dr. Nikolas Rathert

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor of Organization Studies at Tilburg University. My research and teaching focus on the interplay of business and society: how market actors such as corporations and social enterprises can become instrumental in addressing a range of complex social and environmental challenges. My work has been published, among others, in the Journal of International Business Studies, Business & Society, and Socio-Economic Review.

I have a PhD in Management from the Freie Universitaet Berlin and have held visiting positions at the Kellogg School of Management and Cornell University, where I was a Fulbright Scholar. Currently, I am the program coordinator of the Organizing for Global Social Issues track in the Master Organization and Management Studies. 

Courses

• International Organisations
• Wicked Problems 301: Interv. Theories
• Class Meeting GMSI (Pass) - Year 2
• Societal Developments and Institutions
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Top publications

1. Alternative organizing with social purpose - Revisiting institutional…

   Mair, J., & Rathert, N. (2021). Alternative organizing with social purpose: Revisiting institutional analysis of market-based activity. Socio-Economic Review, 19(2), 817-836.

2. Sustaining the integration of social objectives over time - A case-ba…

   Bünder, T., Rathert, N., & Mair, J. (2024). Sustaining the integration of social objectives over time: A case-based analysis of access to medicine in the pharmaceutical industry. Business & Society, 63(5), 1110–1148.

3. Strategies of legitimation - MNEs and the adoption of CSR in response…

   Rathert, N. (2016). Strategies of legitimation: MNEs and the adoption of CSR in response to host-country institutions. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(7), 858–879.

4. Let’s talk about problems - Advancing research on hybrid organizing, …

   Mair, J., & Rathert, N. (2020). Let’s talk about problems: Advancing research on hybrid organizing, social enterprises, and institutional context. In M. L. Besharov, & B. C. Mitzinneck (Eds.), Research in the sociology of organizations: Organizational hybridity: Perspectives, processes, promises (Vol. 69, pp. 189–208). (Research in the Sociology of Organizations). Emerald Publishing.

5. Private governance as regulatory substitute or complement? - A compar…

   Jackson, G., & Rathert, N. (2017). Private governance as regulatory substitute or complement? A comparative institutional approach to CSR adoption by multinational corporations. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 49, 445-478.