http://repub.eur.nl/res/concept/jel-Q0/ Recent publications classified by JEL Code Q0 en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/34900/ 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z De Nederlandse versie van de in het Engels uitgesproken rede ter gelegenheid van het afscheid als Full Professor of Management aan de Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, op 11 mei 2012 Bosch, F.A.J. van den http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/34870/ 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z Abstract. In his Farewell Lecture, referring to the statement “Nothing is as practical as good theory”, Professor Van Den Bosch elaborates on developing “good” Management Theory and its practical application to business and society. Management is likely to be the most valuable resource of goal-oriented organizations. However, nowadays in the media and in public debate the diminishing legitimacy of managers is coming under discussion. This raises the challenging question: are managers losing their societal legitimacy? If this is the case, the second question arises: how can a more solid theoretical foundation of Management contribute to new insights in terms of its role – as an alternative to the Market – as a coordinating mechanism for creating value for business and society? Regarding both questions, the following four scientific challenges are addressed. First, the case is made that a managerial perspective on Research into Management is required. Second, taking a context-neutral approach in defining Management, it is proposed to focus on generic core activities of Management. Third, it is suggested that the creation of strategic value for society should be defined as the purpose of Management of organizations. Fourth, based on recent contributions to the literature, the importance for practice of strategic value creating Management Models are discussed, including a current appli - cation in the context of Shared Value Creation. Finally, the problems and challenges of changing the Management Model of an organization, i.e. Management Innovation, are highlighted. The lecture is concluded with four recommendations. These recommen - dations are directed to scientists in the field of Research in Management, to Schools of Management, to the practice of Management, and to governmental and regulatory agencies. These agencies have to look after Management Models and their strategic value creation for society. In the context of the present financial and economic crisis, it is recommended these agencies have to consider correcting not only the “Invisible Hand” of the Market, but also paying due attention to its close connection with the “Visible Hand” of Management. Bosch, F.A.J. van den http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/26892/ 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z We study the role of information systems in enabling closed-loop supply chains. Past research in green IS and closed-loop supply chains has shown that it can result in substantial cost savings and waste reduction. We complement this research by showing that the effects are more than that: using information systems can also create business value for a firm in closed-loop supply chains. We make a novel distinction between four types of value: sourcing value, environmental value, customer value and informational value. Particularly the last two types have not been recognized in past research. We then analyze 8 cases (2 for each of the 4 value types) to highlight the role that information systems play in enabling this value creation and find three key results. First, we find that IS is an essential enabler for all four value types. Second, while sourcing value and to some extent environmental value, can be created with IS that are internal to the firm, the novel types of value (customer value and informational value) can only be created with information systems that are extraorganizational, i.e. aimed at customers and supply chain partners. Third, the value created by extraorganizational systems can only be created if the appropriate intraorganizational systems are in place. Overall, our results show that substantial value can be gained from implementing green IS in closed-loop supply chains, but that collaboration between all stakeholders in the supply chain is necessary in order to reap the full value. Koppius, O.R. Ozdemir, O. Laan, E.A. van der http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/10887/ 2007-12-20T00:00:00Z This paper develops a strategic perspective for business to address persistent sustainability issues by contributing to the innovation of societal systems. Sustainability issues at the level of societal sectors or domains cannot be addressed by single organizations but require co-evolutionary changes in technology, economy, culture and organizational forms. We present the case of transition management in the Netherlands – an approach combining systems analysis with new modes of governance to influence the direction and speed of structural changes towards sustainability – and the activities of two firms working in this new context. From the two specific cases we conceptualize business strategies at different levels to advance sustainable development. Bakel, J.C. van Loorbach, D.A. Whiteman, G.M. Rotmans, J. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/6598/ 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Geographical economics analyzes the endogenous determination of the location of economic activity in a general equilibrium framework. We investigate the impact of pollution by focusing on the interaction between location advantages and negative pollution externalities associated with local production. We distinguish between two goods (food and manufactures) and two factors of production (mobile human capital and immobile unskilled labor) and show that agglomeration of economic activity tends to become less attractive with pollution, and thus less likely. Moreover, we provide a simple necessary and sufficient condition for the spreading of economic activity to become more attractive, and thus more likely. Marrewijk, J.G.M. van