Sep 10, 2021 | Blog, News
Detroit is poised to become a global leader in business sustainability, but this will require a new approach to collaboration. The newly formed Sustainable Business Network of Detroit (SBN Detroit) recently held its inaugural event, “Detroit’s Moment: Accelerating the...
Sep 9, 2021 | Blog, Student Experience
Growing up, I was fascinated by sustainability and how climate change affects society. My actions started out small, from ensuring my family strictly followed local recycling guidelines to launching my high school’s recycling program. This interest grew into a...
Sep 3, 2021 | Blog, Student Internships
Working in VC is a great way to learn about new business models, products and industries. The opportunity to do due diligence (such as a deep dive into a startup, its finances, its industry and founders) is an incredible experience.
Jun 1, 2015 | Faculty Research
Abstract Corporate claims about environmental performance have increased rapidly in recent years, as has the incidence of greenwash, that is, communication that misleads people into forming overly positive beliefs about an organization’s environmental practices or...
Dec 9, 2014 | Faculty Research
Eun-Hee Kim, Thomas P. Lyon Abstract Corporate greenwashing has accelerated in recent years, bringing in its wake growing skepticism about corporate green claims. Although a theory of the drivers and deterrents of greenwashing has begun to emerge, it is static in...
May 1, 2010 | Faculty Research
Thomas P. Lyon, Haitao Yin Abstract Renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) for electricity generation are politically popular in many U.S. states although economic analysis suggests they are not first-best policies. We present an empirical analysis of the political and...
