Despite What You’ve Heard, Americans Support Wearing Masks and other Efforts to Reduce Exposure to COVID-19
Deserai A. Crow, Lindsay Neuberger, Danielle Blanch Hartigan, Rob DeLeo & Tom Birkland

BlogBy GuestBloggerAugust 20, 2020

Recently released survey data reveals stark differences between the behaviors and beliefs of residents across U.S. states, but also shows that Americans are generally compliant and supportive of actions their local and state governments are taking to slow transmission of the virus and reduce risks. The findings of this survey are not only useful to…

Eco-Audits during Covid-19 Retain Credibility, Exacerbate Inequities
Graeme Auld & Stefan Renckens

BlogBy GuestBloggerJuly 8, 2020

COVID-19 has significantly disrupted global economic output and transnational supply chains. While the direct impacts on production and trade are widely discussed, less attention has been given to the impacts on other practices that ensure the functioning of global markets.   One example of such practices are private regulatory efforts that over the past three…

“Disabled” by COVID19?
Anica Zeyen & Oana Branzei

BlogBy GuestBloggerJune 5, 2020

“We are all disabled now”[i] is a phrase and headline that most of us will have heard during the current pandemic. Many non-disabled social media influencers, radio hosts, TV presenters and members of the general public now consider themselves, and many like them, “disabled” as the daily struggle with self-isolation and social distancing makes work…

What Business Professors Are Saying about COVID-19
Tima Bansal

BlogBy Tima BansalMay 28, 2020

Business professors from 53 schools around the world identify 6 priorities for companies in the COVID-19 era The day before our university closed down, my MBA students debated the price that the company that discovers the COVID-19 vaccine should charge. None of us expected the university to shut down indefinitely the next day. Two months…

Sustainable Finance in Corona Times
Timo Busch & Sabine Döbeli

BlogBy GuestBloggerMay 26, 2020

While we see exciting developments in sustainable finance – e.g., the increasing amounts of sustainable investments – the world is currently facing an unprecedented crisis. At the time of writing, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) causing the Covid-19-pandemic has resulted in global gridlock with untold health, economic and social effects. The real economy…

Collaborating in a Pandemic: Coordination through Adaption and Information Sharing
Mark A. Clark

BlogBy GuestBloggerMay 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and our response to it has changed the way we work together, threatening the sustainability and utility of organizations by disrupting work processes related to collaboration, information sharing, and technology. The work that organizations do and the outcomes they offer to the market ultimately depend on people working together, whether in formal…

A Business School for society: a school at the heart of its ecosystem.
Agnes Plessis Brandi & Mark Smith

BlogBy Mark SmithMay 23, 2020

It is essential for an organization to be firmly anchored in its ecosystem – not least a business school, since supporting organisational performance is part of the raison d’être. In the context of the COVID-19 crisis, there is an opportunity for business schools aiming for a real impact among their stakeholders. An opportunity to demonstrate…

Why Business Schools should develop a large modelling & simulation community before the next pandemic
Kathy Kotiadis, Antuela A. Tako, Christine S.M. Currie & Bhakti Stephan Onggo

BlogBy GuestBloggerMay 13, 2020

Business schools could play a crucial role in helping governments prepare for the next pandemic by developing the next generation of the modelling and simulation community. Simulation modelling is an area of teaching and research found in many elite business schools. COVID-19 looks set to be the worst infectious disease pandemic of a generation in…

North meets South: A call for inclusive global research
Smaranda Boroș, Anita Bosch & Yuliya Shymko

BlogBy GuestBloggerMay 7, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is not just a health, economic, and humanitarian crisis, it is laying bare some undeniable truths in societies worldwide: It emphasises the extent of inequalities, both between and within societies. In the dynamics between nations, these inequalities revolve around the reliance on international funding bodies for humanitarian aid — and what happens…

‘Glocalization’ in a post-COVID-19 world
Arijit Paul, Romana Rauter & Rupert J. Baumgartner

BlogBy GuestBloggerMay 7, 2020

“Glocalization, the simultaneous occurrence of both universalizing and particularizing tendencies in contemporary social, political, and economic systems.” [1]   While the world is still reeling under the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, we want to remain hopeful and share our thoughts about how to become more sustainable in a post-COVID-19 world. In our commentary, we…