Sub-theme 38: Social Studies of Finance: Implications for a Financialized Economy

Convenors:
Paula Jarzabkowski, University of London, United Kingdom
Emilio Marti, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Daniel Beunza, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Session I: Thursday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, TLÜ, Mare, M-328
Introduction / Legitimizing and Categorizing Financial Products
Chair: Paula Jarzabkowski
Diane-Laure Arjaliès and Rodolphe Durand
Product categories as judgment devices: The moral awakening of the investment industry
Adam Lukojc
The legitimization of mutual fund managers: Metaphors and methods
Session II: Thursday, July 05, 11:00 to 12:30, TLÜ, Mare, M-328
Security Analysts and Forecasting
Chair: Daniel Beunza
Shipeng Yan
Chartered financial analysts and index funds
Young-Chul Jeong and Jisun Yu
Professionals as an agent of globalization: Examining the role of security analysts in financial globalization, 1987–2007
Stefan Schwarzkopf
Market atmospheres: An alternative genealogy of financial barometers
Session III: Thursday, July 05, 16:00 to 17:30, TLÜ, Mare, M-328
Financial Regulation
Chair: Emilio Marti
Johannes M. Lehner
Exploiting equivocality for financial innovation. The cases of credit default wwaps and blockchain
Claudine Mangen
Expertise and institutional logics: A case study of a regulatory initiative in Canada
Jan Zonneveld
State involvement as a necessary condition for the development of banks
Session IV: Friday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, TLÜ, Mare, M-328
Shareholder-company Interactions
Chair: Paula Jarzabkowski
Bryan T. Stinchfield
Private equity and private military companies: Trends and risks to society
Mark R. DesJardine
What about the others? How hedge fund activism affects corporate social and environmental performance
Lambert Jerman and Samuel Sponem
Crafting informational benefits: A micro-level analysis of the representational work of CFOs
Session V: Friday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, TLÜ, Mare, M-328
Socially Responsible Investing
Chair: Daniel Beunza
Niamh O'Sullivan and Jean-Pascal Gond
Private shareholder engagement as practice: Unpacking the un/intended effects of investor environmental social and governance engagement
Christel Dumas and Céline Louche
Legitimizing paradoxical practices: the case of ESG investing
Stephanie Giamporcaro, Andrew Hickson-Mahoney , George Kuk and Falko Paetzold
Exploring the Intention-Behavior Gap in SRI: The case of High Net Worth Individuals in South Africa
Session VI: Saturday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:30, TLÜ, Mare, M-328
Financialization of the Economy / Conclusion
Chair: Emilio Marti
Omid Omidvar, Mehdi Safavi and Vern L. Glaser
Financial crisis under microscope: the dynamic inertia of credit rating routine
Johanna Järvelä and Nikodemus Solitander
The financialization and responsibilization of development aid
Session VII: Saturday, July 07, 11:00 to 12:30, TLÜ, Mare, M-328
Open Session for Additional Feedback from Convenors and Participants
Chair: Paula Jarzabkowski, Emilio Marti & Daniel Beunza