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Kai Hockerts

Professor , Dr.
Kai Hockerts

Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (cbsCSR)

Porcelænshaven 18
Ground Floor, Office 0.113
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Tel.: +45 3815 3175
Fax:+45 3815 3840
E-mail: Kai.Hockerts@cbs.dk



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Affiliated with Department of Intercultural Communication and Management and Centre for Business and Development Studies

Since September 2005 I am Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School where I am affiliated with the Center for Corporate Social Responsibility:
www.cbs.dk/cbscsr
My primary research focus is on corporate social responsibility (CSR), social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, environmental management, and non-profit management, with a minor interest in socially responsible investing.

Primary research areas

  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Social Entrepreneurship (S-ENT)
  • Sustainable Development
  • Non-profit Management
  • Venture Philanthropy
  • Volunteering
  • Socialy Responsible Investing


Selected publications

BOOKS
“International Perspectives on Social Entrepreneurship”, edited together with
 J. Mair and J. Robertson: Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
“Sustainable Development: Perspectives from the Alumni Sustainability Roundtable,” edited by Kai Hockerts and Luk Van Wassenhove, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, 2008.
“Social Entrepreneurship”, edited together with J. Mair and J. Robertson: Palgrave MacMillan, 2006. (Featured on EURAM Track for “Most Promising Forthcoming Management Books” at Oslo in May 2006)
"Sustainability Innovations, Ecological and Social Entrepreneurship and the Management of Antagonistic Assets." Ph.D. Thesis University St. Gallen, Difo-Druck, Bamberg, 2003.
“Kreislaufwirtschaft statt Abfallwirtschaft, Optimierte Nutzung und Einsparung von Ressourcen durch Öko-Leasing und Servicekonzepte.“ (with Arnd Petmecky, Stefan Seuring, Ralf Schweitzer, Sven Hauch, eds.) Universitätsverlag, Ulm. 2nd edition: 1995.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
" Managerial mindsets and performance measurement systems of CSR-related intangibles ," Measuring Business Excellence 12(2): 51-67, 2008. (with Christiana Parisi)
“Desafiando el cambio social, Hacia una teoría evolutiva de las iniciativas emprendedoras socials“, Initiativa Emprendedora. J. Mair. Edición especial, 'Iniciativa emprendedora social: la empresa al servicio de los excluidos'. No. 48: 57-68, Jul-Sept 2005.
"Communicating corporate responsibility to investors. The changing role of the investor relations function", forthcoming in Journal of Business Ethics, 2004 (with Lance Moir).
"Beyond the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability", Business Strategy and The Environment, 11(2): 130-141, 2002 (with Thomas Dyllick).
"The Sustainability Radar - A Tool for the Innovation of Sustainable Products and Services". In: Greener Management International, 1999 (25):29-49, Greenleaf, Sheffield.

BOOK CHAPTERS
“Social Entrepreneurship” and “Competitive Advantage”. In: W. Visser and D. Matten (eds): A-Z in Corporate Social Responsibility, ICCA, Frankfurt, 2007.
Mobility Car Sharing: From Ecopreneurial Start-up to Commercial Venture”, in: Jost Hamschmidt (ed): Case Studies in Sustainability Management and Strategy: The Oikos Collection, Greenleaf Publishing, Sheffield, 2007.
“Turning Fair Trade into a Social Entrepreneurial Success Story”, In F. Perrini (Ed.), The New Social Entrepreneurship, What Awaits Social Entrepreneurial Ventures: Edward Elgar, 2006.
"Eco-efficient Services Innovation, Increasing Business-Ecological Efficiency of Products and Services". In: Martin Charter and Michael J. Polonsky: Greener Marketing, 2nd ed., Greenleaf, Sheffield, pp. 95-108, 1999.

RECENT WORKING PAPERS
"Greening Goliaths versus Emerging Davids" 2nd Edition. cbsCSR Working Paper No. 01-2009, Copenhagen.
“Property Rights as a Predictor for the Eco-Efficiency of Product-Service Systems,” cbsCSR Working Paper No 02-2008, Copenhagen.
“Managerial Perceptions of the Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility,” cbsCSR Working Paper No 03-2007, Copenhagen.

CONFERENCES
As part of his research work Kai has presented papers at numerous conferences and academic work­hops including the Academy of Management Conference (Philadelphia 2007, New Orleans 2004, Seattle 2003), Egos (Amsterdam 2008), the European Academy of Management (Oslo 2006), the International Social Entrepreneurship Research Conference (Barcelona 2005, New York 2006, Manila 2006, Copenhagen 2007), the Conference Board (Zurich 2004), the European Academy of Business in Society (Warshaw 2005, Ghent 2004, Copenhagen 2003), the Greening of Industry Network (Göteborg 2002 and Bangkok 2001), the EPA Workshop on Capital Markets and Environmental Performance (Laguna Beach 2002), the Towards Sustainable Product Design Conference (London 2002), the Business Strategy and the Environment Confe­rence (Leeds 2001 and 2000), the Conference on Industrial Ecology (Troyes 1999).


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