Green – a special shade of innovation.
By Valentina De Marchi. How can firms change for sustainability? As political and societal pressures increase, and more and growing evidence supports a business...
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Jun 26, 2019
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...
Jun 14, 2019
Are we trying to solve climate change, or are we merely playing the “blame game” on social media with the future of the Earth at stake?
By Daniel Lundgaard. The climate change debate is something that is on the minds of most people these days. The most recent elections in...
Jun 5, 2019
More CEOs Sacked For Ethical Failure Than For Poor Financial Performance
According to a recent study, for the first time more CEOs have been dismissed for ethical lapses than for poor financial performance (in 2018). What is the lesson? I think that we overvalue compliance and undervalue the effects of a corporate culture on sustainable business decisions…
May 28, 2019
Global yet green? How governance influences upgrading opportunities
The fragmentation of production and integration of trade creates important opportunities for firms and territories, especially if located in emerging economies, to grow and learn. Yet not all the global relationships are conducive of economic, social or environmental upgrading.
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Sustainability’s Infrastructure
The project SUSTEIN is looking at localized translations of transnational sustainability standards in Kenya, the United Arab Emirates and corporate headquarters in Europe.
The BUSINESS Model is Dead: Long Live the Organizational Value Model!
By Oliver Laasch. An ApPeaRange! Business models are logics of value proposition (Pr), creation (Cr), exchange (Ex) and capture (Ca). When closely looking at...
A Taxonomy of Sustainable Business Model Patterns
By Florian Lüdeke-Freund & Sarah Carroux. In recent years, so-called “sustainable business models” are increasingly gaining in importance in both practice and research.[1] There...
Acting Collectively and Bottom-up for Sustainability: Does it work? How do we know? Why does it matter?
by Maria Josefina Figueroa. Collective bottom-up actions for sustainability are on the rise in many corners of the global community. Actions are inspired by...
Changing Sustainability Norms through Processes of Negotiation – Strategic Arguments and Collaborative Regulation
By Karin Buhmann. Two newly published CBS-authored books look at how public-private collaboration can bring sustainability norms into existence and offer recommendations for civil...
Considering Impact on the Road to Sustainability
By Paige Olmsted. Mainstreaming the environment is a key component to achieving sustainability objectives – how organizations account for their existing impact, and assess...
Role Reversal: When Business Safeguards the Public Good
By Erin Leitheiser. Earlier this week Patagonia launched what may be corporate America’s most forceful action yet against the government’s assaults on the environment...