Strategy & Governance
Debate: How social enterprises can help rethink business growth
The rationale for economic growth at the macro level has been hotly debated in academic and policy circles. On the one hand, growth is conventionally said to bring jobs and economic prosperity to people. On the other, growth with, as its corollary, ever-increasing consumption, have put a massive strain on the Earth’s natural resources and the living organisms depending on them…
Intentional and emergent digital strategies: How the process affects growth
Digital strategies are extremely inspiring, in terms of the variety of technologies available, the diverse areas affected and the multiple opportunities proposed.
Renewable energy: how cooperatives joined the European debate and may inspire community-based economic initiatives
Community or citizen-based cooperatives are booming in the European renewable energy field. There are hundreds of these cooperatives in Germany and Denmark, and dozens in France (e.g. Enercoop), Belgium (e.g. Ecopower), the United Kingdom (e.g. Energy4All), Italy and the Netherlands.
How corporate entrepreneurship can support innovation
Innovation is the process of converting an idea or an invention into a good or a service, creating a value that users are prepared to adopt and/or pay for. Although they invest heavily in R&D, this conversion process remains elusive for numerous well-established companies.
The public decision-maker in the face of uncertainty: towards the technical democracy?
The development of uncertainty resulting from scientific and technical innovation is a particular challenge for the public decision-maker. The time when he could decide on a major program and impose it on the people is gone forever. As authority cannot be based on knowledge anymore, a new approach is needed that requires the involvement of the stakeholders to the decision.
Companies without female directors on your boards: you might as well give up your CSR reporting!
In an era where social and environmental responsibility is a central concern for stakeholders (consumers, suppliers, employees, investors, etc.), companies have engaged in a frantic race to disclose extra-financial information.
Why female leaders are as key to family as non-family firms. But only in the right roles
In their study to be published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Tawhid Chtioui and his co-authors evaluate the relationship between the appointment of women to CEO or Chair positions and firm performance, and shed light on the differences between family and nonfamily firms.
Bribery and Investment
Interview with Addis Birhanu, Professor in strategy and author of the article “Bribery and investment: firm-level evidence from Africa and Latin America”, published in the academic review: “Strategic Management Journal”.