This paper investigates the process through which firms and non-profit organizations (NPOs) reconcile divergent worldviews in the development of firm-NPO partnerships. Drawing on data from two long-lived firm-NPO partnerships, this study suggests that the dynamics of reconciliation in situations...

In this chapter, we reexamine the notion that socially responsible behavior by firms will lead to increased financial performance. By identifying the underlying processes, institutional settings, and actors involved, we present a framework that is more attentive to the multiplicity and...

This paper seeks to understand how new practices that challenge established norms and values become institutionalized by studying the development of corporate philanthropy in France over three decades (1979–2011). Our inductive qualitative study uncovers the processes that enable actors at...