Ever since Freeman (1984) made a persuasive case for attention to stakeholder interests as critical to firm success overriding the erstwhile dominant shareholder model, a debate has raged consistently about which aspect is central to the stakeholder theory, and more importantly, what might be the process of stakeholder identification (Berman et al., 1999). The recent increase in awareness of co...

Stakeholder theory has become increasingly intertwined with the strategic management discourse. Stakeholder approaches to strategic management have been presented as capable of delivering enhanced business performance and social responsibility, though empirical studies of such capability are rare and their results inconclusive, and the debate goes on. Critics of stakeholder theory dismiss it as...

Setting directions and goals for animal production systems requires the integration of information achieved through internal and external processes. The importance of stakeholder input in setting goals for sustainable animal production systems should not be overlooked by the agricultural animal industries. Stakeholders play an integral role in setting the course for many aspects of animal produ...

The growing popularity of stakeholder analysis reflects an increasing recognition of how the characteristics of stakeholders--individuals, groups and organizations--influence decision-making processes. This paper reviews the origins and uses of stakeholder analysis, as described in the policy, health care management and development literature. Its roots are in the political and policy sciences,...

Measuring viewer interactions through detailed analytics will be crucial to improving the overall performance of future open display networks. However, in contrast to traditional sign and web analytics systems, such display networks are likely to feature multiple stakeholders each with the ability to collect a subset of the required analytics information. Combining analytics data from multiple ...

The management of environmental programs affects a great variety of issues and involves several stakeholders with diverse, and often conflicting, concerns. Any methodology proposed for environmental decision making should, then, be capable of integrating technical and value-laden objectives in a framework which ensures process transparency. Furthermore, only a methodology simple and easy to imp...

A key priority for the Learning & Skills Council, as identified in Skills in England 2002, is to work ‘with employers to break the vicious circle of low skill equilibrium’ with a view to raising awareness of the skills needed to improve performance. One possible way forward is for work-based leaning providers to work more closely with employers, developing partnerships across the sector in an a...

This paper presents a systematic review of relevant published studies related to topics in Requirements Engineering, specifically, concerning stakeholder identification methods in requirements elicitation, dated from 1984 to 2011. Addressing four specific research questions, this systematic literature review shows the following evidence gathered from these studies: current status of stakeholder...

BACKGROUND There are numerous barriers to successfully implementing computerized provider order entry (CPOE), and it is not entirely clear to what degree the proposed benefits extend to older, commercially available systems in place at most hospitals. METHODS In 2000, Loyola University Health System leadership chartered a project to implement CPOE for hospitalized patients' medications. The i...

PURPOSE Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures offer value for clinicians and researchers, although priorities and value propositions can conflict. PRO implementation in clinical practice may benefit from stakeholder engagement methods to align research and clinical practice stakeholder perspectives. The objective is to demonstrate the use of stakeholder engagement in PRO implementation. MET...