Football and the Meaning(lessness) of Management Concepts
By Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen Romanticized management concepts often seem to fall short in capturing actual management practices in today’s corporate world. Experiences from...
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Sep 22, 2020
Private Standard-setting Organizations and the Theory of Change
Theory of Change – Evaluating Supply Chain Outcomes By Kamilla Hvid Andersen, Eileen Ryll, Dr. Caleb Gallemore and Dr. Kristjan Jespersen Due to globalization,...
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Sep 4, 2020
Different pathways to sustainability standard adoption
How local norms may be able to help drive the spread of voluntary programs – the case of the RSPO in Japan. By Hattaya...
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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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How SDGs help us see buildings through a different lens
By Ingrid Reumert Despite a lot of focus on climate change recently, the impact of one ‘hidden climate’ on people’s lives often goes unnoticed...
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...
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...