RESEARCH
The SustBusy research center currently consists of nine research fields from business and economics. It conducts internationally recognized, academically excellent and problem-oriented interdisciplinary research and teaching on economic and business aspects of sustainability. We draw on various disciplines, including marketing, environmental economics, organizational control, finance, social science, supply chain management and strategic management.
Please find a short overview of the research fields below and read more about the projects with a click on the respective link.
CSR Hybridization in Multinational Companies
Aurelien Acquier, Valentina Carbone and Valérie Moatti
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Theorisation and institutionalisation of the sharing economy field
Aurélien Acquier, Valentina Carbone and David Massé
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Framing Milton Friedman’s View on CSR: A Social Contract Approach
Rolf Brühl and Johannes Jahn
Perception of Social Responsibility by Credibly Communicating Corporate Irresponsibility
Rolf Brühl and Johannes Jahn
Cultural Change and Legitimation Strategies
Rolf Brühl and Melanie Eichhorn
Public Outcry and Legitimation of Excessive Bonus Systems
Rolf Brühl and Melanie Eichhorn
Legitimation through Innovation: An Experimental Study on Controversial Industries
Rolf Brühl, Johannes Jahn and Melanie Eichhorn
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Measuring and Controlling Sustainability: Spanning Theory and Practice
Rolf Brühl, Johannes Jahn and Melanie Eichhorn
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Does a combination of market and civic values serve as toolkit for establishing organizational legitimacy?
Rolf Brühl and Melanie Eichhorn
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Jeitinho and Corruption in Brazil
Camila Lee Park, Valérie Moatti, and Maral Muratbekova
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Incorporation of Sustainability in Strategy Formulation and Execution - Experimental Approaches and Empirical Innovation
Francesco Rattalino and Luciano Ciravegna
Regulatory Focus Theory and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Fischer, D., Mauer, R., Brettel, M.
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Sharing Economy Business Models
David Masse, Aurélien Acquier, Valentina Carbone
Sustainability-Driven Innovation and Shared Value as a way to create a Sustainable Competitive Advantage in the Food industry
Francesco Rattalino
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Socially Responsible Investing - Optimizing Multi-Asset Investment Portfolios and achieving Positive Social Impact
Ulrich Pape and Eva Kreibohm
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EU Horizon 2020 project "R2Pi" on the Circular Economy
Sylvie Geisendorf (ESCP Europe project leader) and Valentina Carbone, Aurélien Acquier and René Mauer as well as Kozminski University
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Ecological instability and economic evolution – on the precariousness of achieving sustainability paths
Frank Beckenbach, Sylvie Geisendorf and Christian Klippert
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Categorization of ecological-economic models and the need for evolutionary approaches
Sylvie Geisendorf and Christian Klippert
Anti-Consumption and Sustainability
Marcelo Nepomuceno
Environmental Impact of Anti-Consumption Lifestyles
Marcelo Nepomuceno, Danilo Dantas and Maren Ingrid Kropfeld
Linking Supplier’s and Buyer’s Corporate Social Orientation
Fabrizio Zerbini
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Expanding the Frontiers of Responsibility: A Process Approach in the Supply Chain
Pilar Acosta and Olivier Delbard
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Supply chain collaboration and earning management
M. Cristina De Stefano and F. Di Meo
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Sustainable Supply Chain
Camilla Lee Park, Valérie Moatti and Maral Muratbekova
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Sustainable supply chain and suppliers' relationship
Liliane Carmagnac, Valentina Carbone and Valérie Moatti
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Analyzing ESCP Europe Students’ Perceptions and Expectations about CSR and Sustainability
Olivier Delbard, Pilar Acosta, Katharina Sevecke and Sylvie Geisendorf
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Supply Chain Collaboration and Eco-Friendly Products: Exploring the moderating effects of sourcing and co-location strategies
M. Cristina De Stefano and M. Montes-Sancho
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Private-Public Partnerships for sustainable development in the hotel sector: the case of Costa Rica
M. Cristina De Stefano and Lola Herrero
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The downside of foreign aids: what about their impact on the social sustainable development?
M. Cristina De Stefano , Lola Herrero and M. Tapia
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Sustainable development strategies and false environmental performance disclosure
M. Cristina De Stefano
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