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Hahn, Tobias
Professor, Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability at
Esade
URL Professor
Investigador, IIS - Instituto de Innovación Social
Education
- PhD in Economics and Social Science. Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Master of Environmental Science. Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Biography
Tobias holds a PhD in Economic and Social Sciences from and a Master Degree in Environmental
Science from the University of Lüneburg, Germany. Prior to joining ESADE he was professor
in a business school in France and a project manager in a non-profit research institute
in Germany. His main areas of expertise are in corporate sustainability and organizational
paradox. His main research areas are tensions and paradoxes in corporate sustainability
and CSR, sustainability performance assessment, corporate sustainability strategies,
and stakeholder behavior. His work as been published in journals such as Academy of
Management Review, Organization Studies, Ecological Economics, International Journal
of Production Economics, Journal of Business Ethics, Business & Society, Organization
& Environment, and Business Strategy and the Environment. Tobias is Deputy Editor
of the journal Organization & Environment and Associate Editor of the journal
Business & Society. He also serves as an editorial board member for the journals
Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Organization Studies, Long Range
Planning, and Business Strategy and the Environment. From 2016 to 2020, Tobias was
the president of the Group for Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment
GRONEN.
Selected publications
- Glavas, A., Hahn, T., Jones, D. A. & Willness, C. R. (2024). Predisposed, Exposed, or Both?: How Prosocial Motivation and CSR Education Are Related to Prospective Employees' Desire for Social Impact in Work. Business and Society, 63 (5), pp. 1252-1291. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00076503231182665.
- Molecke, G., Hahn, T. & Pinkse, J. (E-pub ahead of print). (2023). Folding organizational paradoxes: Narrative practices for legitimation amid competing stakeholder demands. Human Relations. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267231186532.
- Hahn, T., Sharma, G. & Glavas, A. (E-pub ahead of print). (2023). Employee-CSR Tensions: Drivers of Employee DisEngagement with Contested CSR Initiatives. Journal of Management Studies, 61 (4), pp. 1364-1392. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12923.
- Hahn, T. & Pinkse, J. (2022). A paradox approach to sustainable product-service systems. Industrial Marketing Management, 105, pp. 182-189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2022.06.004.
- Preuss, L., Pinkse, J., Hahn, T. & Figge, F. (2021). Travelled roads and novel vistas. The Routledge Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility (pp. 342-354). Taylor and Francis Ltd..
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2021). Business- and environment-related drivers of firms' return on natural resources: A configurational approach. Long Range Planning, 54 (4), 102066. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2020.102066.
- Hahn, T. & Tampe, M. (2021). Strategies for regenerative business. Strategic Organization, 19 (3), pp. 456-477. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127020979228.
- Hahn, T. & Knight, E. (2021). The ontology of organizational paradox: A quantum approach. The Academy of Management Review, 46 (2), pp. 362-384. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2018.0408.
- Hahn, T. & Knight, E. (2021, April). A Quantum Approach to Paradox Entails neither Preexisting Tensions nor Asymmetry: Response to Xin Li. The Academy of Management Review, 46 (2), pp. 415-419. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2020.0279.
- Sharma, G., Bartunek, J. M., Buzzanell, P. M., Carmine, S., Endres, C., Etter, M., Fairhurst, G., Hahn, T., Lê, P., Li, X., Pamphile, V., Pradies, C., Putnam, L. L., Rocheville, K., Schad, J., Sheep, M. & Keller, J. (2021). A Paradox Approach to Societal Tensions during the Pandemic Crisis. Journal of Management Inquiry, 30 (2), pp. 121-137. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492620986604.
- Hahn, T., Howard-Grenville, J., Lyon, T., Russo, M. V. & Walls, J. L. (2021). Leadership Forum on Organizations and Sustainability: Taking Stock, Looking Forward. Organization and Environment, 34 (1), pp. 3-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026621992147.
- Knight, E. & Hahn, T. (2021). Paradox and quantum mechanics. Research in the Sociology of Organizations (pp. 129-150). Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X2021000073a010.
- Hahn, T. (2020). Business sustainability as a context for studying hybridity. Research in the Sociology of Organizations (pp. 115-138). Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20200000069006.
- Pinkse, J., Hahn, T. & Figge, F. (2019). SUPERSIZED TENSIONS AND SLIM RESPONSES? THE DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF STRATEGIC TENSIONS AROUND SOCIAL ISSUES. Academy of Management Discoveries, 5 (3), pp. 314-340. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2018.0150.
- Hahn, T. (2019). Supersized tensions and slim responses? The discursive construction of strategic tensions around social issues. Academy of Management Discoveries, 5, pp. 314-340. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amd.2018.0150.
- Gröschl, S., Gabaldón, P. & Hahn, T. (2019). The Co-evolution of Leaders' Cognitive Complexity and Corporate Sustainability: The Case of the CEO of Puma. Journal of Business Ethics, 155 (3), pp. 741-762. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3508-4.
- Hahn, T. & Figge, F. (2018, July). Why Architecture Does Not Matter: On the Fallacy of Sustainability Balanced Scorecards. Journal of Business Ethics, 150 (4), pp. 919-935. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3135-5.
- Hahn, T., Figge, F., Pinkse, J. & Preuss, L. (2018). A Paradox Perspective on Corporate Sustainability: Descriptive, Instrumental, and Normative Aspects. Journal of Business Ethics, 148 (2), pp. 235-248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3587-2.
- Hahn, T. & Albert, N. (2017). Strong Reciprocity in Consumer Boycotts. Journal of Business Ethics, 145 (3), pp. 509-524. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2870-3.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2017). Sustainable value added A new approach to measuring corporate sustainable performance. Managing the Business Case for Sustainability (pp. 146-164). Taylor and Francis Ltd..
- Hahn, T., Figge, F., Aragón-Correa, J. A. & Sharma, S. (2017). Advancing Research on Corporate Sustainability: Off to Pastures New or Back to the Roots?. Business and Society, 56 (2), pp. 155-185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650315576152.
- Neugebauer, F., Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2016). Planned or Emergent Strategy Making? Exploring the Formation of Corporate Sustainability Strategies. Business Strategy and the Environment, 25 (5), pp. 323-336. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1875.
- Hahn, T., Pinkse, J., Preuss, L. & Figge, F. (2016). Ambidexterity for Corporate Social Performance. Organization Studies, 37 (2), pp. 213-235. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840615604506.
- Hahn, T. & Aragón-Correa, J. A. (2015). Toward Cognitive Plurality on Corporate Sustainability in Organizations: The Role of Organizational Factors. Organization and Environment, 28 (3), pp. 255-263. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026615604446.
- Hahn, T., Pinkse, J., Preuss, L. & Figge, F. (2015). Tensions in Corporate Sustainability: Towards an Integrative Framework. Journal of Business Ethics, 127 (2), pp. 297-316. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2047-5.
- Hahn, T. (2015). Reciprocal Stakeholder Behavior: A Motive-Based Approach to the Implementation of Normative Stakeholder Demands. Business and Society, 54 (1), pp. 9-51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650312439029.
- Hahn, T. (2015). Cross-industry innovation processes: Strategic implications for telecommunication companies. Springer Fachmedien. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08827-9.
- Hahn, T., Preuss, L., Pinkse, J. & Figge, F. (2014). Cognitive frames in corporate sustainability: Managerial sensemaking with paradoxical and business case frames. The Academy of Management Review, 39 (4), pp. 463-487. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2012.0341.
- Figge, F., Hahn, T. & Barkemeyer, R. (2014). The If, How and Where of assessing sustainable resource use. Ecological Economics, 105, pp. 274-283. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.06.010.
- Hahn, T. & Preuss, L. (2014). Cognitive frames in corporate sustainability: Managerial sensemaking with paradoxical and business case frames. The Academy of Management Review, 39, pp. 463-487. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2012.0341.
- Hahn, T. & Pinkse, J. (2014). Private Environmental Governance Through Cross-Sector Partnerships: Tensions Between Competition and Effectiveness. Organization and Environment, 27 (2), pp. 140-160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026614530996.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2013). Value drivers of corporate eco-efficiency: Management accounting information for the efficient use of environmental resources. Management Accounting Research, 24 (4), pp. 387-400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mar.2013.06.009.
- Comyns, B., Figge, F., Hahn, T. & Barkemeyer, R. (2013). Sustainability reporting: The role of 'Search', 'Experience' and 'Credence' information. Accounting Forum, 37 (3), pp. 231-243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2013.04.006.
- Liesen, A., Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2013). Net Present Sustainable Value: A New Approach to Sustainable Investment Appraisal. Strategic Change, 22 (3-4), pp. 175-189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1931.
- Figge, F., Hahn, T. & Liesen, A. (2013). Net present sustainable value: A new approach to sustainable investment appraisal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1931.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2012). Is green and profitable sustainable? Assessing the trade-off between economic and environmental aspects. International Journal of Production Economics, 140 (1), pp. 92-102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.02.001.
- Hahn, T., Figge, F. & Liesen, A. (2012). Assessing Trade-Offs in Investments for the Environment - The Case of a VOC-Reduction Investment at AUTO Group. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 19 (2), pp. 114-128. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.292.
- Hahn, T. & Figge, F. (2011). Beyond the Bounded Instrumentality in Current Corporate Sustainability Research: Toward an Inclusive Notion of Profitability. Journal of Business Ethics, 104 (3), pp. 325-345. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0911-0.
- Hahn, T., Figge, F., Liesen, A. & Barkemeyer, R. (2010). Opportunity cost based analysis of corporate eco-efficiency: A methodology and its application to the CO2-efficiency of German companies. Journal of Environmental Management, 91 (10), pp. 1997-2007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.05.004.
- Hahn, T., Figge, F., Pinkse, J. & Preuss, L. (2010). Editorial Trade-Offs in Corporate Sustainability: You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It. Business Strategy and the Environment, 19 (4), pp. 217-229. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.674.
- Hahn, T., Kolk, A. & Winn, M. (2010). A new future for business?rethinking management theory and business strategy. Business and Society, 49 (3), pp. 385-401. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650310371357.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2009). Not measuring sustainable value at all: A response to Kuosmanen and Kuosmanen. Ecological Economics, 69 (2), pp. 244-249. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.08.003.
- Barkemeyer, R., Figge, F., Hahn, T. & Holt, D. (2009). What the papers say: Trends in sustainability. A comparative analysis of 115 leading national newspapers worldwide. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9774/GLEAF.4700.2009.sp.00009.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2008). Limits of shareholder value to achieving global sustainability. Innovative Approaches to Global Sustainability (pp. 63-81). Palgrave MacMillan. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230616646.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2008). Sustainable investment analysis with the sustainable value approach - A plea and a methodology to overcome the instrumental bias in socially responsible investment research. Progress in Industrial Ecology, 5 (3), pp. 255-272. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/PIE.2008.019128.
- Hahn, T., Figge, F. & Barkemeyer, R. (2007). Sustainable Value creation among companies in the manufacturing sector. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 7 (5-6), pp. 496-512. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2007.015627.
- Hahn, T. & Scheermesser, M. (2006, July). Approaches to corporate sustainability among German companies. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 13 (3), pp. 150-165. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.100.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2005). The cost of sustainability capital and the creation of sustainable value by companies. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9 (4), pp. 47-58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/108819805775247936.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2004). Value-oriented impact assessment: The economics of a new approach to impact assessment. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 47 (6), pp. 921-941. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0964056042000284901.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2004). Sustainable Value Added - Measuring corporate contributions to sustainability beyond eco-efficiency. Ecological Economics, 48 (2), pp. 173-187. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2003.08.005.
- Figge, F. & Hahn, T. (2004). Sustainable value added - Ein neues maß des nachhaltigkeitsbeitrags von unternehmen am beispiel der Henkel KGaA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/vjh.73.1.126.
- Figge, F., Hahn, T., Schaltegger, S. T. & Wagner, M. (2002). The sustainability balanced scorecard - Linking sustainability management to business strategy. Business Strategy and the Environment, 11 (5), pp. 269-284. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.339.
- Burritt, R. L., Hahn, T. & Schaltegger, S. T. (2002). Towards a comprehensive framework for environmental management accounting - Links between business actors and environmental management accounting tools. Australian Accounting Review, 12 (27), pp. 39-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1835-2561.2002.tb00202.x.