Presenter: Heli Wang Dean, College of Graduate Research Studies; Janice Bellace Professor of Strategic Management, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU Presentation:  Managing ESG Mandate Complexity Through Standardized Convergence: Supplier Responses in Global Supply Chains ABSTRACT Organizations increasingly face diverse ESG demands across national contexts, where variations in regulations and expectations complicate response strategies. […]

Presenter: Luca Berchicci Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and New Business VenturingDepartment of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)Erasmus University Presentation Does Necessity Entrepreneurship Alleviate Necessity? An Abductive Study of Entrepreneurial Activities in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp Abstract This study investigates whether necessity entrepreneurship (NE) alleviates needs in marginalized contexts, focusing on the […]

Presenter: Lisa Keding Research Associate Institute for Technology and Innovation Management (TIM), RWTH Aachen University Presentation Inventors' Personal Experience of Natural Disasters and Green Innovation Abstract We show that inventors' personal experiences of natural disasters lead to increased green innovation. We match patent records of French and German inventors and a survey of inventive firms […]

Presenter: Aline Gatignon Associate Professor, Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris Presentation They don’t Really Care About Us: How Public Policies Can Unlock Growth in Disadvantaged Communities Abstract By offering a promising solution to violence in urban slums, community-based policing is often expected to help unlock socioeconomic development. The prevailing assumption is that reducing gang […]

Presenter: Natalia Lyly Junior Researcher LUT Business School Presentation System Work in Sustainability Transitions: How Actors Co-Enact Change in Urban Mobility Abstract How do sustainability transitions actually get enacted when entire socio-technical systems are deliberately reconfigured? Tracing the transition of an urban mobility system in the Helsinki metropolitan area - where actors sought to shift […]