BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250818T233426EDT-4170VufZRX@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250819T033426Z DESCRIPTION:Frank Wijen\n\nProfessor of Global Sustainable Strategies\n KU L euven’s Faculty of Economics and Business and Visiting Professor at HEC Pa ris\n\nThe Impact of Institutions on Wineries’ Adaptation to Climate Chang e\n\nDate: Friday\, February 9\, 2024\n Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM\n Location: VIRTUAL WORKSHOP\n\nRSVP by Tuesday\, February 6\, 2024\n\nPlease contact lijuan.xue2 [at] mcgill.ca (subject: CSSO%20speaker%20series) (Lijuan Xu e) for details.\n\n\nAbstract: \n\nFirms join institutions voluntarily to gain legitimacy and commercial benefits. In return\, they submit to member ship rules and practice standards. Under external conditions such as clima te change\, this can pose a dilemma: climate-sensitive firms may enjoy imp ortant benefits from their institutional membership while being heavily co nstrained in implementing the requisite adaptation measures. To explore th is undertheorized tension\, we compare strategic adaptation to climate cha nge in the wine industry in France\, where firms join collectives with str ictly defined membership rules and practices\, to adaptation in California \, where firms face hardly any membership conditions. We identify two type s of institutional influences. Dogmatic institutions\, with their centrali zed\, directive\, and rigid nature\, impact French wineries in a diametric ally opposed way to the pragmatic institutions prevalent in California. Do gmatic institutions hamper short-term adaptation\, yet surprisingly also d rive longer-term innovation\, as they stimulate the collective quest for s ystemically optimal\, identity-preserving solutions. The ensuing punctuate d equilibrium trajectory of French wineries contrasts with the pragmatism- driven continuous evolution of their Californian counterparts. We contribu te to the institutional and climate-change-adaptation literatures by empir ically unpacking and theorizing the differential impact of dissimilar type s of voluntary institutions on climate adaptation practices.\n DTSTART:20240209T170000Z DTEND:20240209T190000Z SUMMARY:CSSO Speaker Series: Frank Wijen URL:/desautels/channels/event/csso-speaker-series-fran k-wijen-355242 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR