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Strategic response to institutional pressures of climate change: an exploration among gas sector companies
Review of Managerial Science ( IF 7.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-09 , DOI: 10.1007/s11846-021-00449-w
Christian Lebelhuber , Dorothea Greiling

Climate change has become one of the dominant themes of our time, and the way how companies respond to it may have major implications for their success in the future. This paper aims to better understand the response of companies in a highly exposed sector, i.e. the gas sector, to institutional pressures of climate change. To do so, it adopts a qualitative research design that builds on 29 expert interviews with senior managers of Austrian gas sector companies. Based on an existing typology, we argue that most companies exhibit one of the following responses: ‘minimalist,’ ‘regulation shaper,’ ‘pressure manager’ or ‘emission avoider.’ Additionally, we develop and extend the typology with a fifth response type: ‘trade-off seeker.’ This ensures a thorough classification of all responses observed and acknowledges the increasing relevance of hybrid organizations. Thus, we manage to categorize the strategic responses of companies that have to address climate change while being exposed to complex institutional fields with plural institutional logics. To better understand decoupling in the context of strategic responses to climate change, the paper also explores whether, how, and to which extent the observed responses deviate from the theoretical ideal of conformity with institutional pressures and show indications of decoupling. We find that decoupling is inherent to most strategic responses to climate change. However, the purpose and intensity of decoupling differ for every response type.



中文翻译:

对气候变化的机构压力的战略应对:天然气行业公司的探索

气候变化已成为当今时代的主要主题之一,企业应对气候变化的方式可能会对他们未来的成功产生重大影响。本文旨在更好地了解高度暴露部门(即天然气部门)的公司对气候变化的机构压力的反应。为此,它采用了定性研究设计,该设计以对奥地利天然气行业公司高级经理的29次专家访谈为基础。基于现有的类型学,我们认为大多数公司都表现出以下响应之一:“极简主义者”,“法规制定者”,“压力管理者”或“排放避免者”。此外,我们使用第五种响应类型来开发和扩展类型:“权衡寻求者”。'这样可以确保对观察到的所有响应进行彻底分类,并承认混合组织的重要性与日俱增。因此,我们设法将必须应对气候变化的公司的战略应对措施进行分类,同时将它们暴露于具有多种机构逻辑的复杂机构领域。为了更好地理解在对气候变化的战略应对下的脱钩,本文还探讨了观察到的响应是否,如何以及在何种程度上偏离了与机构压力相符的理论理想,并显示出脱钩的迹象。我们发现,脱钩是应对气候变化的大多数战略措施所固有的。但是,每种响应类型的去耦目的和强度都不同。我们设法将必须应对气候变化的公司的战略应对措施进行分类,同时将它们暴露于具有多种机构逻辑的复杂机构领域。为了更好地理解在对气候变化的战略应对下的脱钩,本文还探讨了观察到的响应是否,如何以及在何种程度上偏离了与机构压力相符的理论理想,并显示出脱钩的迹象。我们发现,脱钩是应对气候变化的大多数战略措施所固有的。但是,每种响应类型的去耦目的和强度都不同。我们设法将必须应对气候变化的公司的战略应对措施进行分类,同时将它们暴露于具有多种机构逻辑的复杂机构领域。为了更好地理解在对气候变化的战略应对下的脱钩,本文还探讨了观察到的响应是否,如何以及在何种程度上偏离了与机构压力相符的理论理想,并显示出脱钩的迹象。我们发现,脱钩是应对气候变化的大多数战略措施所固有的。但是,每种响应类型的去耦目的和强度都不同。本文还探讨了观察到的响应是否,如何以及在何种程度上偏离了与机构压力相符的理论理想,并显示出脱钩的迹象。我们发现,脱钩是应对气候变化的大多数战略措施所固有的。但是,每种响应类型的去耦目的和强度都不同。本文还探讨了观察到的响应是否,如何以及在何种程度上偏离了与机构压力相一致的理论理想,并显示出脱钩的迹象。我们发现,脱钩是应对气候变化的大多数战略措施所固有的。但是,每种响应类型的去耦目的和强度都不同。

更新日期:2021-04-09
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