Do Startups and Encumbents Differ on Reasons for Entering into Green Industries?
March 6, 2015
Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability
Author: Jeffrey York and Michael Lenox
Jeffrey York (a CESR Faculty Affiliate) and Michael Lenox have published an article that examines how the economic, political, and sociocultural environment differentially influences entry by new versus incumbent firms in the green building supply industry from 2000 to 2007.
The Coevolution of Industries, Social Movements, and Institutions: Wind Power in the United States
July 2014
Author: Jeffrey York
Jeffrey York (a CESR Faculty Affiliate), Desiree Pacheco and Timothy Hargrave have published a paper that offers a more complete conceptualization of the influence of social movements on industry emergence and growth, and it extends understanding of how SMO diversity is produced.
Startups and incumbents differ on reasons for getting into green building, says CU-Boulder study
September 2013
Author: Jeffrey York
Jeff York, CESR Faculty Affiliate and assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at Leeds School of Business, found in this study that the drivers for entry into the green building industry differ between startups and established companies diversifying into the field.
August 2013
Author: Xin “Eva” Yao
What role does a venture capital firm’s reputation play in its decision making? CESR’s Faculty Affiliate Xin “Eva” Yao and her colleagues analyzed U.S. venture capital firms’ investments in the clean energy sector from 1990 to 2008 and found that while reputable firms were more likely to invest in the emerging cleantech sector, they also employed risk reduction strategies more extensively.
Crafting sustainable work: development of personal resources
May 2011
Author: David B. Balkin
The aim of this paper is to conceptualize employees’ sustainable work abilities, or their long-term adaptive and proactive abilities to work, farewell at work, and contribute through working. Sustainable work is defined as to promote the development in personal resources leading to sustainable work ability.
Benign Violations: Making Immoral Behavior Funny
June 2010
Author: A. Peter McGraw
Humor is an important, ubiquitous phenomenon; however, seemingly disparate conditions seem to facilitate humor. We integrate these conditions by suggesting that laughter and amusement result from violations that are simultaneously seen as benign.
October 2009
Author: David S. Payne
While entrepreneurial activity has been an important force for social and ecological sustainability; its efficacy is dependent upon the nature of market incentives. This limitation is sometimes explained by the metaphor of the prisoner's dilemma, which we term the green prison.
Threat or coping appraisal: determinants of SMB executives’ decision to adopt anti-malware software
March 2009
Author: Kai R. Larsen
This study presents an empirical investigation of factors affecting small- and medium-sized business (SMB) executives’ decision to adopt anti-malware software for their organizations.
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