Erb Institute - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

March 27, 2009

"Accenture -- Sustainability and its Impact on the Corporate Agenda"

Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan
Judith Walls, University of Michigan
Anna M. Caffrey
Eric M. Lowitt
Accenture Global Management Company.
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December 1, 2008

"Sustainability, Faith, and the Market"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Lloyd E. Sandeland. Brill, Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology, Volume 12 (2008) 129-145.
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December 21, 2007

"Community Isomorphism and Corporate Social Action"

Gerald F. Davis, University of Michigan
Mary Ann Glynn, Boston College
Christopher Marquis, Harvard University

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November 1, 2007

"Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Symposium"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Policy Studies Journal, November 2007. Read the Article (PDF)

October 1, 2007

" If You're Not at the Table, You're on the Menu."

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise Harvard Business Review, October 2007.
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February 1, 2007

"Down in Front: Business is already acting on the climate threat -- and waiting for Washington to catch up"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Grist Magazine (February 1, 2007).
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January 1, 2007

"Bean counters, Not tree huggers"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Dividend, Spring: 32-33. (2007)
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January 1, 2007

"Changing practice on sustainability: Understanding and overcoming the organizational and psychological barriers to action,"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise

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January 1, 2007

"The coming market shift: Climate change and business strategy"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
in K. Tang and R. Yoeh (eds.) Cut Carbon, Grow Profits: Business Strategies for Managing Climate Change and Sustainability
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June 1, 2006

"Does Dual Sourcing Lower Procurement Costs?"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Industrial Economics, Volume LIV, June 2006 (0022-1821, No. 2) Read the Article (PDF)

January 1, 2006

"Environmental Pollution"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
The 2006 World Book Year Book: A Review of the Events of 2005 (March, 2006)
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January 1, 2006

"Let's put Malcolm Gladwell out of business"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Journal of Management Inquiry, 15 (4): 410-411 (Commentary on JMI Interview with Malcolm Gladwell) (2006).
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January 1, 2006

"Voluntary Environmental Agreements when Regulatory Capacity is Weak"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
(with Allen Blackman & Nicholas Sisto)
Comparative Economic Studies, 2006, 48, (682–702); www.palgrave-journals.com/ces
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January 1, 2006

"Spatial Proximity and Complimentarities in the Trading of Tacit Knowledge"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce (with Neslihan Aydogan)
Comparative Economic Studies, 2006, 48
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November 1, 2005

"The 'Carbon Cartel' or Wise Capitalists: What is going on with voluntary greenhouse gas reductions?"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
American Bar Association Air Quality Newsletter, 9 (1) (November, 2005)
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October 1, 2005

"Regulatory Opportunism and Investment Behavior: Evidence from the U.S. Electric Utility Industry "

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
RAND Journal of Economics,36 (3): 628-644. Thomas P. Lyon and John W. Mayo (2005)
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July 15, 2005

"Fighting Global Warming Helps Mich. Jobs: If Bush won't take action on climate change, business, labor and other groups will do it for him"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise (with Tom Lyon)
The Detroit News, July 15, 2005: 11A.
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June 1, 2005

" Getting right with nature: Anthropocentism, ecocentrism and theocentrism"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Organization & Environment, 18 (2): 1-23 (with Lloyd Sandelands), June 2005

June 1, 2005

"Business Decisions and the Environment: Significance, Challenges, and Momentum of an Emerging Research Field"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
in G. Brewer and P. Stern (eds.) Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities. (Washington DC: National Research Council, National Academiews Press): 200-229 (Summer 2005)
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April 1, 2005

Climate Change Strategy: The Business Logic Behind Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
California Management Review, 47 (3): 21-46. (Spring 2005)
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January 1, 2005

"Poor World Urgently Seeks...Caring Capitalism"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
University of Cambridge Programme for Industry, 2005)
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January 1, 2005

" Environmental Pollution: A summary of the year's environmental events for the World Book Encyclopedia's yearly almanac"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
2005, D. Stile (ed.) The Worldbook Yearbook, (Chicago: World Book)
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January 1, 2005

"Regulatory Opportunism and Investment Behavior: Evidence from the Electric Utility Industry"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
(with John Mayo)
2005, RAND Journal of Economics
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December 1, 2004

"Astroturf: Interest Group Lobbying and Corporate Strategy"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
(with John Maxwell)
Journal of Economics and Management StrategyDecember 2004
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November 1, 2004

"Spatial Proximity and Complementarities in the Trading of Tacit Knowledge"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
International Journal of Industrial Organization, November 2004, 22: 1115-1135. Neslihan Aydogan and Thomas P. Lyon (2004)
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April 1, 2004

"Winning the greenhouse gas game"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Harvard Business Review, April: 20-21 (2004).
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January 1, 2004

"Corporate Environmentalism and Public Policy"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce (with John Maxwell)
Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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January 1, 2004

"Buyer-Option Contracts Restored: Renegotiation, Inefficient Threats, and the Hold-Up Problem"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 20(1): 148-169. Thomas P. Lyon and Eric Rasmusen (2004)
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January 1, 2004

"Public Voluntary Programmes for Mitigating Climate Change"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
(with John Maxwell)
in Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy, edited by Andrea Baranzini and Philippe Thalmann, Edward Elgar Press, 2004.
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January 1, 2004

"Reconsidering the role of the practical-theorist: On (re)connecting theory to practice in organizational theory"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Strategic Organization, 2 (2): 213-222 (2004).
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December 1, 2003

"Environmental strategy: Emerging market for consulting services,"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Consulting to Management, 13 (4): 15-24 (2002)
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April 1, 2003

"Voluntary versus Mandatory Approaches to Climate Change Mitigation"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Resources, Spring 2003
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February 1, 2003

"Self-regulation, taxation and public voluntary environmental agreements"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Public Economics, 87: 1453-1486. Thomas P. Lyon and John W. Maxwell (2003)
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January 1, 2003

"Integrating environmental and social issues into corporate practice"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Environment, 42 (5): 22-33 (2000)
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January 1, 2003

"Institutional evolution and change: Environmentalism and the US chemical industry"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Academy of Management Journal, 42 (4): 351-371 (1999).
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January 1, 2003

"The global environmental crisis and management education"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Total Quality Environmental Management. Autumn 1993. Vol. 3, Iss. 1; p. 109 (6 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"How Multinationals Can Manage Social and Political Forces"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Gladwin, Thomas N., Walter, Ingo. The Journal of Business Strategy. Boston: Summer 1980. Vol. 1, Iss. 1; p. 54
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January 1, 2003

"The importance of cultural framing to the success of social initiatives in business"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Academy of Management Executive, 17 (2): 70-84 (with Jennifer Howard-Grenville) (2003.
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January 1, 2003

"A call for sustainable Development; [Surveys edition]"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Financial Times. London (UK): Dec 13, 1999. p. 10
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January 1, 2003

"What Do 'Facilitating Practices' Facilitate? An Empirical Investigation of Most-Favored-Nation Clauses in Natural Gas Contracts"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Law and Economics, 37(2): 297-322. Keith J. Crocker and Thomas P. Lyon (1994)
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January 1, 2003

""A mixed-motive perspective on the economics versus environment debate"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
American Behavioral Scientist, 42 (8): 1254-1276 (with Kim Wade-Benzoni, Leigh Thompson, Don Moore, James Gillespie & Max Bazerman) (1999).
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January 1, 2003

"Evaluating the Performance of Non-Bayesian Regulatory Mechanisms"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Regulatory Economics, 9:41-60. Thomas P. Lyon (1996)
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January 1, 2003

"A Model of Sliding-Scale Regulation"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Regulatory Economics, 9:227-247. Thomas P. Lyon (1996)
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January 1, 2003

"Sources of environmentally destructive behavior: Individual, organizational and institutional perspectives,""

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Research in Organizational Behavior, 21: 39-79 (with Max Bazerman) (1999).
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January 1, 2003

"Regulation with '20-20 Hindsight: Heads I win, Tails you Lose?"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
The RAND Journal of Economics, 22(4): 581-595. Thomas P. Lyon (1991)
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January 1, 2003

"A strategic response to investor activision"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Sloan Management Review, 37 (2): 51-64 (1996)
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January 1, 2003

"Regulation with '20-20 Hindsight': Least-Cost Rules and Variable Costs"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
The Journal of Industrial Economics, 40(3): 277-289. Thomas P. Lyon (1992)
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January 1, 2003

"Multinational enterprise, social responsiveness, and pollution control "

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Thomas N Gladwin, Ingo Walter. Journal of International Business Studies (pre-1986). Atlanta: Fall 1976. Vol. 7, Iss. 000002; p. 57 (18 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Not all events are attended equally: Toward a middle-range theory of industry attention to external events,""

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Organization Science, 12 (4): 414-434 (with William Ocasio) (2001).
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January 1, 2003

"Linking organizational and field level analyses: The diffusion of corporate environmental practice,""

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Organization & Environment, 14 (2): 133-156 (2001).
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January 1, 2003

"Balancing business interests and endangered species protection"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Sloan Management Review, 39 (1): 59-73 (with Max Bazerman & Steven Yaffee) (1997)
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January 1, 2003

"How multinationals can manage social and political forces"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Thomas N Gladwin, Ingo Walter. Journal of Business Strategy (pre-1986). Boston: Summer 1980. Vol. 1, Iss. 000001; p. 54 (15 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Bottlenecks and Governance Structures: Open Access and Long-Term Contracting in Natural Gas"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Law, Economics, & Organizations, 9(2): 380-398. Thomas P. Lyon and Steven C. Hackett (1993)
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January 1, 2003

"Linking social systems and analysis to the industrial ecology framework"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Organization & Environment, 16 (1): 66-86 (2003).
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January 1, 2003

"Business might not like Kyoto Treaty, but they'll like uncertainty even less"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Boston Business Journal, 21 (38): 38, 41 (2001)
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January 1, 2003

"Barriers to resolution in ideologically based negotiations: The role of values and institutions"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Academy of Management Review, 27 (1): 41-57 (with Kim Wade-Benzoni, Leigh Thompson, Don Moore, James Gillespie & Max Bazerman) (2002).
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January 1, 2003

"Quality Leadership when Regulatory Standards are Forthcoming"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. XLVIII, No. 3, 331-348. Stefan Lutz, Thomas P. Lyon, and John W. Maxwell (2000)
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January 1, 2003

"Self-Regulation and Social Welfare: The Political Economy of Corporate Environmentalism"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Law & Economics, 43(2): 583-618. John W. Maxwell, Thomas P. Lyon and Steven C. Hackett (2000)
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January 1, 2003

"Chapter 1"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
in Organizations, Policy and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic Perspectives (with Marc Ventresca, Stanford University Press, 2002).
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January 1, 2003

"The Shadowy Underside of International Trade"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Gladwin, Thomas N., Walter, Ingo. Saturday Review. New York: JULY 9, 1977. Vol. 4, Iss. 20; p. 16
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January 1, 2003

"Environmental Policy Trends Facing Multinationals"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
California Management Review (pre-1986). Berkeley: Winter 1977. Vol. 20, Iss. 000002; p. 81 (13 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Cognitive and institutional barriers to new forms of cooperation on environmental protection: Insights from Project XL and Habitat Conservation Plan"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
American Behavioral Scientist, 45 (5): 820-845 (with Hannah Riley, Jack Troast & Max Bazerman) (2002).
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January 1, 2003

"The Social Psychology of Crisis Bargaining: Toward a Contingency Model"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Gladwin, Thomas N., Kumar, Rajesh. Columbia Journal of World Business. Spring 1987. Vol. 22, Iss. 1; p. 23 (10 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Academy of Management. The Academy of Management Review (pre-1986). Briarcliff Manor: Oct 1981. Vol. 6, Iss. 000004; p. 681 (3 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Quality Competition, Insurance, and Consumer Choice in Health Care Markets"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 8(4): 545-580. Thomas P. Lyon (1999)
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January 1, 2003

"An uneasy rebirth at Love Canal"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Environment, 37 (2): 4-9, 25-31 (1995)
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January 1, 2003

"Comments on David C. Korten's "Do Corporations Rule the World? And Does it Matter?"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Organization & Environment. Thousand Oaks: Dec 1998. Vol. 11, Iss. 4; p. 402 (4 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Environmental Policy Trends Facing Multinationals"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
California Management Review. Berkeley: Winter 1977. Vol. 20, Iss. 2; p. 81
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January 1, 2003

"Sustainability metrics for the business enterprise"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Richards, Deanna J, Gladwin, Thomas N. Environmental Quality Management. Hoboken: Spring 1999. Vol. 8, Iss. 3; p. 11 (11 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Reconciling professional and personal value systems: the spiritually motivated manager as organizational entrepreneur"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
in R. Giacalone & C. Jurkiewicz (eds.). The Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance (New York: M.E. Sharpe): 193-208 (2003).
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January 1, 2003

"Examining the Rhetoric: The Strategic"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Corporate Environmental Strategy, 9 (4): 329-337 (2002).
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January 1, 2003

"Shifting paradigms for sustainable development: Implications for management theory and research"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Gladwin, Thomas N, Kennelly, James J, Krause, Tara-Shelomith. Academy of Management. The Academy of Management Review. Briarcliff Manor: Oct 1995. Vol. 20, Iss. 4; p. 874 (34 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Toward eco-moral development of the Academy of Management"

Thomas N. Gladwin, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Gladwin, Thomas N, Kennelly, James J, Krause, Tara-Shelomith. Academy of Management. The Academy of Management Review. Briarcliff Manor: Oct 1996. Vol. 21, Iss. 4; p. 912 (3 pages)
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January 1, 2003

"Legal Remedies for Breach of the Regulatory 'Contract"

Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chemical Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce
Journal of Regulatory Economics, 22(2): 107-132. Thomas P. Lyon and Haizhou Huang (2002)
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January 1, 2003

"The institutional framing of policy debates: Economics versus the environment"

Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
American Behavioral Scientist, 42 (8): 1368-1392 (with Marc Ventresca) (1999).
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