Topics within this report include: Promoting Sustainability in Health Practices and Delivery Bringing Lessons-learned from Eastern Africa to the William Davidson Institute Building Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Global Health Outcomes Promoting Healthcare...
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Staying True to Its “Roots”: How Will Growth Change Local Food Systems?
As demand for locally-sourced food continues to grow, the biggest challenge will be increasing supply while staying true to the movement’s original values. This report lays out the current state of local food and highlights innovative initiatives around the country...
Navigating Troubled Waters: A Primer for Managers on Water Challenges and Opportunities
Water everywhere? An emerging global water crisis The impacts of a water crisis 'Water Wars': Understanding emerging conflicts Industry focus: Sectors facing tensions Moving forward: Opportunities and solutions Wren Montgomery, Erb Visiting Scholar...
Experimental Departures from Self-Interest when Competing Partnerships Share Output
Paper published in Experimental Economics by Josh Cherry, Stephen Salant (Erb Faculty Affiliate) and Neslihan Uler with a grant from the Erb Institute. Experimental departures from self-interest when competing partnerships share output
Industrial Ecology as a Source of Competitive Advantage
Erb Faculty Member, Andy Hoffman - Journal of Industrial Ecology The goal of this special feature is to explore industrial ecology (IE) concepts and tools as the basis for competitive advantage for business. Past studies of the relationship between business and IE...
The New Heretics: Hybrid organizations and Corporate Sustainability
Former Erb Post-doc, Nardia Haigh and Erb Institute Faculty Director, Andy Hoffman were published in Organization & Environment. Read the article: The New Heretics: Hybrid Organizations and the Challenges They Present to Corporate Sustainability This paper was...
National Academies on Climate Change Education – Report
The National Academies Press recently released Climate Change Education: Preparing Future and Current Business Leaders. Ross Associate Dean Valerie Suslow is quoted on climate change in the curriculum in Chapter 3 and Erb Institute Faculty Director, Andy Hoffman is...
Corporate Sustainability – Thomas P. Lyon
In recent times the academic world has focused increasing attention on the challenges of corporate sustainability. While the concept of corporate sustainability originated in the context of environmental impact and natural resources, in recent years the concept has...
Hoffman Paper Wins Organization and Environment Best Paper Award
The Erb Faculty Director, Andrew Hoffman, received the Organization and Environment best paper award at the 2014 Academy of Management Conference. “Talking past each other? Cultural framing of skeptical and convinced logics in the climate change debate.” The paper,...
Innovations in Biodiversity Management
Innovations in Biodiversity Management Global biodiversity loss and ecosystem services The science of biodiversity and ecosystem services Biodiversity management strategies Open considerations about how companies can make the business case for biodiversity management,...