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“Beyond ESG” Event at the Royal Academy
This exciting event brought together 17 international experts to discuss the role of the firm in a sustainable transition. The three panels were divided into three concrete topics. Panel 1 discussed ESG-analysis from a critical perspective of sustainable transition; Panel 2 dicussed the need to move from ESG to “ECG”, an economy for the common…
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What Harry Belafonte Means to Me
After discovering how many people know very little about the recently deceased singer and activist Harry Belafonte, I decided to record a short video to explain what this great man meant to me and why I cried after learning of his death!
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Routledge Handbook of Cooperative Economics & Management
Dear visitor, We invite you to review below the call for abstracts (deadline extended to May 1, 2023) for the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Cooperative Economics & Management: Additionally, below you can find more information about the Handbook. For all potential submissions (draft chapters will be due ca. November, 2023), we offer three items: 2.…
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Routledge Handbook of Cooperative Economics Moves Forward
I am very happy to announce that our Routledge Handbook of Cooperative Economics is one step closer to becoming reality. We’re moving on to the next stage and will soon be putting out a general #callforabstracts for the book. Please keep a lookout for that and inform your friends and colleagues. We know there are…
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Induction Ceremony, Academie Royale
An amazing feeling being in any form associated with such brilliant thinkers and such a prestigious institution! Today was a special day, as I was inducted into the Royal Academy of Belgium as the next chairholder of the “Chaire SFPI” position. Specific mention was made by Prof. Didier Vivier of my international efforts towards creating…
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Cooperative Economics in Action: 2 Public Lectures in October!
I will be giving two public lectures at the Palace of the Academy on October 4 and 11. The topics are, respectively Embedding Firms within the Mission Economy. Why Should the Firm Be Part of a Sustainable Agenda? and Delivering on the Promise of a Sustainable Firm: Surveying Practices to Establish A Research Agenda The…
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Harnessing Cooperation to Combat Mass Hysteria
This post was inspired by my recent visit to the Louvre Museum in Paris. Leaving people as mere aggregates promotes individualistic — and frequently — incongruent behavior. As Mark Granovetter comments about people in a fire in a theater, Consider, for example, why individuals in a burning theater panic and stampede to the door, leading…
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The Cooperative Economy gets its first Google Scholar citation!
It’s a lovely feeling when you discover your first Google Scholar citation. It’s a bit like losing one’s virginity, I suppose. In this case, the citation was from Sven Haas, in his Master’s thesis at the University of Twenty and TU Berlin on beverage collectives’ response to Covid-19. The paper cites The Cooperative Economy in…
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Course on The Cooperative Economy complete!
All four modules are now complete and you can visit them all at www.econ.coop! This includes the latest, Module 4, which you can access here.
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