Join us for an exciting discussion next Saturday night!
AAT Real-Time Symposium
Broadening our Views of Corporate Social Impact
Saturday, August 8th, 19:00 - 22:00 ET
Session # 161
Organizer: Shaker A. Zahra (U. of Minnesota)
Speakers: Aseem Kaul (U. of Minnesota), Rebecca Henderson (Harvard U.), Witold J. Henisz (The Wharton School), Jiao Luo (U. of Minnesota), Anita McGahan (U. of Toronto), and Shaker Zahra (U. of Minnesota)
Description
Diverse literatures approach the study of social impact from their respective disciplinary perspectives, applying different theories and frameworks, often leading to the fragmentation of findings. In this symposium, we debate what social impact means, especially in today's global environment - an environment that is increasingly highly ideologically polarized. The session will cover the following topics: Shifting research focus from CSR to social impact; how public-private partnerships promote social impact, viewing social impact as political impact, redefining corporate social Impact to include conflict and the system-level capacity to manage conflict, and how social entrepreneurship contributes to greater social impact. Discussion will highlight points of convergence and divergence and how they may shape future scholarship​.
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Jiao Luo
Associate Professor
Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
University of Minnesota
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