ondernemingen. MAB, 77 (12), 586-593.

Semi Scientific Publications (2)

F.H. Wijen (2015). Trade-offs in the adoption of sustainability standards. (blog). The Huffington Post. (available: 9 Nov 2015).
F.H. Wijen (2015). Banning child labour imposes naive western ideals on complex problems (Op. Ed.). (blog). The Guardian. (available: 26 Aug 2015).

Other (2)

N.J. Roome, A.J.H. Kolk, F. van der Woerd & F.H. Wijen (2002). Dynamic Aspects of Corporate Greening in Dutch Business. Greening of Industry Network Conference: Goteborg (2002, juni 23).
N.J. Roome, F.H. Wijen & J. de Groene (2001). Organizational routines, environmental learning and stakeholder interaction. Greening of Industry Network Conference: Thailand (2001, januari 13).