[voew-listserver] Reminder - Call for Papers for Summer Academy
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- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:24:11 +0100
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Call for papers for the Summer Academy "Creating a New Future for Business"
Berlin, Akademie Schmöckwitz, Germany
19-22 June 2008
organised by the International Research Network on Social and Environmental
Aspects in Business and Management (SEABUS)
Deadline for submissions: 4 January 2008
Companies are facing growing environmental and social challenges which
increasingly affect corporate decision making, performance and prosperity.
Therefore, business and management is confronted with the need to take into
account environmental and social developments. Rapid and drastic changes both
in the natural and social environment of corporate decision making require
innovative approaches and solutions that go beyond conventional business
practice. Research is needed to develop and discuss novel approaches that
define the role and purpose of business and management in the light of
challenges such as mitigating climate change, alleviating poverty, coping with
migration, dealing with resource scarcities, securing social cohesion, etc.
The SEABUS summer academy invites research papers on innovative responses and
strategies for business and management that create new opportunities for future
business by contributing to the sustainability of the life-supporting
environmental and social systems. We would like to encourage innovative
approaches that explore new perspectives on the active role business could play
for achieving a more sustainable future. Contributions should go beyond the
current discussion of CSR, business and society, eco-efficiency, environmental
management, corporate sustainability and the business case.
We are looking for innovative papers on a new future for business in the light
of immense environmental and social challenges. Papers that offer rigorous
research and develop bold thought and new conceptual ideas are particularly
welcome. Empirical papers that shed light on the new future for business are
also very welcome. Researchers from different theoretical backgrounds and
academic disciplines are invited to develop and present their views. Research
questions of particular interest include but are not limited to:
? How can we better understand and model business responses to future
environmental and social challenges?
? What are the actors, technologies and developments that will be pivotal in
creating a new future for business?
? What motives drive business to respond proactively to changes in its natural
and social environment?
? What are the determinants for corporate decision making vis-à-vis a rapidly
and drastically changing natural and social environment?
? What new business models and strategies are likely to emerge due to pressing
social and environmental challenges?
? What kind of management and measurement tools are needed to implement
sustainable business strategies?
? What is the role of business in maintaining the sustainability of the
life-supporting environmental and social systems?
? Does the current paradigmatic foundation of business and management models
measure up to the new challenges of a rapidly and drastically changing natural
and social environment?
This refers to questions such as:
- Is the principle of profit-maximization compatible with the environmental and
social challenges business is facing?
- Are current approaches of business and society like CSR, eco-efficiency,
environmental management, corporate sustainability and the business case
sufficient to provide solutions for a new future for business?
? What other research traditions and areas could inspire the development of new
perspectives and approaches in research on environmental and social aspects in
business and management?
This call invites scholars from various fields to present their papers and
discuss their research with their peers. The summer academy will provide a
platform for in-depth discussion and intensive exchange of research and ideas
in an inspiring environment. Discussion will be enhanced and facilitated by a
number of distinguished senior faculty who will participate in the summer
academy as key note speakers.
Paper submission
Submissions are electronic. Please follow the instructions on the website
www.seabusresearch.net/summeracademy2008. Participants are invited to submit
papers no later than 4 January 2008. Only submissions sent via the website will
be considered (not by fax, mail or e-mail). Papers will undergo a review
process and authors will receive feedback on their papers. The selection
process will consider quality, innovativeness, and diversity of views.
Notifications of acceptance of papers will be sent out by the latest at the end
of March 2008.
For more details please visit our website or download the call for papers at
http://www.seabus-research.net/downloads/iztsummeracademy.pdf.
Thank you!
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