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Kai Hock­erts

Professor

About

Telephone
Office: +4538153175
Departments
Department of Management, Society and Communication
Room: DH.Ø.2.38
Subjects
Entrepreneurship Sustainability

Primary research areas

So­cial entrepreneur­ship
Im­pact in­vest­ing
Cor­por­ate sustain­ability

Pro­file de­scrip­tion

Kai Hockerts is Professor in Social Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). In his function as Academic Coordinator he leads the CBS Aurora Alliance team which aims to develop international and interdisciplinary social entrepreneurship education content across ten European university. Kai's primary research focus is on corporate sustainability strategies, social entrepreneurship, and impact investing. Kai holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of St. Gallen (CH).

Before joining CBS Kai was an Adjunct Professor at INSEAD (F). His research has been published in outlets such as the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Academy of Management Education and Learning, Journal of Business Ethics, California Management Review, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise Journal and Business Strategy and the Environment. Furthermore, Kai is section editor at the Journal of Business Ethics, and editorial board member at Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Social Enterprise Journal, and Business Strategy and the Environment.

June 2025

Artifical Intelligence in Education

The Effect of Customized GPT Use on Learning Outcomes

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2025

Ripple Effects

A Conceptual Model for External Replication in Social Entrepreneurship

Kai Ho­ck­erts, Professor

Ri­cky Ce­len­ta, Postdoc

Svenja Damberg

Johann Fueller

Lára Jóhannsdóttir

Felipe Koch

Xiaoni Li

Vincenzo Luise

Florian Lüdeke-Freund

Auður Pálsdóttir

Es­ben Ra­h­bek Gjer­d­rum Pe­der­sen, Professor

Li­a­na Ra­z­me­ri­ta, Associate Professor

Ramon Rispoli

Volodymyr Rodchenko

Kri­sti­an Roed Ni­el­sen, Associate Professor

Magnus Thor Torfason

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2024

How Does Entrepreneurship Address the Grand Challenges?

Reviewing Social, Sustainable and Green Entrepreneurship Performance Measures

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