Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change - A Sensemaking Perspective on How Institutional Investors May Drive Corporate Social Responsibility

Foreword

Preface

Summary of Contents

Contents

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1.1 Context and Motivation of the Study

1.2 Previous Literature and Research Relevance

1.3 Research Approach and Theory Perspective

1.4 Research Objective and Scope of the Study

1.5 Course of Investigation

2 Responsible Investment and the Claim of Corporate Change

2.1 The Phenomenon of Responsible Investment

2.2 The Practice of Responsible Investment

2.3 The Link to Corporate Social Responsibility

3 Towards a Process Model of Responsible Investment

3.1 Responsible Investment in the Light of Agency Theory

3.2 Towards a New Conceptualization of Responsible Investment

3.3 Introducing Sensemaking Studies as Underlying Theory

3.4 Interim Conclusion I: A Framework to Analyze Responsible Investment as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility

4 Making Sense of Responsible Investment as A Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility

4.1 How Institutional Investors and Corporations Enact Their Sense of Responsibility

4.2 How Institutional Investors and Corporations Interact

4.3 How Institutional Investors May Change a Corporation’s Sense of Responsibility

4.4 Interim Conclusion II: A Process Model of Responsible Investment as a Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility

5 Implications for Practitioners and Researchers

5.1 Implications for Institutional Investors

5.2 Implications for Researchers

6 Concluding Remarks

Appendix

Bibliography