khomsc

Department of Management, Society and Communication

  • Centre for Sustainability
Kai
Hockerts
Professor
,
PhD


Room: DH.Ø.2.38
Tel:
+4538153175
E-mail: kho.msc@cbs.dk
Presentation

Kai Hockerts is Professor in Social Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). In his function as Academic Coordinator he leads the CBS Aurora Alliance team which aims to develop international and interdisciplinary social entrepreneurship education content across ten European university. Kais primary research focus is on corporate sustainability strategies, social entrepreneurship, and impact investing. Kai holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of St. Gallen (CH).

Before joining CBS Kai was Adjunct Professor at INSEAD (F). His research has been published in outlets such as the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Academy of Management Education and Learning, Journal of Business Ethics, California Management Review, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise Journal and Business Strategy and the Environment. Furthermore, Kai is section editor at the Journal of Business Ethics, and editorial board member at Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Social Enterprise Journal, and Business Strategy and the Environment.

Primary research areas
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Impact Investing
  • Corporate Sustainability
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/khomsc
Courses
  • An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship (Bachelor)
  • Social Entrepreneurship and Business Model Innovation (Master)
  • Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Master)
  • Scandinavian Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility (Master)
Selected publications

"How to Sharpen Our Discourse on Corporate Sustainability and Business Ethics—A View from the Section Editors." Journal of Business Ethics (2023): 1-11. (with Cory Searcy)

"Defining and Conceptualizing Impact Investing: Attractive Nuisance or Catalyst?“ Journal of Business Ethics179(4), (2022): 937-950. (with Hehenberger, L., Schaltegger, S., & Farber, V.).

"Dogmatic, instrumental and paradoxical frames: A pragmatic research framework for studying organizational sustainability." International Journal of Management Reviews 24.4 (2022): 501-534. (with Tulin Dzhengiz)

"Modeling collaborative intentions and behavior in Digital Environments: The case of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)“. Academy of Management Learning & Education19(4), (2020): 469-502. (with Razmerita, L., Kirchner, K., & Tan, C. W.).

"Organizational social entrepreneurship: scale development and validation." Social Enterprise Journal, Vol 15(3) (2019). (together with Kannampuzha, Merie)

"Determinants of social entrepreneurial intentions." Entrepreneurship theory and practice 41.1 (2017): 105-130.

”How Hybrid Organizations Turn Antagonistic Assets into Complementarities,” California Management Review, 57(3): 83-106, 2015. 

"Greening Goliaths versus emerging Davids — Theorizing about the role of incumbents and new entrants in sustainable entrepreneurship", Journal of Business Venturing, Vol 25, No 5, pp 481-492, 2010.   (together with Rolf Wüstenhagen)

“Communicating Corporate Responsibility to Investors, The Changing Role of the Investor Relations Function,” Journal of Business Ethics, Vol 52: 85– 98, 2004.

"Beyond the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability", Business Strategy and The Environment, 11(2): 130-141, 2002 (with Thomas Dyllick).

Publications sorted by:
2024
Anne-Karen Hueske; Svenja Damberg; Kai Hockerts / How Does Entrepreneurship Address the Grand Challenges? : Reviewing Social, Sustainable and Green Entrepreneurship Performance Measures.
Paper presented at FGF Frühjahrstreffen 2024, 2024
Paper
2023
Kai Hockerts; Anne-Karen Hueske / Development of a Scale to Measure Behavioral Intentions Related to Irresponsible Management
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2023, 1 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Kai Hockerts; Cory Searcy / How to Sharpen Our Discourse on Corporate Sustainability and Business Ethic : A View from the Section Editors.
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 187, No. 2, 10.2023, p. 225-235
Journal article > peer review
Kai Hockerts; Francesco Di Lorenzo / Schumpeter’s Second Act : Market Disequilibria in a Macro-level Theory of Social Entrepreneurship.
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2023, 1 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Kai Hockerts; Lisa Hehenberger; Stefan Schaltegger / Six Essential Dimensions for Impact Investing
: The European Research Network on Philanthropy 2023, 2 p. (The ERNOP Research Notes for Philanthropy Practitioners, No. 2023 / III)
Working paper
Anne-Karen Hueske; Willemine Willems; Kai Hockerts / Why and How to Engage Beneficiaries as Co-(social) Entrepreneurs? : Considering Hardware, Software, and Orgware for Citizen Engagement.
In: Social Economy Science: Transforming the Economy and Making Society More Resilient. . ed. /Gorgi Krlev; Dominika Wruk; Giulio Pasi; Marika Bernhard. Oxford : Oxford University Press 2023, p. 311-333
Book chapter > peer review
2022
Anne-Karen Hueske; Kai Hockerts / A Validated Measurement Tool for Social Entrepreneurship Competences
Paper presented at G-Forum Conference 2022, 2022
Paper > peer review
Kai Hockerts; Lisa Hehenberger; Stefan Schaltegger; Vanina Farber / Defining and Conceptualizing Impact Investing : Attractive Nuisance or Catalyst?.
In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 179, No. 4, 9.2022, p. 937-950
Journal article > peer review
Tulin Dzhengiz; Kai Hockerts / Dogmatic, Instrumental and Paradoxical Frames : A Pragmatic Research Framework for Studying Organizational Sustainability.
In: International Journal of Management Reviews, Vol. 24, No. 4, 10.2022, p. 501-534
Journal article > peer review
Anne-Karen Hueske; Kai Hockerts / Mindsets and Skills to Address Sustainability Challenge : A Review of Social Entrepreneurship Comptences.
Paper presented at 4th ARTEM Organizational Creativity and Sustainability International Conference, 2022
Paper > peer review
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