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The purpose of this summer school course is to familiarize participants with stakeholder theory by reviewing the key concepts, assumptions, and relationships as well as making participants aware of the various flavors of stakeholder theory research. A second objective of the course is to introduce participants to recent developments in stakeholder theory (i.e., behavioral stakeholder theory, stakeholder governance, “new” stakeholder theory integrating the resource-based view and stakeholder theory). As stakeholder theory is gaining more and more traction in the management field, work at the intersection of stakeholder theory and more established streams of research is growing fast. Hopefully, at the end of the course, participants will have a good grasp of what stakeholder theory is and will have a solid starting point to integrate this theory in their own research.

The sessions will combine teaching by the course coordinator and by guest expert speakers who will talk about their own research and share their view on the recent developments in stakeholder theory.

The course aims to be interactive. We will discuss in-depth the assigned readings, identifying strengths and weaknesses of these papers, drawing linkages between or contrasting ideas, and in general attempting to understand and integrate the existing research. Your preparation and active participation are crucial to creating and harvesting the value of the course.