QUASI Seminar Series

The Questions & Unanswers About Social Innovation (QUASI) Seminar Series does not provide answers but instead identifies conditions, contingencies, conundrums, and paradoxes that merit further research, in hopes that scholars will pursue these refined lines of inquiry. View past presentations and recordings to gain new insight on the topics discussed.

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Past Presentations

May 13, 2022

Should Companies Reduce Income Inequality?

April 1, 2022

Does Social Media Facilitate Corporate Misconduct?

March 11, 2022

Does Corporate Social and Environmental Reporting Really Matter?

February 18, 2022

Do Socially Responsible Managers Violate Their Fiduciary Responsibilities?

January 14, 2022

Should Management Scholarship Address and Inform Societal Grand Challenges?
Reading List Yes Positioning - Stephanie Bertels No Positioning - Timothy Devinney It Depends - Jonathan Doh In Practice – Gail Whiteman Recorded Session Session Transcription

December 10, 2021

Do Corporations Have Human Rights Obligations?
Reading List Yes Positioning - Judith Schrempf-Stirling No Positioning - Nien-he Hsieh It Depends Positioning - Tom Donaldson In Practice - Yann Wyss Recorded Session Session Transcription

November 12, 2021

Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?
Reading List Yes Positioning - Lisa Hinchliffe Yes Positioning - Jasmin Lange No Positioning - Steffen Boehm No Positioning - Bruce Barry In Practice - Ziyad Marar Recorded Session Session Transcription

October 15, 2021

Is Luck Better Than Strategy in Cultivating Corporate Innovation?
Reading List Yes Positioning - Chengwei Liu No Positioning - Melissa Schilling It Depends - Christian Busch In Practice - Michael Mauboussin Recorded Session Session Transcription

September 17, 2021

Are Corporate ‘Win-Win’ Strategies an Effective Way of Alleviating Social & Environmental Problems?
Reading List Yes Positioning- Mark Kramer No Positioning- Andy King It Depends- Irene Henriques In Practice- Auden Schendler Recorded Session Chat Transcript

May 14, 2021

Can We Adequately Assess Corporate Reputation?
Reading List Moderation by David Deephouse Yes Positioning - Bill Newburry No Positioning - Jon Bundy It Depends Positioning - Naomi Gardberg Recorded Session Session Transcription

April 16, 2021

Can Our Research Improve Corporate Social and Environmental Practices?
Moderation by Wren Montgomery Yes Positioning - Mike Toffel No Positioning - Andy King It Depends Positioning - Tom Lyon Recorded Session Session Transcription

March 5, 2021

Can Ethics Drive Firms To Do The Right Thing If There Is No Business Case?
Reading List Moderation by Danielle Warren Yes Positioning - Wayne Eastman No Positioning - Tobey Scharding It Depends Positioning - Joanne Ciulla Recorded Session Session Transcription

February 19, 2021

Do Social Movements Improve Corporate Behaviors?
Reading List Moderation by Jerry Davis Yes Positioning - Sarah Soule No Positioning - Brayden King It Depends Positioning - Mae McDonnell Recorded Session Session Transcription

January 22, 2021

Does corporate lobbying benefit society?
Reading List Moderation by Aseem Prakash Yes Positioning - Brian Richter No Positioning - David Levy It Depends Positioning - Kathleen Rehbein Recorded Session Session Transcription

December 11, 2020

Is the firm a meaningful unit of analysis for social innovation?
Reading List Moderation by Christine Beckman Yes Positioning - Johanna Mair Yes Positioning - Marc Ventresca No Positioning - Irene Henriques No Positioning - Tyler Wry Recorded Session Session Transcription

November 13, 2020

Does Corporate, Social, Environmental Responsibility Create Value for Consumers?
Reading List Moderation by Timothy Devinney Yes Positioning - Caroline Flammer It Depends Positioning - Magali Delmas No Positioning - Michael Lennox Recorded Session Session Transcription

October 16, 2020

Is Capitalism the Most Effective Way to Advance Society?
Reading List Moderation by Maurizio Zollo Yes Positioning - Peter Klein It Depends Positioning - Anita McGahan No Positioning - Paul Adler Recorded Session Session Transcription Additional Resources The Economics of Guilds on JSTOR The House Antitrust Report on Big Tech - The New York Times Journal of Management Studies The Guardian - Opinion - Nemonte Nenquimo OECD Better Life Index University College London - Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Is Capitalism the Most Effective Way to Advance Society?

September 18, 2020

Can Shareholder-owned Corporations Maximize Profits without Harming their Stakeholders?
Reading List Yes Positioning - Jill Brown Maybe Positioning - Rob Phillips No Positioning - Jerry Davis Recorded Session Session Transcription

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