SRI Awards
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French SIF 2008 European Research Award ‘Finance and Sustainability’ Winners are:
Best Research Article: – “Corporate Social Responsibility and managerial entrenchment” published in Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, fall 2007. Download summary (pdf)
* CESF, Universita di Salerno, CEPR, and ECGI
“The more formalised ethical codes are, the less management, including CEOs, will utilize them to their advantage ”
Giovanni Cespa / Giacinta Cestone (Italy)
Best Master’s Thesis: “Corporate Responsibility in Supply Chain Management – Case environmentally Responsible Procurement”.Download summary (pdf)
* Helsinki University of Technology
“Having the same norms respected all along the supply chain is impossible”
Kaisa Jungman (Finland)
Best PhD Thesis: “The Economic Virtues of SRI and CSR”.Download summary (pdf)
* RSM Erasmus & Maastricht Universities
“The contribution of social and environmental management can be financially evaluated”
Jeroen Derwall (Netherlands)
2 grants:
“Socially efficient discounting under ambiguity aversion”.Download summary (pdf)
* Toulouse School of Economics (LERNA)
Johannes Gierlinger (Austria)
”Real Options Approach to Valuation of the Voluntary Targets Proposal”.Download summary (pdf)
* University of Cambridge
Kirill Zavodov (Russia)
To read (in French) Le Monde Economique (January 21, 2008) full coverage of the Award and interviews of the Award winners, click here.
