Sustainable Business Research

At the Lundquist College of Business, our faculty members are enmeshed in advancing sustainability from a business perspective—and a human one.

Research into this vital area of inquiry spans the college's departments and programs and is supported by our Center for Sustainable Business Practices. Four major areas occupy our faculty members' research related to sustainable business:

  • Sustainable supply chain and operations management
  • Organizational change for social and environmental stewardship
  • Performance measurement and governance
  • Measurement and analysis for the life cycle

Below is an ever-growing list of research citations from our faculty members, who are advancing knowledge in the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profits.


Russo, Michael V., Andrew G. Earle, Brooke A. Lahneman, and Suzanne G. Tilleman. "Taking Root in Fertile Ground: Community Context and the Agglomeration of Hybrid Companies." Journal of Business Venturing 37, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2021.106184. March 2022
Christensen, Dane M., George Serafeim, and Anywhere Sikochi. "Why is Corporate Virtue in the Eye of the Beholder? The Case of ESG Ratings." The Accounting Review 97, no. 1: 147-175. https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2019-0506. January 2022
Vedula, Siddharth, Claudia Doblinger, Desirée Pacheco, Jeffrey G. York, Sophie Bacq, Michael V. Russo, and Thomas J. Dean. "Entrepreneurship for the Public Good: A Review, Critique, and Path Forward for Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship Research." Academy of Management Annals 16, no. 1: 391-425. https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2019.0143. January 2022
Hahn, Tobias, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Thomas Lyon, Michael V. Russo, and. Judith L. Walls. "Leadership Forum on Organizations and Sustainability: Taking Stock, Looking Forward." Organization & Environment 34, no. 1: 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026621992147. March 2021
Tilleman, Suzanne, Michael Russo, and Andrew Nelson. "Institutional Logics and Regional Cluster Emergence: Evidence from the Wind and Solar Energy Industries." Organization Science 31, no. 3: 649-670. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1320. May 2020
Tilleman, Suzanne, Michael Russo, and Andrew Nelson. "Institutional Logics and Regional Cluster Emergence: Evidence from The Wind and Solar Energy Industries." Organization Science 31, no. 3: 649-670. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1320. May 2020
Hanson, Sara, Lan Jiang, Jun Ye, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "Society or the Environment? Understanding How Consumers Evaluate Brand Messages About Corporate Social Responsibility Activities." Journal of Brand Management 26, no. 1: 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41262-018-0110-8. January 2019
Testa, Francesco, Michael V. Russo, T. Bettina Cornwell, Aaron McDonald, and Brandon Reich. "Social Sustainability as Buying Local: Effects of Soft Policy, Meso-Level Actors, and Social Influences on Purchase Intentions." Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 37, no. 1: 152-166. https://doi.org/10.1509/jppm.16.215. April 2018
Testa, Francesco, Michael V. Russo, T. Bettina Cornwell, Aaron McDonald, and Brandon Reich. "Social Sustainability as Buying Local: Effects of Soft Policy, Meso-Level Actors, and Social Influences on Purchase Intentions." Journal of Public Policy and Marketing 37, no. 1: 152-166. https://doi.org/10.1509/jppm.16.215. April 2018
Goldstein, Noah J., and Ashley N. Angulo. "Field Experimentation: Promoting Environmentally Friendly Consumer Behavior." In Handbook of Marketing Analytics: Methods and Applications in Marketing Management, Public Policy, and Litigation Support, edited by Natalie Mizik and Dominique M. Hanssens, 502-511. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. January 2018
Hubbard, Timothy D., Dane M. Christensen, and Scott D. Graffin. "Higher Highs and Lower Lows: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in CEO Dismissal." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 11: 2255-2265. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2646. November 2017
Howard-Grenville, Jennifer, Andrew J. Nelson, Andrew G. Earle, Julie A. Haack, and Douglas M. Young. "'If Chemists Don't Do It, Who's Going to?': Peer-Driven Occupational Change and the Emergence of Green Chemistry." Administrative Science Quarterly 62, no. 3: 524-560. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839217690530. September 2017
Cornwell, T. Bettina and Joerg Koenisgtorfer. "Sponsors as Meso Level Actors in Sport: Understanding Individual Decisions as Foundational to Sustainability in Food and Drink." In Handbook of Sport, Sustainability, and the Environment, edited by Brian P. McCullough and Timothy B. Kellison, 161-175. New York: Routledge. August 2017
Markman, Gideon D., Michael Russo, G.T. Lumpkin, P. Devereaux Jennings, and Johanna Mair. "Entrepreneurship as a Platform for Pursuing Multiple Goals: a Special Issue on Sustainability, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship." Journal of Management Studies 53, no. 5: 673-694. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12214. July 2016
Christensen, Dane M. "Corporate Accountability Reporting and High-Profile Misconduct." The Accounting Review 91, no. 2: 377-399. https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-51200. March 2016
Geismar, H. Neil, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "Balancing Production and Distribution in Paper Manufacturing." Production and Operations Management 24, no. 7: 1164-1178. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12314. July 2015
Husted, Bryan W., Michael V. Russo, Carlos E. Basurto Meza, and Suzanne G. Tilleman. "An Exploratory Study of Environmental Attitudes and The Willingness to Pay for Environmental Certification in Mexico." Journal of Business Research 67, no. 5: 891-899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.07.008 May 2014
Crooke, Michael and Michael Mallinger. "Personal Responsibility for Improving Society: The Role of Graduate Business Education." Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society 23: 39-47. April 2014
Cornwell, T. Bettina, and Anna McAlister. "Preschool Children's Preference for Energy-Dense, Branded Foods: an Unsustainable Trajectory." In Communicating Sustainability for the Green Economy, edited by Lynn R. Kahle and Eda Gurel-Atay, 209-222. New York: Routledge. December 2013
Aydinliyim, Tolga, and Michael S. Pangburn. "Reducing Packaging Waste and Cost via Consumer Price Discounts." Decision Sciences 43, no. 6: 1063-1089. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.2012.00385.x. December 2012
Crooke, Michael and Craig Wilson. "Creating Advocates: A Values-Oriented Approach to Developing Brand Loyalty." Graziadio Business Review 14, no. 3. September 2011
Crooke, Michael. "How MBA Programs Can Plant the Seed of Sustainable Entrepreneurship." Greenbiz.com. March 2011
Crooke, Michael. Foreward. In Management Reset: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness, edited by E. E. Lawler, C. G. Worley, and D. Creelman. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. January 2011
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Michael Crooke, Forest Reinhardt, and Vishal Vasishth. "Households' Willingness to Pay for 'Green' Goods: Evidence from Patagonia's Introduction of Organic Cotton Sportswear." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 18, no. 1: 203-233. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9134.2009.00212.x. February 2009