Across disciplines, faculty are engaging in research to further understanding of sustainability-related
issues from community, firm and consumer perspectives.
Sustainability Faculty Research
Marketing
Carter, Kealy and Satish Jayachandran. (2012) Consumers and Sustainability at Walmart: A Student’s Perspective, case study,
The Walmart Sustainability Case Project, University of South Carolina and University
of Arkansas (December 4).
Marketing
Jayachandran, Satish, Kartik Kalaignanam and Meike Eilert. Product and environmental social performance: Varying effect on firm performance.
Strategic Management Journal 34.10 (2013): 1255-1264.
Carter, Kealy and Satish Jayachandran. (2012) Consumers and Sustainability at Walmart: A Student’s Perspective, case study,
The Walmart Sustainability Case Project, University of South Carolina and University
of Arkansas (December 4).
Marketing
Jayachandran, Satish, Kartik Kalaignanam and Meike Eilert. Product and environmental social performance: Varying effect on firm performance.
Strategic Management Journal 34.10 (2013): 1255-1264.
Management
Shabana, K. and Ravlin, E.C. (2016) Corporate social reporting as substantive and symbolic behavior: A multilevel
theoretical analysis. Business and Society Review, 121, 297-327.
Shabana, K.M. and Ravlin, E.C. (2016) Pyrrhic victories of myopic legitimation strategies. Presented at the Academy
of Management, August.
Economics
Sheldon, Tamara L. Asymmetric Effects of the Business Cycle on Carbon Dioxide Emissions, forthcoming
in Energy Economics.
DeShazo, J.R., Tamara L. Sheldon and Richard T. Carson. Designing Policy Incentives for Cleaner Technologies: Lessons from California’s Plug-in
Electric Vehicle Rebate Program, forthcoming in Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
Sheldon, Tamara, J.R. DeShazo and Richard T. Carson. Demand for Battery-electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles: Policy Lessons for an Emerging
Market, forthcoming in Economic Inquiry.
NGOs and the Millennium Development Goals: Citizen Action to Reduce Poverty (2007)
(Co-Edited with Jennifer Brinkerhoff and Stephen C. Smith). New York, NY: Palgrave.
Globalization and NGOs: Transforming Business, Governments and Society (2003) (Co-Edited
with J. P. Doh). Westport, CT: Praeger Books.
Looking for a Service Opening: Building Reputation by Leveraging International Activities
and Host Country Context (with A. Borda, W. Newburry, A. Montero, J. Najera Sanchez,
F. Forcadell, N. Lama and Z. Quispe) (forthcoming) Journal of World Business.
Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in the Business-Government-Society Interface,
(Part II) (with N.M. Dahan and J.P.Doh) (2010) Business & Society,49(4): 567-569.
Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in the Business-Government-Society Interface,
(Part I) (with N.M. Dahan and J.P.Doh) (2010) Business & Society, 49(1): 20-34.
NGOs Influence on MNEs Social Development Strategies in Varying Institutional Contexts:
A Transaction Cost Perspective (with S. Vachani and J.P. Doh) (2009) International Business Review, 18 (5):446-456.
The Importance of Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) in Global Governance and Value
Creation: An International Business Research Agenda (with J.P. Doh and S. Vachani)
(2004) Journal of International Business Studies, 35(6): 463-483.
Balancing Private and State Ownership in Emerging Markets Telecommunications Infrastructure:
Country, Industry, and Firm Influences (with J.P. Doh and R. Mudambi) (2004). Journal of International Business Studies. 35(3): 233-250.
Walmart Study
Professors from the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina,
and the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, collaborated to
write a series of cases that explores Wal-Mart’s sustainability journey from different positions and perspectives.
The Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula is designed to encourage and support efforts to introduce
or substantially upgrade sustainability courses or associated coursework into the
curriculum of business schools, both nationally and internationally.
International Finance Corporation Business Sustainability Advisory Panel Member
Center for International Private Enterprise Board Member/Evaluation Committee Member
Culver Academies (Culver, IN) Alumni Advisory Council for Sustainability Chairperson
Sustainability in the Curriculum
Many courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels address current trends
in sustainability in business. For students interested a more specific focus on sustainability,
the Sustainability in Business undergraduate concentration is available.
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