oikos PhD Summer Academy

Papers 2008

These papers are works in progress.  Please do not cite without explicit consent of the authors. Thank you very much. Missing papers will soon be added (last update: July 23).

 

Social Entrepreneurial Firms: a study on the process of value creation
Robin Stevens, University College Ghent  

 

Integrating highly exploratory initiatives at the Base of the Pyramid into the company context
Martin Herrndorf, University of St. Gallen

 

Adressing Low Income Markets - Reframing Corporate Business Strategies
Shuan SadreGhazi, United Nations University Maastricht

 

Investment Behaviour of Solar Companies - Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in an emerging Cleantech Industry
Sonja Lüthi, University of St. Gallen  

 

Climate Change Strategies for SMEs - An analysis of perceived barriers and toolkits to overcome them
Holger Hendrichs, ETH Zurich  

 

Sustainable energy systems and economics of energy services: Case of special economic zones of People’s Republic of China
Rado Mizera, University of Bratislava  

 

Innovative regional Business Models as Subject and Trigger of a Sustainable Change in the Energy Industry
Florian Lüdeke, University of Lüneburg  

 

Corporate Responses to Climate Change: the Resource-Based View
Youn Sung Kim, George Mason University  

 

Toward a theory of social engagement: A network facilitating social change Moriah Meyskens, Florida International University    

 

Principles for Integrative Change Processes in Regions
Clemens Mader, Karl Franzens University Graz  

 

Context-based Social Entrepreneurship Education
Daniela Beck, University of St. Gallen  

 

Local and Regional Energy Autonomy: Potentials, Barriers and Achievements in a Danish Context
Karl Sperling, Aalborg University  

 

Environmental Disclosure: A Study of Disclosure Choices
Thomas Thijssens, University of Maastricht  

 

Lean green service machines? The rhetoric of value arguments for chemical and resource management service
Markku Anttonen, Helsinki School of Economics  

 

Climate Change "Resolution": Dynamics of Investor Dialogue between U.S. Firms and Stakeholders
Melissa Forbes, University of Michigan  

 

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