Consumers fall for food products with nutrition claims – what about you?
By Meike Janssen In a recent study, colleagues from the University of Kassel, Germany and me discovered that consumers fall for food products with...
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Jun 22, 2020
What does it mean to call someone a stakeholder?
By Matthew Archer The word “stakeholder” is ubiquitous in sustainability discourse. We see it in corporate sustainability reports, policy documents, business plans, and sustainable...
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Jun 10, 2020
I Am What I Pledge – The importance of value alignment and crowdfunder behavior
By Kristian Roed Nielsen Together with my colleague Julia Binder we recently published a paper on the role of values in driving crowdfunding backer...
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Jun 8, 2020
Supplier perspectives on social responsibility in global value chains
By Peter Lund-Thomsen Worldwide there is now a search for new ideas, business models, and innovations that can help us in rebounding from the...
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Concepts
Towards a Realization of Sustainability Ambitions?
By Lars Thøger Christensen Governments are increasingly being sued by citizens and NGOs for not living up to their sustainability ambitions. Recently, for example,...
Is it a right policy to focus on SDGs during Economic Slowdown?
By Anirudh Agrawal and Ashish Tyagi Economic problems of India were not addressed either in the 2019 electoral debates or in the recent annual...
Business + purpose = big trouble. But wait, here is one surprising point of agreement
By Dieter Zinnbauer. Reactions to the recent statement by the Business Roundtable that recognizes a regard for stakeholders rather than a narrow focus on...
Social Enterprises = Sharing Economy Organizations?
By Johanna Mair, Nikolas Rathert and Georg Reischauer. Sharing Economy Organizations Uber, Airbnb, and Lyft are frequently cited and popular examples of new organizational...
Crowdfunding as a cooperative movement – The present and future of crowdfunding in Denmark
By Kristian Roed Nielsen. How does crowdfunding look like in Denmark and where is it heading? Drawing on empirical data from two well-known reward-based...
Let Me Lend You a Hand: How Behavioural Economics Can Restore Trust in Science
By Noah Peters. Society’s declining trust in science in general and economics in particular is a much debated topic. Martin Wolf’s recent commentary for...
Temporal Dimensions of Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy is a serious charge for social actors, especially organizations and politicians, whose profession depends on perceptions of sincerity and credibility. This post examines types and implications of hypocrisy.