MMTC research Seminar presented by guest Cinzia Battistella (University of Udine, Italy)
21
January
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21
January
12:00
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13:00
Online-contact for zoom link
<p><strong>Title:</strong> <em>Proximity Strategies for Stakeholder Engagement in Business Models for Sustainability</em></p><p>Engaging stakeholders effectively is a cornerstone of sustainable business models, yet many organisations struggle to put it into practice. This seminar explores how <em>proximity</em>—the closeness in identity, function, production, or community—can serve as a powerful lever for stakeholder engagement. Drawing on multiple case studies, Cinzia Battistella and her co-authors propose a conceptual framework that combines five proximity dimensions and three strategic approaches (adaptation, association, and identity) to better integrate stakeholder engagement into business models for sustainability. The findings offer both conceptual clarity and practical insights for academics and practitioners seeking to bridge sustainability and collaboration in meaningful ways.</p>
21
January
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21
January
12:00
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13:00
Location
Online-contact for zoom link
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MMTC research Seminar presented by guest Cinzia Battistella (University of Udine, Italy)
Title: Proximity Strategies for Stakeholder Engagement in Business Models for Sustainability
Engaging stakeholders effectively is a cornerstone of sustainable business models, yet many organisations struggle to put it into practice. This seminar explores how proximity—the closeness in identity, function, production, or community—can serve as a powerful lever for stakeholder engagement. Drawing on multiple case studies, Cinzia Battistella and her co-authors propose a conceptual framework that combines five proximity dimensions and three strategic approaches (adaptation, association, and identity) to better integrate stakeholder engagement into business models for sustainability. The findings offer both conceptual clarity and practical insights for academics and practitioners seeking to bridge sustainability and collaboration in meaningful ways.
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC breakfast meeting
2
February
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2
February
08:30
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09:30
<p>MMTC monthly information meeting </p>
2
February
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2
February
08:30
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09:30
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MMTC breakfast meeting
MMTC monthly information meeting
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar - online
4
February
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4
February
13:15
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14:45
Online-contact for zoom link
<p>MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar - online</p><p>https://datamethodsinitiative.org/</p>
4
February
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4
February
13:15
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14:45
Location
Online-contact for zoom link
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar - online
MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar - online
https://datamethodsinitiative.org/
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC research Seminar presented by Timur Uman, Miguel Gil and Mart Ots
18
February
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18
February
12:00
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13:00
<p>Integrating Sustainability Control in Retail: An Architecture-Context Fit Perspective</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>This article examines the conditions under which organisations effectively integrate sustainability controls into their broader management control architectures, and the combinations of controls that enable this integration. Drawing on a qualitative, multiple-case study of three market-leading Swedish retailers, we analyse how three architectural linkages – embedding sustainability KPIs in planning and budgeting, connecting targets to incentives or pricing, and routine cross-functional reviews – fit distinct contingency profiles related to strategy and sustainability priorities, ownership and governance structures, regulatory or assurance exposure, and supply-chain or digital complexity. The findings indicate that deeper coupling occurs when sustainability priorities are paired with selective incentive or pricing mechanisms, when regulatory or assurance exposure strengthens administrative anchoring via committees or routine KPI reviews, and when interactive forums translate sustainability indicators into resource allocation decisions in logistics-intensive areas. The cases also reveal recurring limitations, including symbolic adoption, peripheral KPIs, uneven incentive linkages, and measurement-action gaps, suggesting that shortfalls often stem from design-use mismatches rather than missing control elements. Across the three retailers, multiple architectures prove effective when aligned with contextual contingencies. The study advances sustainability accounting by shifting the focus from selecting individual controls to achieving architecture-context fit, and clarifying where reinforcing linkages most effectively support sustainability integration.</p><p>Join us in <strong>B6046 or online</strong>!</p>
18
February
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18
February
12:00
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13:00
Location
B6046 and online
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MMTC research Seminar presented by Timur Uman, Miguel Gil and Mart Ots
Integrating Sustainability Control in Retail: An Architecture-Context Fit Perspective
Abstract
This article examines the conditions under which organisations effectively integrate sustainability controls into their broader management control architectures, and the combinations of controls that enable this integration. Drawing on a qualitative, multiple-case study of three market-leading Swedish retailers, we analyse how three architectural linkages – embedding sustainability KPIs in planning and budgeting, connecting targets to incentives or pricing, and routine cross-functional reviews – fit distinct contingency profiles related to strategy and sustainability priorities, ownership and governance structures, regulatory or assurance exposure, and supply-chain or digital complexity. The findings indicate that deeper coupling occurs when sustainability priorities are paired with selective incentive or pricing mechanisms, when regulatory or assurance exposure strengthens administrative anchoring via committees or routine KPI reviews, and when interactive forums translate sustainability indicators into resource allocation decisions in logistics-intensive areas. The cases also reveal recurring limitations, including symbolic adoption, peripheral KPIs, uneven incentive linkages, and measurement-action gaps, suggesting that shortfalls often stem from design-use mismatches rather than missing control elements. Across the three retailers, multiple architectures prove effective when aligned with contextual contingencies. The study advances sustainability accounting by shifting the focus from selecting individual controls to achieving architecture-context fit, and clarifying where reinforcing linkages most effectively support sustainability integration.
Join us in B6046 or online!
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC breakfast meeting
2
March
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2
March
08:30
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09:30
<p>MMTC monthly information meeting </p>
2
March
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2
March
08:30
-
09:30
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MMTC breakfast meeting
MMTC monthly information meeting
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
4
March
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4
March
13:15
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14:45
Online-contact for zoom link
<p>MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar </p><p>https://datamethodsinitiative.org/</p>
4
March
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4
March
13:15
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14:45
Location
Online-contact for zoom link
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
https://datamethodsinitiative.org/
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
|
MMTC research Seminar
11
March
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11
March
12:00
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13:00
<p>Details to come</p>
11
March
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11
March
12:00
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13:00
Location
B6046 and online
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MMTC research Seminar
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC research Seminar
18
March
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18
March
12:00
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13:00
<p>Details to come</p>
18
March
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18
March
12:00
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13:00
Location
B6046 and online
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MMTC research Seminar
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
1
April
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1
April
13:15
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14:45
Online-contact for zoom link
<p>MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar </p><p>datamethodsinitiative.org</p>
1
April
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1
April
13:15
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14:45
Location
Online-contact for zoom link
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
datamethodsinitiative.org
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
|
MMTC breakfast meeting
13
April
-
13
April
08:30
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09:30
<p>MMTC monthly information meeting </p>
13
April
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13
April
08:30
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09:30
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MMTC breakfast meeting
MMTC monthly information meeting
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC research Seminar presented by Adele Berndt & Luigi Servadio
22
April
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22
April
12:00
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13:00
<p>Details to come</p>
22
April
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22
April
12:00
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13:00
Location
B6046 and online
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MMTC research Seminar presented by Adele Berndt & Luigi Servadio
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC breakfast meeting
4
May
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4
May
08:30
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09:30
<p>MMTC monthly information meeting </p>
4
May
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4
May
08:30
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09:30
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MMTC breakfast meeting
MMTC monthly information meeting
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
6
May
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6
May
13:15
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14:45
Online-contact for zoom link
<p>MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar - details to come</p>
6
May
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6
May
13:15
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14:45
Location
Online-contact for zoom link
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar - details to come
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC research Seminar presented by guest Monica Porzionato
20
May
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20
May
12:00
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13:00
<p>Details to come</p>
20
May
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20
May
12:00
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13:00
Location
B6046 and online
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MMTC research Seminar presented by guest Monica Porzionato
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC research Seminar
27
May
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27
May
12:00
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13:00
<p>Details to come</p>
27
May
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27
May
12:00
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13:00
Location
B6046 and online
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MMTC research Seminar
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC breakfast meeting
1
June
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1
June
08:30
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09:30
<p>MMTC monthly information meeting </p>
1
June
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1
June
08:30
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09:30
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MMTC breakfast meeting
MMTC monthly information meeting
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
3
June
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3
June
13:15
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14:45
Online-contact for zoom link
<p>MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar </p><p>datamethodsinitiative.org</p>
3
June
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3
June
13:15
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14:45
Location
Online-contact for zoom link
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MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
MMTC's Data Methods Initiative seminar
datamethodsinitiative.org
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
|
MMTC research Seminar
10
June
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10
June
12:00
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13:00
<p>Details to come</p>
10
June
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10
June
12:00
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13:00
Location
B6046 and online
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MMTC research Seminar
Organizer:
Media, Management and Transformation Centre
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