Over the last years, a profusion of business models and structures have emerged as a response to different social and environmental challenges. New types of corporate (for-profit) entities with a social mission, such as the benefit corporations in the US, enterprises à mission in France, or community interest companies in the UK, have developed rapidly … Identifying the keys to developing for-profit social enterprises
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has upended the European order as we know it, and that was even before the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline was cut off this week. While the bloc gets down to grappling with the unfolding energy crisis, the question of consolidating its flanks by speeding up the enlargement process … War in Ukraine: has the time for EU enlargement arrived?
In this video, Professor Paulami Mitra gives insights into her work on sustainable entrepreneurs and crowdfunding. She speaks about her recent research, co-authored with two other IÉSEG Professors, namely Ghassan Yacoub & Tiago Rathinho, and Faustine Fatalot. Different types of crowdfunding Their study focuses on what drives these entrepreneurs to pursue different types of crowdfunding … The use of crowdfunding by sustainable entrepreneurs
Hybrid businesses are organizations that typically pursue two or more conflicting objectives: for example commercial (profit-making) and social or environmental objectives. Different types of hybrid business models have developed rapidly in recent years as a response to societal and environmental challenges. In France for example, the number of ‘entreprises à mission’ (corporate entities with a stated … Hybrid organizations: how can management controls prevent mission drift? Interview with Lies Bouten
Based on an interview with Bart Claus on his paper “The Car Cushion Hypothesis: Bigger Cars Lead to More Risk Taking—Evidence from Behavioral Data,” co-written with Professor Luk Warlop, published in Journal of Consumer Policy, February 5, 2022. Car driving is integral to modern society, but comes at a high cost in terms of public … Why driving a bigger car increases risk taking – and what to do about it
With teleworking and the pandemic, the question of trust has never been more important than in recent months, with managers often finding themselves at a distance from their teams. But how do you build a relationship that cannot be regulated? The view of Felipe Guzman, research professor in organisational behaviour at IÉSEG. Control and trust … Change – « Trust and Management: a matter of balance »
In this episode of Changemaker stories, Professor Lauren Waardenburg discusses the development of artificial intelligence and its implications for companies and organizations. Author of a recent book on managing AI, she also looks at the ethical questions that its development can pose. Listen to the full podcast here: September 2023: Please note that Lauren Waardenburg no … Managing artificial intelligence wisely
In this video, Professor Lucas Amaral Lauriano, speaks about his recent research which looked at ways social media can complicate the lives of gay employees. Together with his co-author Thiago Coacci (Federal University of Minas Gerais), they spent 480 hours observing working teams and interviewed 18 gay employees from the Latin American subsidiary of an … The challenges of social media for gay employees
In this episode of Changemaker stories, Professor Nico Heuvinck talks about the factors that influence consumers’ choices on healthy eating. Healthy eating choices A professor of Marketing, he explains how many of consumers’ choices are not necessarily conscious – and discusses how consumers can be made aware and educated in their decision making. Listen to … Helping consumers make informed healthy eating decisions
In this video (“questioning the growth dogma”), Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategy, speaks about her work on growth and profitability. Professor Ben-Hafaïedh and her co-author (Professor Anais Hamelin from EM Strasbourg) used a database of over 650,000 small and medium enterprises (SME) from different sectors in Europe, which represent nearly 40% of SMEs … Questioning the growth dogma