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Strategic Management
Mandatory Ambiguity: A Hybrid Human–AI Analysis of Impact Reporting by Benefit Corporations
Across the globe, policymakers have introduced novel legal frameworks designed to support hybrid organizations that balance...
How National Institutional Configurations Shape the Global Diffusion of B Corp Certification
This study examines how different social and political pressures drive the global spread of B Corp certification across 92...
Teaching Note for Financial Times case study on Tony’s Chocolonely
This case study invites students to evaluate whether a company can (or should)use open-source transparency as a vehicle for...
B Academics Chat with the Board Series: The State of B Corp Research with Joel Gehman and Alyssa Menz
https://youtu.be/fYYOP-5Rck4 Check out this conversation with leading scholars Joel Gehman and Alyssa Menz as they...
Benefit Corporations: The Moral Legitimacy That RequiresMore Rules
This research investigates the motivations behind the conversion of Italian for-profit companies into Benefit Corporations...
Veritas: A Supermarket with Purpose and Positive Impact
At the start of 2025, Veritas—the largest chain of organic supermarkets in Spain—reshaped its corporate purpose and...
Business school teaching case study: How does a multinational become a B Corp?
Check out this teaching case in the Financial Times on certification for large companies with complicated supply chains...
Business school teaching case study: what’s in a label?
This Financial Times article examines the evolving role and credibility of B Corp certification in the face of growing...
From profit to purpose: a systematic literature review and future research directions on B Corp certification
The B Corp certification serves as a leading voluntary standard for assessing businesses' commitments to governance, social...
Spring 2024, Global and Sustainable Strategy, MGMT 497
Knauss School of Business Mission StatementWe develop socially responsible business leaders with a global mindset through...
The Sustainability Lens Game
The Sustainability Lens Game - developed by Dr. Tamara Stenn, a US economist, and social entrepreneur - is...
Meaning and Morality: How Tools of Business Ethics Shape Workers, Subjectivities in B Corp Certified Organizations
The B Corp certification, a framework for corporate social responsibility, was established in the United States in 2006....
The New Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line
"The New Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line" is a revised and more compelling...
Roshan: Light at the End of the Tunnel in Afghanistan
Roshan, a telecommunications company established by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development in Afghanistan amidst a...
For-Purpose Enterprise and Hybrid Organizational Forms: Implications for Governance and Strategy.
A company's social purpose is now crucial in organizational design and decision-making. For-purpose enterprises are...
Mission statements and financial and sustainability performance: An exploratory study of Benefit Corporations certified as B Corps
The objective of this research is to pinpoint the elements within the mission statements of certified Italian benefit...
New Business Trend: An Authentic Commitment to Purpose
The catchphrase "Ding dong, AVON calling!" from the '60s symbolized not only cosmetics sales but also women's financial...
To B or not ot B: Etsy’s decision whether to re-incorporate as a public benefit corporation and maintain its B Lab certification
This teaching case explores Etsy, Inc.'s decision upon going public. To uphold its B Lab certification as a socially...
We’re all passengers in a billionaire hijacking says the critic who has the world’s richest people buzzing
In 2015, Anand Giridharadas, an Aspen Institute fellow and former McKinsey analyst, coined the term "MarketWorld" to...
B Lab: Can it Scale Business as a Force for Good?
In pursuit of its mission to redefine success in business, B Lab acknowledges the necessity of scaling. The strategy...
B Lab and the Impact Assessment Evolution
This 2014 case study examines B Lab, a U.S. nonprofit, and its efforts to channel investment capital towards private...
Ben & Jerry’s: Preserving Mission & Brand Within Unilever
Following Unilever's acquisition of Ben & Jerry's, the head of the company's social mission encounters challenges and...
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. (A): Acquisition Suitors at the Door
In the 1970s, best friends and socially conscious entrepreneurs Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield founded Ben & Jerry's...
Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. (B): Scooped Up! What Lies Ahead?
In the aftermath of Unilever's acquisition of Ben & Jerry's, described in Case B, public sentiment reflected sadness...