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November 2009



  
2009 Ivey PhD Sustainability Academy Award

The Network for Business Sustainability is pleased to announce that Simona Giorgi, of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, has been awarded Best Paper Honours at this year's Ivey PhD Sustainability Academy, held from Oct 22-27, 2009. The award is valued at $500.

The paper is entitled " Wild by Design? Agency, Framing, and Joint Action Mobilization for Ecosystem Restoration in Chicago".

Abstract:

This study examines the struggle of an environmental entrepreneur in introducing an innovative practice of cleaning municipal water without the construction of steel-and-cement plants and the use of chemicals. This study examines the struggle of an environmental entrepreneur in introducing an innovative practice of cleaning municipal water without the construction of steel-and-cement plants and the use of chemicals. In particular, it explores the impact of such organization's language in preventing the cooperation of a key potential ally, a consortium of other environmental non-profit organizations that share its specific goal of restoring ecosystems in Illinois. Relying on extensive qualitative data and a content analysis of each organization's discursive production between 2002 and 2008, I show how symbols can constrain an organization's ability to stimulate cooperation, hence negatively impacting its effectiveness in introducing change.  
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