Prof. Dr. Matthias S. Fifka

Authored Books

• Lund-Durlacher D., Dinica V., Reiser D., Fifka M.:
  Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility in Tourism
  Heidelberg/Berlin: Springer-Gabler, 2019
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15624-4
• Fifka M., Volkens B.:
  Ready for Take-off. Wie die Lufthansa ihr Personal auf die Zukunft vorbereitet.
  Frankfurt: Campus, 2019
• Lund-Durlacher D., Fifka M., Reiser D.:
  CSR und Tourismus
  Heidelberg/Berlin: Springer-Gabler, 2017
  ISBN: 978-3-662-53748-0
• Fifka M., Kraus S.:
  Das mittlere Management –- Rollenkonflikt, Leistungsdruck und Moral
  Köln: Dr. Jürgen Meyer Stiftung, 2013
• Fifka M.:
  Corporate Citizenship in Deutschland und den USA - Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede im gesellschaftlichen Engagement von Unternehmen und das Potential für einen transatlantischen Transfer
  Wiesbaden: Gabler, 2011
• Fifka M.:
  Unternehmensverbände in den USA –- Interessenvermittlung im pluralistischen System
  Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2005

Journal Articles

• Jäger J., Fifka M.:
  The relationship between perceived corporate social responsibility and perceived organisational performance in professional sports organisations
  In: European Sport Management Quarterly (2022)
  ISSN: 1618-4742
  DOI: 10.1080/16184742.2022.2099922
• Jäger J., Fifka M.:
  A comparative study of corporate social responsibility in English and German professional football
  In: Soccer and Society (2020)
  ISSN: 1466-0970
  DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2020.1749052
• Fifka M., Jäger J.:
  CSR in professional European football: an integrative framework
  In: Soccer and Society (2018)
  ISSN: 1466-0970
  DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2018.1487840
• Canzaniello A., Fifka M., Hartmann E.:
  Intra-industry strategic alliances for managing sustainability-related supplier risks: Motivation and outcome.
  In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 47 (2017), p. 387-409
  ISSN: 0960-0035
  DOI: 10.1108/IJPDLM-01-2016-0034
• Fifka M., Kühn AL., Stiglbauer M.:
  One Size Fits All? Convergence in International Corporate Social Responsibility Communication - A Comparative Study of CSR Mission Statements in the U.S. and India
  In: Journal of Public Affairs (2017)
  ISSN: 1472-3891
  DOI: 10.1002/pa.1670
• Hummel K., Schlick C., Fifka M.:
  The Role of Sustainability Performance and Accounting Assurors in Sustainability Assurance Engagements
  In: Journal of Business Ethics (2017)
  ISSN: 0167-4544
  DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3410-5
• Fifka M., Kühn AL., Loza Adaui CR., Stiglbauer M.:
  Promoting development in weak institutional environments: The understanding and transmission of sustainability by NGOs in Latin America
  In: Voluntas 27 (2016), p. 1091-1122
  ISSN: 0957-8765
• Kühn AL., Stiglbauer M., Fifka M.:
  Contents and determinants of corporate social responsibility website reporting in Sub-Saharan Africa: A seven-country study
  In: Business & society (2015)
  ISSN: 0007-6503
  DOI: 10.1177/0007650315614234
• Fifka M., Pobizhan M.:
  An Institutional Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility in Russia
  In: Journal of Cleaner Production 82 (2014), p. 192--201
  ISSN: 0959-6526
• Fifka M., Berg N.:
  Managing Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility – From Strategies to Implementation
  In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (2014)
  ISSN: 1535-3958
• Fifka M., Berg N.:
  Managing Corporate Social Responsibility For The Sake Of Business And Society
  In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 21 (2014), p. 253-257
  ISSN: 1535-3958
  DOI: 10.1002/csr.1334
• Fifka M.:
  Corporate Citizenship in Germany and the United States - Differing Perceptions and Practices in Transatlantic Comparison
  In: Business ethics : a European review 22 (2013), p. 341-356
  ISSN: 0962-8770
• Fifka M.:
  Corporate Responsibility Reporting and Its Determinants in Comparative Perspective - A Review of the Empirical Literature and a Meta-Analysis
  In: Business Strategy and the Environment 22 (2013), p. 1-35
  ISSN: 0964-4733
  DOI: 10.1002/bse.729
• Fifka M., Teodoreanu I.:
  Does Gender Matter? The Differing Perception of Business Ethics
  In: Journal of Business Ethics Education (2013)
  ISSN: 1649-5195
• Fifka M.:
  The Irony of Stakeholder Management in Germany - The Difficulty of Implementing an Essential Concept for CSR
  In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum 21 (2013), p. 113-118
  ISSN: 0943-3481
  DOI: 10.1007/s00550-013-0268-1
• Fifka M., Drabble M.:
  Focus and Standardization of Sustainability Reporting – A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom and Finland
  In: Business Strategy and the Environment 21 (2012), p. 455--474
  ISSN: 0964-4733
• Fifka M.:
  The Development and State of Research on Social and Environmental Reporting in Global Comparison
  In: Journal für Betriebswirtschaft 62 (2012), p. 45-84
  ISSN: 0344-9327
  DOI: 10.1007/s11301-012-0083-8
• Fifka M.:
  Corporate Responsibility as Business Diplomacy
  In: Exchange – the Magazine for International Business and Diplomacy 1 (2010), p. 22-23
  ISSN: 2045-3175
• Fifka M.:
  Taking the Path of Corporate Citizenship
  In: Praxis 2 (2010), p. 2-5
  URL: http://www.matthias-fifka.de/aufsaetze/2010-TakingThePathOfCC.pdf
• Fifka M.:
  Die deutsche Wiedervereinigung aus amerikanischer Perspektive
  In: Forum Politik-Unterricht (2009), p. 34-38
  ISSN: 0941-5874
• Fifka M.:
  Towards a More Business-Oriented Definition of Corporate Social Responsibility: Discussing the Core Controversies of a Well-Established Concept
  In: Journal of Service Science and Management 2 (2009), p. 312-321
  ISSN: 1940-9893
• Fifka M.:
  Corporate Scandals - Die Bush-Administration und die Reform von Corporate Governance
  In: Amerikastudien 53 (2008), p. 443-462
  ISSN: 0340-2827
• Fifka M.:
  The Baltics –- Continuing Boom or Bursting Bubble?
  In: Business Economics 43 (2008), p. 40--51
  ISSN: 0007-666X
• Fifka M.:
  Party and Interest Group Involvement in U.S. Judicial Elections
  In: Studentische Zeitschrift für Rechtswissenschaft Heidelberg 2 (2006), p. 285-306
• Fifka M.:
  The 2004 Presidential Election in Financial Retrospective
  In: Amerikastudien 50 (2005), p. 629-656
  ISSN: 0340-2827

Book Contributions

• Fifka M., Heinrich P.:
  CSR als strategisches Managementinstrument in der Textilindustrie
  In: Heinrich, Peter (ed.): CSR und Fashion, Berlin: Springer-Gabler, 2018, p. S.13-26
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-57697-7_2
• Fifka M.:
  Integrated Reporting Alone is not Best Practice for Sustainability Communication
  In: Günther, E., Bassen, A (ed.): Integrated Reporting, Stuttgart: Schäffer Poeschel, 2016, p. 211-214
• Fifka M.:
  Sustainability Reporting and Controlling – A Natural Symbiosis
  In: Günther, E. and Steinke, K.H. (ed.): CSR und Controlling – Unternehmerische Verantwortung als Gestaltungsaufgabe des Controlling, Berlin: SpringerGabler, 2016, p. 83-100
  ISBN: 978-3-662-47702-1
• Fifka M., Loza Adaui CR.:
  Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting - Administrative Burden or Competitive Advantage?
  In: O'Riordan L., Zmuda P., Heinemann S. (ed.): New Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility: Locating the Missing Link, Berlin: Springer Gabler, 2015, p. 283-298 (FOM-Edition)
  ISBN: 978-3-658-06793-9
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-06794-6_15
• Fifka M., Reiser D.:
  Corporate Social Responsibility in Between Governmental Regulation and Voluntary Initiative: The Case of Germany
  In: Idowu S., Schmidpeter R., Fifka M.S. (ed.): Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe - United in Diversity, Heidelberg / New York: Springer, 2015, p. 125-135
• Fifka M., Loza Adaui CR.:
  Managing Stakeholders for the Sake of Business and Society
  In: O'Riordan L., Zmuda P., Heinemann S. (ed.): New Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility: Locating the Missing Link, Berlin: Springer Gabler, 2015, p. 71-87 (FOM-Edition)
  ISBN: 978-3-658-06793-9
  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-06794-6_4
• Fifka M., Frangen-Zeitinger A.:
  Multinational Corporations in Developing Countries – Bringers of Working Standards or Modern Slaveholders?
  In: Frederiksen C, Idowu S, Yüksel Mermod A, Nielsen M (ed.): Corporate Social Responsibility and Standards: Practice and Theory, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2015, p. 143--158
• Fifka M.:
  Status Quo and Perspectives of CSR Reporting
  In: Schneider, A., Schmidpeter, R. (ed.): Corporate Social Responsibility - Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung in Theorie und Praxis, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Gabler, 2015, p. 835-850
  ISBN: 978-3-662-43483-3
• Fifka M.:
  The Dictionary of Corporate Social Responisbility: An Introduction
  In: Idowu S., Capaldi N., Fifka M.S., Zu L., Schmidpeter R. (ed.): The Dictionary of Corporate Social Responisbility, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2015, p. XVII-XIX
• Fifka M.:
  Zustand und Perspektiven der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung
  In: Schneider A., Schmidpeter R. (ed.): Corporate Social Responsibility - Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung in Theorie und Praxis, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Gabler, 2015, p. 835 - 850
• Fifka M.:
  Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung - Eingrenzung eines heterogenen Phänomens
  In: Fifka M (ed.): CSR und Reporting, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Gabler, 2014, p. 1-18
• Fifka M., Teodoreanu I.:
  The Economic and Social Impact of Multinational Corporations in Romania
  In: Idowu O, Kasum A, Yüksel Mermod A (ed.): People, Planet and Profit - Socio-Economic Perspectives of Corporate Social Responsibility, Farnham: Gower, 2014, p. 67-79
• Fifka M.:
  Vorwort
  In: Fifka M (ed.): CSR und Reporting, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Gabler, 2014, p. VII--VIII
• Fifka M., Classen D.:
  Co-determination
  In: Idowo S.O., Capaldi N., Zu L., Das Gupta A. (ed.): Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2013, p. 368-374
• Classen D., Fifka M.:
  Corporate Governance
  In: Idowo S.O., Capaldi N., Zu L., Das Gupta A. (ed.): Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2013, p. 495-503
• Fifka M.:
  CSR-Kommunikation und Nachhaltigkeitsreporting
  In: Heinrich Peter (ed.): CSR und Kommunikation : unternehmerische Verantwortung überzeugend vermitteln, Berlin: Springer-Gabler, 2013, p. 119-134
• Fifka M.:
  Enron
  In: Idowo S.O., Capaldi N., Zu L., Das Gupta A. (ed.): Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2013, p. 958-960
• Fifka M.:
  Globalization
  In: Idowo S.O., Capaldi N., Zu L., Das Gupta A. (ed.): Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2013, p. 1261-1269
• Fifka M.:
  Lobbying
  In: Idowo S.O., Capaldi N., Zu L., Das Gupta A. (ed.): Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2013, p. 1591-1597
• Fifka M.:
  Social and Environmental Assurance
  In: Idowu S.O., Capaldi N., Zu L., Das Gupta A. (ed.): Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, Heidelberg / New York: Springer, 2013, p. 2175-2179
• Fifka M., Idowu SO.:
  Sustainability and Social Innovation
  In: Ostburg T., Schmidpeter R. (ed.): Social Innovation - Solutions for a Sustainable Future, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2013, p. 309-315
• Fifka M., Frangen-Zeitinger A.:
  Sustainability Management – Kostenfaktor oder unternehmerischer Mehrwert
  In: Keuper F, Neumann F (ed.): Sustainability Management – nachhaltige und stakeholderorientierte Wertsteigerung, Berlin: Logos, 2013, p. 31--50
• Fifka M.:
  Sustainability Reporting - A Challenge Worthwhile
  In: Weidinger C., Fischler F., Schmidpeter R. (ed.): Sustainable Entrepreneurship - A new Business Concept of Sustainability, Heidelberg/New York: Springer, 2013, p. 235-247
• Fifka M.:
  Brent Spar Revisited - The Impact of Conflict and Cooperation Among Stakeholders
  In: Lindgreen A., Kotler P., Maon F., Vanhamme J. (ed.): A stakeholder approach to corporate social responsibility - pressures, conflicts and reconciliation, Farnham: Gower, 2012, p. 57-72
• Fifka M.:
  Korruption – ein internationales Phänomen
  In: Fifka M.S., Falke A. (ed.): Korruption als internationales Phänomen - Ursachen, Auswirkungen und Bekämpfung eines weltweiten Problems, Berlin: E. Schmidt, 2012, p. 9-14
• Fifka M.:
  Money Makes the World Go Round‘ - die Kultur der Korruption in den USA: Ursachen und Bekämpfungsversuche
  In: Fifka M.S., Falke A. (ed.): Korruption als internationales Phänomen - Ursachen, Auswirkungen und Bekämpfung eines weltweiten Problems, Berlin: E. Schmidt, 2012, p. 135-150
• Fifka M.:
  The Integration of Stakeholders Through Dialoge in Germany, France and the United States
  In: Lindgreen A., Kotler P., Maon F., Vanhamme J. (ed.): A stakeholder approach to corporate social responsibility - pressures, conflicts, and reconciliation, Farnham: Gower, 2012, p. 3-22
• Fifka M.:
  Scientology in Deutschland und den USA - Die unterschiedliche Wahrnehmung und Behandlung einer kontroversen Organisation
  In: Grillmeyer S. (ed.): Fragen der Zeit, Würzburg: Echter, 2011, p. 77-93
• Fifka M.:
  Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility und Corporate Citizenship – ein Abgrenzungsversuch im Begriffswirrwarr
  In: Haushorst E., Willers C. (ed.): Nachhaltiges Management - Sustainability, Supply Chain, Stakeholder, Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2011, p. 29-49
• Fifka M.:
  Von der Yellow Peril zur Model Minority – Asiatische Einwanderer in den USA
  In: Fischer Thomas, Gossel Daniel (ed.): Migrationen in Geschichte und Gegenwart, München: alliteraverlag, 2009, p. 223-252
• Fifka M.:
  Der Protest gegen den Vietnamkrieg in der amerikanischen Populärmusik der 60er und 70er Jahre
  In: Kremp W, Sirakow D (ed.): Globaler Gesang vom Garten der Freiheit: Anglo-amerikanische Populärmusik und ihre Bedeutung für die US-Au{ß}enpolitik, Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2007, p. 71--88

Edited Volumes

• Idowu SO., Fifka M., Schmidpeter R. (ed.):
  Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe - United in Diversity
  Heidelberg / New York: 2015
• Idowu SO., Capaldi N., Fifka M., Zu L., Schmidpeter R. (ed.):
  Dictionary of Corporate Social Responsibility
  Heidelberg / New York: 2015
• Fifka M. (ed.):
  CSR und Reporting: Nachhaltigkeits- und CSR-Berichtserstattung verstehen und erfolgreich umsetzen
  Heidelberg/Berlin: 2014
• Fifka M., Berg N. (ed.):
  Special Issue on Managing Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility - From Strategies to Implementation
  2014
  (Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Vol. 5)
• Fifka M. (ed.):
  CSR-Kommunikation und Nachhaltigkeitsreporting
  Heidelberg / Berlin: 2013

Conference Contributions

• Fifka M., Loza Adaui CR., Mion G.:
  METAPROFIT OF ORGANIZATIONS: AN APPROACH FOR OVERCOMING THE FOR-PROFIT/NONPROFIT DICHOTOMY
  13th Annual Conference of the EuroMed-Academy-of-Business (EuroMed) - Business Theory and Practice Across Industries and Markets
  In: 13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROMED ACADEMY OF BUSINESS: BUSINESS THEORY AND PRACTICE ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND MARKETS, MARSEILLE CEDEX 9: 2020
• Kühn AL., Loza Adaui CR., Stiglbauer M., Fifka M.:
  Corporate social responsibility communication in Latin America: An empirical study of CSR Web site reporting in 25 countries
  6th International Conference on Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (Berlin)

Miscellaneous

• Fifka M., Becker I., Bischoff S.:
  "Wer führt in (die) Zukunft“? Männer und Frauen in Führungspositionen der Wirtschaft in Deutschland – Die sechste Studie
  (2016)