We demonstrate that stakeholder-oriented multi-criteria analysis (MCA) can adequately address a variety of sustainable development dilemmas in decision-making, especially when applied to complex project evaluations involving multiple objectives and multiple stakeholder groups. Such evaluations are typically geared towards satisfying simultaneously private economic goals, broader social objectiv...

The importance of organizational-stakeholder relationships has and continues to be of interest in the organizational studies literature. The relevance of this topic is even greater given the recent governance failures involving Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom. Indeed, an excessive emphasis on stockholders is blamed for the neglect of other legitimate stakeholder groups. We should acknowledge that the...

Stakeholder-developed interventions are needed to support pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) communication and decision-making. Few publications delineate methods and outcomes of stakeholder engagement in research. We describe the process and impact of stakeholder engagement on developing a PICU communication and decision-making support intervention. We also describe the resultant interventio...

Introduction and State-of-the-Art The rationale of stakeholder involvement Stakeholder involvement refers to participation of interest groups (i.e. representatives of locally affected communities, national or local government authorities, politicians, civil society organizations and businesses) in a planning or decision-making process. To define ‘stakeholders’ in the context of OpenNESS, we pro...

BACKGROUND When developing intervention research, it is important to explore issues from the community perspective. Interventions that promote adolescent health in South Africa are urgently needed, and Project Ntshembo ('hope') aims to improve the health of young women and their offspring in the Agincourt sub-district of rural northeast South Africa, actively using stakeholder involvement throu...

In spite of much research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) responses to secondary stakeholders (i.e., social movements, activists, media, civil society and non-governmental organizations), the debate on how companies learn from pressure and collaboration with these societal groups is still open. Building upon stakeholder and knowledge management theories, this paper analyzes how seconda...

Social media has found its place in the digital economy. Social media tools offer easy, interactive and cost-efficient possibilities to interact with various stakeholders. Not only the mere availability of social media tools but also their implementation renders benefits to an organization. Consequently, evidence from practice indicates that social media is an appropriate way to establish stake...

While newborn blood spot screening has historically been viewed as a public health success, the potential harms and benefits are more finely balanced for new conditions being considered for program expansion. We highlight complex issues that must be addressed in policy decisions, which in turn requires a consideration of many stakeholder perspectives. Using national policy documents from the Un...

A key challenge for research roadmapping in the crisis response and management domain is articulation of a shared vision that describes what the future can and should include. Visioning allows for far-reaching stakeholder engagement that can properly align research with stakeholders' needs. Engagement includes feedback from researchers, policy makers, general public, and end-users on technical ...

In medical information system evaluation research, often multi-disciplinary by nature, understanding of stakeholder thinking seems to be more vital than in many other areas of system evaluation. However, stakeholder groups are rarely addressed empirically or theoretically in health care related literature. In general in information systems science, four different stakeholder groups are consider...