Research

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. “CSR Decoupling within Business Groups and the Risk of Perceived Greenwashing” with Vlad-Andrei Porumb, Joel Bothello and Yasemin Karaibrahimoglu, Strategic Management Journal, 2023, forthcoming

2. “Retrospective: What Drives Corporate Social Performance? The Role of Nation-Level Institutions”, with G. Serafeim (HBS), Journal of International Business Studies, 2023, vol. 54: p. 14-23 - Retrospective on 2012 paper, JIBS 2022 Decade Award Winner

3. “The Impact of CSR Decoupling on Customer Satisfaction and the Contingent Role of Capability Reputation” with G. Kassinis (UCY) and Y. Papagiannakis (AUEB), Journal of Business Ethics, 2022, p. 1-15

4. "Strategic Management during the Financial Crisis: How Firms Adjust their Strategic Investments in Response to Credit Market Disruptions", with C. Flammer (BU), Strategic Management Journal, 2021, Vol. 42, No 7, pp. 1275-1298

5. “Willing and Able: A General Model of Organizational Responses to Normative Pressures”, with O. Hawn (UNC) and R. Durand (HEC Paris), Academy of Management Review, 2019, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 299-320

6. “Redefining Strategy in the Age of Sustainability and Social Responsibility”, with O. Hawn (UNC), book chapter in Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility: Psychological and Organizational Perspectives 2019

7. “The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting: Evidence from Four Countries”, with G. Serafeim (HBS), book chapter in Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility: Psychological and Organizational Perspectives 2019

8. “Mind the Gap: The Interplay Between Internal and External Actions in the Case of Corporate Social Responsibility”, with O. Hawn (UNC), Strategic Management Journal, December 2016, 37(13): 2569-2588

9. “The Effect of Target Difficulty on Target Completion: The Case of Reducing Carbon Emissions”, with, X. Li (HBS) and G. Serafeim (HBS), The Accounting Review, September 2016, Vol. 91, No. 5, pp. 1467-1492

10. “The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations: Analysts’ Perceptions and Shifting Institutional Logics”, with G. Serafeim (HBS), Strategic Management Journal, July 2015, 36(7): 1053-1081 -- Ranked as #6 most cited paper in the Strategic Management Journal for the 2014-2018 period

11.  “The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance”, with G. Serafeim (HBS), and R. Eccles (HBS), Management Science, November 2014, Vol. 60 (11): 2835-2857 -- Ranked as #2 most cited paper in Management Science for the 2014-2018 period

12. “When Do Spinouts Enhance Parent Firm Performance? Evidence from the US Automobile Industry 1890-1986”, Organization Science, 2014, Vol. 25(2): 529-551

13. “Corporate Sustainability and Access to Finance”, with G. Serafeim (HBS) and B. Cheng (HBS), Strategic Management Journal, 2014, Lead Article, 35(1): 1-23 --Ranked as #1 most cited paper in the Strategic Management Journal for the 2014-2018 period

14. “What Drives Corporate Social Performance? The Role of Nation-Level Institutions”, with G. Serafeim (HBS), Journal of International Business Studies, 2012, Vol. 43: 834-864 -- Winner of The 2022 JIBS Decade Award (award announcement here)

15. “Effects of Capacity on Sales Under Alternative Supply Contracts”, with Julie H. Mortimer and Richard Mortimer, Journal of Industrial Economics, Volume 59, Issue 1, March 2011, p.117

16. "A Textbook Example of International Price Discrimination", with C. Cabolis, S. Clerides and D. Senft, Economic Letters, Volume 95, Issue 1, April 2007, p.91.

WORK IN PROGRESS

1. “Peer Responses to Environmental Regulatory Sanctions: Environmental Lobbying and Green Innovation”, with Wei Shi (MHBS) and Boshuo Li (MHBS), reject and resubmit at Strategic Management Journal

2. “Organizational Responses to Environmental, Social and Governance Issues”, with O. Hawn (UNC) and R. Durand (HEC Paris), preparing for submission.

3. “Sustainability-based Differentiation: Maintaining Competitive Advantage in the Face of Industry Convergence” with G. Serafeim (HBS), preparing for submission.

4. “Gaming and the Decay of Organizational Evaluation Systems”, with. J. Bothello (Concordia) and Leandro Bonfim (Freeman), working paper.

5. “Talk Is Not Always Cheap: What Firms Say, How They Say It, And Social Performance”, with D. Crilly (LBS), working paper.

HBR PUBLICATIONS

1. “How Leaders Can Create a Purpose-Driven Culture”, with Rodolphe Durand, Harvard Business Review, November 2023

2. “How Some Companies Avoid Accusations of Greenwashing”, with Vlad-Andrei Porumb, Joel Bothello and Yasemin Karaibrahimoglu, Harvard Business Review, September 2023

3. “How Greenwashing Affects the Bottom Line”, with G. Kassinis (UCY) and G. Papagiannakis (AUEB), Harvard Business Review, July 2022

4. “How VCs Can Help Startups Set (and Meet) ESG Goals”, with L. Alemany (LBS) and O. Kacperczyk (LBS), Harvard Business Review, January 2022

5. “Save or Invest? How Companies Should Navigate Recessions”, with. C. Flammer (Columbia), Harvard Business Review (online), May 2019

6. “Yes, Sustainability Can Be A Strategy”, with G. Serafeim (HBS), Harvard Business Review, February 2019