Scientific Case
The present activities at the ABS that take an interdisciplinary business approach to the sustainability dimension of corporate governance are spread among fourresearch programmes, namely Accounting, Human Resource Management–Organisational Behaviour, Finance and Strategy & Marketing.
Led by internationally outstanding professors (Brendan O’Dwyer, Deanne den Hartog, and Ans Kolk), researchers in these groups adopt innovative, interdisciplinary approaches: as emerging, novel topics are involved, existing approaches usually do not suffice, and new ways of conceptualising, measuring, testing, and empirically studying the phenomena (both quantitative and qualitatively) are needed. At the same time, they also build on and contribute to the relevance of existing ‘mainstream’ research.
In recognition of their excellence, these UvA scholars have received numerous international awards for their work, which include: the 2011 Emerald Publishers Research Impact award for a seminal paper; the 2010 European Social Investment Forum Best European research paper award; the Fellowship award from The Leadership Trust; the 2009 Faculty Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aspen Institute and the European Academy of Business in Society, and several Best Paper awards in leading international journals.
Publications reach the top ‘mainstream’ A journals in the respective fields, the key professors fulfil roles in prominent international academic organisations and in mainstream A and B journal editorial boards, and have co-edited several special issues of both international specialised and ‘mainstream’ B journals. Nationally and internationally, ABS is now widely renowned in the areas of corporate governance and sustainability. This was also recognised by the 2010 EQUIS international accreditation (prominent for business schools worldwide).