Building Stakeholder Theory with a Decision Modeling Methodology
聚焦利益相关者关系与企业政策决策的交汇点，提出一种案例研究方法，用于分析多个利益相关者的目标，并应用于一家森林公司逐步淘汰传统砍伐方式的决策，为利益相关者群体、目标和问题的细化概念化提供理论启示。
This article focuses stakeholder theory on that critical juncture where stakeholder relationships and corporate policy decisions converge. A case study methodology is described that permits detailed analyses of multiple stakeholders’ objectives; it is suitable for studies of major corporate strategic decisions that are complex, controversial, involve multiple stakeholders, and require strategic trade-offs. The methodology is applied here to the dramatic decision by a Pacific Northwest forest company to phase out traditional clear-cut harvesting methods of old-growth forests. The study’s findings point to new research questions and have theoretical implications for a finer grained conceptualization of stakeholder groups, stakeholder objectives, and stakeholder issues.