U-M alum: Brewery Vivant sustains people, planet, profit BY GRETA GUEST ANN ARBOR—When Kris Spaulding started Brewery Vivant, she did so mindful of the possibilities to create a sustainable business with inspiration sparked at the University of Michigan. “At Michigan,...
Partnerships and Purpose at Sustainable Brands By Sara Soderstrom, Erb Faculty Member I was excited to attend and present at Sustainable Brands 2018. My research focuses on how organizations are engaging with sustainability challenges, and my work’s motivation stems...
Former Erb Institute PostDoc, Panikos Georgallis received one of five Veni grants that were awarded to researchers from the fields of economics and business, out of 59 total grants to researchers from the social sciences and humanities. Veni grants are targeted at...
Sustainable Brands held its flagship annual conference in Vancouver in June, with the Erb Institute as a strategic partner. Erb and SB had teamed up for the SB17 conference in Detroit, recognizing that our missions and sustainability-related goals were closely...
While in London recently, Erb Institute Managing Director, Terry Nelidov sat down with Ian Welsh at Innovation Forum to discuss trends in how companies approach their social license to operate, and why it is increasingly regarded as essential. Click play below and...
We are proud to announce that Erb Institute Visiting Scholar, Dr. Wren Montgomery, has recently accepted a tenure track position in Corporate Sustainability at the Ivey Business School at Western University. Ivey is Canada's leading business school and, along with the...
Thursday, June 7th Decisions, decisions In the session “The Conscious Consumer vs. the Consumer Unconscious: Insights from Decision Neuroscience,” the panelists explored the dissociations between consumers’ stated preferences for “green” products and their...
By: Carmen Quinonez The Erb Institute at the University of Michigan sits just outside of one of the greatest opportunities for business in the country: Detroit, Michigan. Following the city’s bankruptcy, images of a deserted Detroit were published in newspapers and...
Inside the strange, uniform politics of today’s MBA programs—and what it says about America's elites By JOHN BENJAMIN (Shared with permission of author) May 14, 2018 Students in the country’s top MBA programs pride themselves on their open-mindedness. This is, after...
The University of Michigan's Erb Institute launches new bi-annual publication - ICYMI! ICYMI! is a business-focused publication sharing the work of the Erb Institute. In this and future publications, we will share how our research, teaching and engagement are...