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Frank Wijen

Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam

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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, 2018), 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).

Publications

Article (15)

  • Academic (13)

    • Wijen, F., & Chiroleu-Assouline, M. (2019). Controversy over voluntary environmental standards: A socioeconomic analysis of the Marine Stewardship Council. Organization and Environment, 32(2), 98-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026619831449

    • Lyon, T., Delmas, M., Maxwell, J., Bansal, P., Chiroleu-Assouline, M., Crifo, P., Durand, R., Gond, JP., King, A., Lenox, M., Toffel, M., Vogel, D. J., & Wijen, F. (2018). CSR needs CPR: Corporate sustainability and politics. California Management Review, 60(4), 5-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0008125618778854

    • Wang, R., Wijen, F., & Heugens, P. (2017). Government's green grip: Multifaceted state influence on corporate environmental actions in China. Strategic Management Journal, 39(2), 403-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2714

    • Wijen, F. (2015). Coupling, not decoupling, should be institutional theory's mantra: A rejoinder to Haack and Schoeneborn. Academy of Management Review, 40(2), 310-313. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2014.0464

    • Wijen, F. (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. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2012.0218

    • Ansari, S., Wijen, F., & Gray, B. (2013). Constructing a climate change logic: An institutional perspective on the "Tragedy of the commons". Organization Science, 24(4), 1014-1040. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1120.0799

    • Wijen, F., & Tulder, R. (2011). Integrating environmental and international strategies in a world of regulatory turbulence. California Management Review, 53(4), 23-46. https://doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2011.53.4.23

    • Wijen, F., Noorderhaven, N., & Vanhaverbeke, W. (2011). Structural Antecedents of Corporate Network Evolution. International Journal of Business Environment, 4(3), 207-233. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/26290

    • Ansari, S., Gray, B., & Wijen, F. (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. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127010395525

    • Wijen, F., & Ansari, S. (2007). Overcoming Inaction through Collective Institutional Entrepreneurship: Insights from Regime Theory. Organization Studies, 28(4), 1079-1100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840607078115

    • Roome, NJ., & Wijen, F. (2006). Stakeholder power and organizational learning in corporate environmental managment. Organization Studies, 27(2), 235-263. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840605057669

    • Wijen, F., & Duysters, GM. (2005). Negotiating innovation: Product renewal as the outcome of a complex bargaining process. R and D Management, 35(1), 73-87.

    • Wijen, F. (2003). Invloed en leren bij het milieumanagement van ondernemingen. MAB, 77(12), 586-593.

  • Professional (2)

Book (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Wijen, F., Zoeteman, K., & Pieters, J. (2005). A Handbook of globalisation and environmental policy: National government interventions in a global arena (hardback). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Book editing (2)

  • Academic (2)

    • Wijen, F., Zoeteman, K., Pieters, J., & van Seters, P. (2012). A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy, Second Edition: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena. Edward Elgar Publishing.

    • Wijen, F., Zoeteman, K., & Pieters, J. (2006). A handbook of globalisation and environmental policy: National government interventions in a global arena (paperback). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Book/Film/Article review (1)

  • Academic (1)

    • Wijen, F. (2010). Book review: Thomas Lawrence, Roy Suddaby and Bernard Leca (eds): Institutional work: Actors and agency in institutional studies of organizations. Organization Studies, 31, 1744-1747. https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406100310120703

Chapter (5)

  • Academic (5)

    • Wijen, F., Zoeteman, K., Pieters, J., & van Seters, P. (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). Edward Elgar Publishing. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/31149

    • Wijen, F. (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 Greenleaf.

    • Wijen, F. (2007). Institutionalization as a Prerequisite for Sustainable Corporate Development. In Sanjay Sharma, & Mark Starik (Eds.), Organizations and the Sustainability Mosaic (pp. 106-132). Edward Elgar Publishing.

    • Zoeteman, K., Wijen, F., & Pieters, J. (2005). Globalisation and national environmental policy: An overview. In F. Wijen, K. Zoeteman, & J. Pieters (Eds.), A handbook of globalisation and environmental policy: National government interventions in a global arena (pp. 1-29). Edward Elgar Publishing.

    • Wijen, F., & Zoeteman, K. (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). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Conference proceeding (4)

  • Academic (4)

    • Liu, W., Heugens, P., & Wijen, F. (2020). State political ideology as a corporate control mechanism: Evidence from China. In Academy of Management Conference proceedings

    • Wang, R., & Wijen, F. (2015). Responding to complexity within a state logic: Environmental responsibility reporting in China. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceedings

    • Wijen, F., & Slangen, A. (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 (Vol. 7, pp. 443-467). Emerald.

    • Ansari, S., Wijen, F., & Gray, B. (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

Paper (2)

  • Academic (2)

    • Roome, NJ., Kolk, AJH., van der Woerd, F., & Wijen, F. (2002). Dynamic Aspects of Corporate Greening in Dutch Business. Paper presented at Greening of Industry Network Conference, Goteborg.

    • Roome, NJ., Wijen, F., & de Groene, J. (2001). Organizational routines, environmental learning and stakeholder interaction. Paper presented at Greening of Industry Network Conference, Thailand.

Web publication/site (2)

  • Popular (2)

    • Wijen, F. (Author). (2015). Trade-offs in the adoption of sustainability standards. Web publication/site, The Huffington Post.

    • Wijen, F. (Author). (2015). Banning child labour imposes naive western ideals on complex problems (Op. Ed.). Web publication/site, .

Additional activities (2)

  • Strategic Organization (Journal)

    Editorial work (Academic)

  • Organization Studies (Journal)

    Editorial work (Academic)

Media

Media items

  • Trump has a great opportunity to save our environment

    President Donald Trump has announced that he will work to roll back environmental laws and regulations with the hope of improving the U.S. economy and standard of living. We feel compelled to report that such an attempt is likely…

    The Hill Monday, 23 January 2017
  • Debate: What is the Role of Business in Humanitarian Issues?

    What is the wider role of business in society? While it has long been acknowledged that big businesses in particular have a part to play – by virtue of their place in society as well as the people directly affected by their supply…

    Top MBA Wednesday, 12 October 2016
  • keurmerken en de keuze tussen ‘slaafvrij’ of ‘slaafvol’ voedsel

    Quality labels are too vague and have too many loopholes that one can question why we have them in the first place. Frank Wijen states that this can partially be explained by the competition between the quality labels.

    Fairtradekookboek Friday, 1 July 2016
  • 'Keurmerkensysteem is onzinning'

    In the article called 'Vier misverstanden over fairtrade' on the site of One World, author Wouter Mensink questions the necessity of hallmarks. Frank Wijen responds by approving of more generic sectoral, or even transcending…

    Food Holland Wednesday, 29 June 2016
  • Leeds Professor Receives the ARCS Emerging Sustainability Scholar Award

    The next Alliance for Research on Corporate Responsibility (ARCS) Conference will be held at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University. The Conference Chair is Frank Wijen, Associate Professor of Strategic…

    Fox Carolina Tuesday, 7 June 2016
  • Leeds Professor Receives the ARCS Emerging Sustainability Scholar Award

    The next Alliance for Research on Corporate Responsibility (ARCS) Conference will be held at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University. The Conference Chair is Frank Wijen, Associate Professor of Strategic…

    WDRB.com Tuesday, 7 June 2016
  • Leeds Professor Receives the ARCS Emerging Sustainability Scholar Award

    The next Alliance for Research on Corporate Responsibility (ARCS) Conference will be held at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University. The Conference Chair is Frank Wijen, Associate Professor of Strategic…

    CBS5 Tuesday, 7 June 2016
  • Leeds Professor Receives the ARCS Emerging Sustainability Scholar Award

    The next Alliance for Research on Corporate Responsibility (ARCS) Conference will be held at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University. The Conference Chair is Frank Wijen, Associate Professor of Strategic…

    wfmj.com Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Discovery items

Professor's Opinion - Shell ruling testifies to shareholder primacy
Friday, 28 May 2021

Only one reason can account for the continued dominance of fossil fuels in Shell’s portfolio: maximizing short-term shareholder value

Discovery 39 - The world after COVID-19: how we can do business better
Tuesday, 12 January 2021

Digital research magazine explores how we can organise society and business better after Covid-19

Corporate illusionists: socially but not politically responsible
Friday, 5 October 2018

Corporate social responsibility has gone mainstream. But behind the scenes some corporations act quite differently on the political stage.

Negative consequences of sustainability labelling
Friday, 13 March 2015

Fairtrade and Green Seal claim a product was produced in a socially and environmentally sustainable way. But are they really? Frank Wijen reveals the truth about sustainability labelling.

International Regulatory Turbulence: Strategies for Success
Sunday, 10 March 2013

Courses

Engaged Research

  • Study year: 2021/2022
  • Code: BERMSKL025
  • Level: Master, PhD

IM Research clinic

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BM-IM-RC
  • Level: Master

Global Business Strategies

  • Study year: 2021/2022
  • Code: BM02GBS
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

SM-M, Majorgebonden Methodologie Seminars

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016, 2014/2015
  • Code: BMA3139
  • ECTS: 2

Sustainable Strategies

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BMME085
  • Level: Master, Master, Master, Master

Qualitative research in Strategic Management & Strategic Entrepreneurship

  • Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
  • Code: BMRMSE-SM-QUAL
  • Level: Master

Past courses

Engaged Research

  • Study year: 2020/2021
  • Code: BERMSKL023
  • Level: Master, PhD

IM Research clinic

  • Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020
  • Code: BM-IMRC
  • Level: Master

ERIM Research Clinic Strategy and Entrepreneurship

  • Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BERMRC004
  • ECTS: 4 Level: Master

Advanced Topics in Engaged Strategizing

  • Study year: 2018/2019
  • Code: BERMASC009
  • ECTS: 5 Level: Master

Research Clinic Strategic Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management

  • Study year: 2018/2019
  • Code: BMRCSE-SM
  • ECTS: 1 Level: Master

Research Methods Strategic Management and Strategic Entrepreneurship

  • Study year: 2017/2018
  • Code: BMRMSE-SM-17
  • ECTS: 4 Level: Master

Research Skills in Entrepreneurship

  • Study year: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BMRMSE
  • ECTS: 4 Level: Master

Research Methods - A: Qualitative research

  • Study year: 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BMRMSM-A
  • ECTS: 4 Level: Master

Strategic management honours class

  • Study year: 2015/2016
  • Code: BMHONSM
  • ECTS: 10 Level: Master

Research Methods - A: Qualitative data: Case studies, Interviews & analysis

  • Study year: 2014/2015, 2013/2014
  • Code: RSMRMSM-A
  • ECTS: 4 Level: Master

SM2, Methodologie Seminars

  • Study year: 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013
  • Code: BMA3130
  • ECTS: 2

Strategic management honours class

  • Study year: 2014/2015
  • Code: RSMHONSM
  • ECTS: 10 Level: Master

International Business

  • Study year: 2013/2014, 2012/2013
  • Code: BAP72
  • ECTS: 4 Level: Bachelor 1, Bachelor 1

Research methods

  • Study year: 2013/2014
  • Code: RSMRMSM
  • ECTS: 4
More information
Featured on RSM Discovery

Professor's Opinion - Shell ruling testifies to shareholder primacy

Professor's Opinion - Shell ruling testifies to shareholder primacy

Only one reason can account for the continued dominance of fossil fuels in Shell’s portfolio: maximizing short-term shareholder value

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Contact information

+31 10 4081985

fwijen@rsm.nl

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T07-38
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands

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