Dr F.H. (Frank) Wijen

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), Journal of Management (2022, 2023), Organization Science (2013), Organization Studies (2006, 2007), Regulation & Governance (2022), 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 (18)
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Academic (16)
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Wijen, F., & Flowers, M. (2023). Issue opacity and sustainability standard effectiveness. Regulation & Governance, 17(3), 772-790. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12485
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Wang, R., Heugens, P., & Wijen, F. (2023). Green by Affiliation? Ownership Identity and Environmental Management System Adoption in Chinese Business Groups. Journal of Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063221143721
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Liu, W., Heugens, P., Wijen, F., & van Essen, M. (2022). Chinese management studies: a matched-samples meta-analysis and focused review of indigenous theories. Journal of Management, 48(6), 1778-1828. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063211073067
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ansari - Loan, 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
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Wijen, F., & van 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
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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
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Ansari - Loan, 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
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Wijen, F., & Ansari - Loan, S. (2007). Overcoming Inaction through Collective Institutional Entrepreneurship: Insights from Regime Theory. Organization Studies, 28(4), 1079-1100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840607078115
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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
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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.
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Wijen, F. (2003). Invloed en leren bij het milieumanagement van ondernemingen. MAB, 77(12), 586-593.
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Professional (2)
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Wijen, F. (2014). Trade-offs in the adoption of sustainability standards. RSM Discovery - Management Knowledge, 19(3), 18-19. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/77135
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Wijen, F., & van Tulder, R. (2011). International Regulatory Turbulence: Strategies for Success. RSM Insight, 8(4), 4-6. Article 1. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/40125
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Book (3)
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Academic (3)
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Wijen, F., Zoeteman, K., Pieters, J., & Van Seters, P. V. (2012). A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy, Second Edition: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849805773
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Wijen, F., Zoeteman, K., & Pieters, J. (2005). A handbook of globalisation and environmental policy: National government interventions in a global arena. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781954355
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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.
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Book editing (1)
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Academic (1)
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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.
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Book/Film/Article review (1)
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Academic (1)
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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
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Chapter (5)
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Academic (5)
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Wijen, F. (2017). The environmental (un)sustainability of the base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) philosophy: A governance perspective. In Sustainability Challenges and Solutions at the Base of the Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor (pp. 430-445). Taylor & Francis Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351279888-25
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Conference article (1)
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Academic (1)
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Liu, W., Heugens, P., Wijen, F., & Essen, M. (2021). Assessing and extending the unique contributions of Chinese management studies. Academy of Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2021(1), Article Best Papers. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2021.91
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Conference proceeding (4)
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Academic (4)
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Liu, W., Heugens, P., & Wijen, F. (2020). State political ideology as a corporate control mechanism: Evidence from China. In Academy of Management Conference proceedings
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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
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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 Group Publishing.
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Ansari - Loan, 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
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Paper (4)
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Academic (4)
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Wang, R., & Wijen, F. (2015). Responding to complexity within a state logic: Environmental responsibility reporting in China. 1224-1229. Paper presented at 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015, Vancouver, Canada. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2015.213
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Ansari, S., Wijen, F., & Gray, B. (2009). Averting the "tragedy of the commons": An institutional perspective on the construction and governance of transnational commons. Paper presented at 69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2009, Chicago, IL, United States. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2009.44244347
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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.
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Roome, NJ., Wijen, F., & de Groene, J. (2001). Organizational routines, environmental learning and stakeholder interaction. Paper presented at Greening of Industry Network Conference, Thailand.
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Web publication/site (2)
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Popular (2)
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Wijen, F. (Author). (2015). Trade-offs in the adoption of sustainability standards. Web publication/site, The Huffington Post.
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Wijen, F. (Author). (2015). Banning child labour imposes naive western ideals on complex problems (Op. Ed.). Web publication/site, .
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Additional activities (2)
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Strategic Organization (Journal)
Editorial work (Academic)
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Organization Studies (Journal)
Editorial work (Academic)
PhD Tracks (8)

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Pierre-Olivier Legault Tremblay
- Time frame: 2009 - 2015

- Role: Daily Supervisor
- PhD Candidate: Ruxi Wang
- Time frame: 2012 - 2017

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Wenjie Liu
- Time frame: 2018 - 2023

- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Yannick Tristan Wiessner
- Time frame: 2018 -

- Role: Member Doctoral Committee
- PhD Candidate: Hendra Wijaya
- Time frame: 2012 - 2019

- Role: Promotor
- PhD Candidate: Mohammadamin Yousefi
- Time frame: 2020 -
- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Oh Young Koo
- Time frame: 2022 -
- Role: Co-promotor
- PhD Candidate: Denver Berman-Jacob
- Time frame: 2019 -
Course (1)
- Engaged Research (2022/2023, 2021/2022)
Events (9)
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