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, 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).

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 (25)

F.H. Wijen & M. Chiroleu-Assouline (2019). Controversy over voluntary environmental standards: A socioeconomic analysis of the Marine Stewardship Council. Organization and Environment, 32 (2), 98-124. doi: 10.1177/1086026619831449 [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 & 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: 10.1002/smj.2714
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: 10.5465/amr.2014.0464
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: 10.5465/amr.2012.0218
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: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0799
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, 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 & 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
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 & R. Van Tulder (2011). Integrating environmental and international strategies in a world of regulatory turbulence. California Management Review, 53 (4), 23-46. doi: 10.1525/cmr.2011.53.4.23
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: 10.1177/1476127010395525
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: 10.1177/0170840607078115
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: 10.1177/0170840605057669
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 & 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 & 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 (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).

Recognitions

Editorial positions (4)

Academy of Management Review

Editorial Reviewer
Organization Studies

Editorial Reviewer
Organization Studies

Associate Editor
Strategic Organization

Editorial Reviewer

Organization Memberships (2)

Academy of Management (AM)

http://www.aomonline.org/

Participant
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)

http://www.egosnet.org/

Participant

Side positions

Tilburg University, Globus

Research Fellow

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

Corporate illusionists: socially but not politically responsible

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

Negative consequences of sustainability labelling

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

Courses

ERIM Research Clinic Strategy and Entrepreneurship

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

IM Research clinic

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

SM-M, Majorgebonden Methodologie Seminars

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

Sustainable Strategies

Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
Code: BMME085
ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master

Qualitative research in Strategic Management & Strategic Entrepreneurship

Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
Code: BMRMSE-SM-QUAL
ECTS: 4 Level: Master

Past courses

IM Research clinic

Study year: 2020/2021
Code: BM-IM-RC
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
Code: BMA3130
ECTS: 2

Strategic management honours class

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

International Business

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

Research methods

Study year: 2013/2014
Code: RSMRMSM
ECTS: 4

Corporate illusionists: socially but not politically responsible

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

+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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