Join us for an exciting discussion next Saturday night!
AAT Real-Time Symposium
Broadening our Views of Corporate Social ImpactSaturday, August 8th, 19:00 - 22:00 ET
Session # 161Organizer: Shaker A. Zahra (U. of Minnesota)
Speakers: Aseem Kaul (U. of Minnesota), Rebecca Henderson (Harvard U.), Witold J.
Henisz (The Wharton School), Jiao Luo (U. of Minnesota), Anita McGahan (U. of Toronto), and Shaker Zahra (U. of Minnesota)
DescriptionDiverse literatures approach the study of social impact from their respective
disciplinary perspectives, applying different theories and frameworks, often
leading to the fragmentation of findings. In this symposium, we debate what social
impact means, especially in today's global environment - an environment that
is increasingly highly ideologically polarized. The session will cover the following
topics: Shifting research focus from CSR to social impact; how public-private
partnerships promote social impact, viewing social impact as political impact,
redefining corporate social Impact to include conflict and the system-level capacity
to manage conflict, and how social entrepreneurship contributes to greater social
impact. Discussion will highlight points of convergence and divergence and how
they may shape future scholarship​.
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Aseem Kaul
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
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