New article published in Business & Society

In the article, we suggest that a cross-scale perspective is valuable for studies of organizational resilience. Existing research in organization studies primarily focuses on the resilience of organizations, that is, the factors that enhance or detract from an organization’s viability in the face of threat. While this organization level focus makes important contributions to theory, organizational resilience is also intrinsically dependent upon the resilience of broader social-ecological systems in which the firm is embedded.  We suggest that insights from natural science may help organizational scholars to examine cross-scale resilience and conceptualize organizational actions within and across temporal and spatial dynamics. external pageLink to the full papercall_made.

We also offer advice for managers based on our theoretical developments about how to tackle the palm oil crisis differently.  Many companies are working hard to address the issue by setting ambitious deforestation targets and certification of sustainable palm oil.   However, despite these efforts emissions and deforestation rates are still rising.  To drive meaningful action towards halting deforestation for palm oil production, we suggest that managers can move away from firm-centric approaches, pay attention to subtle ecological cues and restore ecosystem resilience. external pageLink to the full blog postcall_made.