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Social demands as strategic issues: Some conceptual problems

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  • Francisco J. Arcelus
  • Norbert V. Schaefer

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We argue that business firms are faced with new and changing social demands, and that it will be advantageous to the firm to treat the social demands as strategic issues. However, responding to these social demands strategically requires the application of new managerial concepts and techniques. In this paper we extend conceptually the lead‐lag methodology of Ackerman and Bauer (1976), developed to deal with the evolutionary nature of social demands. Then we describe the problems of measurement, uncertainty and lack of common units of measures that have to be overcome before the responses to the social demands can be included in the strategic planning and budget process.

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  • Francisco J. Arcelus & Norbert V. Schaefer, 1982. "Social demands as strategic issues: Some conceptual problems," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 3(4), pages 347-357, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:stratm:v:3:y:1982:i:4:p:347-357
    DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250030406
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    1. Carlos A. Osorio & Dov Dori & Joseph Sussman, 2011. "COIM: An object‐process based method for analyzing architectures of complex, interconnected, large‐scale socio‐technical systems," Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(4), pages 364-382, December.
    2. Alan Singer, 2010. "Integrating Ethics and Strategy: A Pragmatic Approach," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 92(4), pages 479-491, April.
    3. Thibault Daudigeos & Aurélien Acquier & Bertrand Valiorgue, 2010. "Que peut nous apprendre le courant de la Corporate Social Responsiveness sur les démarches de développement durable des entreprises contemporaines," Working Papers hal-00526742, HAL.
    4. Thibault Daudigeos & Aurélien Acquier & Bertrand Valiorgue, 2010. "Que peut nous apprendre le courant de la Corporate Social Responsiveness sur les démarches de développement durable des entreprises contemporaines," Working paper serie RMT - Grenoble Ecole de Management hal-00526742, HAL.

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