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Caroline Flammer
Associate Professor of Strategy & Innovation Dean’s Research Scholar Fellow of the Susilo Institute |
Academic Director, Social Impact MBA
Academic Director, Minor in Sustainable Energy (BU-wide program) PhD Coordinator, Strategy & Innovation Associate Editor, Strategic Management Journal Associate Editor, Management Science (SI: Business and Climate Change) Chair, United Nations’ PRI Academic Advisory Committee |
Curriculum Vitae, Bio
Google Scholar Page, BU Faculty Page Email: cflammer@bu.edu |
Publications:
- Flammer C. 2020. Corporate Green Bonds, Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming.
- Winner of the 2018 PGGM Sustainable Asset Pricing and Impact Paper Award.
- Winner of the 2018 Sustainable Finance Geneva Innovation Award.
- Flammer C. 2020. Green Bonds: Effectiveness and Implications for Public Policy, In Kotchen M, Stock JH, Wolfram C, eds.
NBER Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy. University of Chicago Press: Chicago, IL. - Flammer C, Ioannou I. 2020. Strategic Management during the Financial Crisis: How Firms Adjust their Strategic Investments in Response to Credit Market Disruptions, Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming.
- Flammer C, Kacperczyk AJ. 2019. Corporate Social Responsibility as a Defense against Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine, Strategic Management Journal, 40(8): 1243-1267.
- Selected for Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, BPS Division (2016).
- Flammer C, Hong B, Minor DB. 2019. Corporate Governance and the Rise of Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility Criteria in Executive Compensation: Effectiveness and Implications for Firm Outcomes, Strategic Management Journal, 40(7): 1097-1122.
- Winner of the 2017 Moskowitz Prize for Best Paper in Sustainable and Responsible Investing (video).
- Winner of the 2017 Fiegenbaum Best Paper Award.
- Winner of the 2017 Distinguished Paper Award of the BPS Division of the Academy of Management.
- Second Prize 2017 Investment for Impact Research Prize.
- Honorable Mention 2017 Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute Research Award.
- Honorable Mention 2020 ONE-NBS Research Impact on Practice Award.
- Selected for Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, BPS Division (2017).
- Flammer C. 2018. Competing for Government Procurement Contracts: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility,
Strategic Management Journal, 39(5): 1299-1324. - Flammer C, Bansal P. 2017. Does a Long-Term Orientation Create Value? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity,
Strategic Management Journal, 38(9): 1827-1847. - Winner of the 2016 Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute Research Award.
- Winner of the 2020 Responsible Research in Management Award.
- Honorable Mention 2016 Moskowitz Prize for Best Paper in Sustainable and Responsible Investing.
- Featured in the Wall Street Journal (news article).
- Featured in Alex Edmans’ blog on Executive Compensation Policy Reform (blog).
- Video abstract published by Strategic Management Society (video abstract).
- Flammer C, Luo J. 2017. Corporate Social Responsibility as an Employee Governance Tool: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment,
Strategic Management Journal, 38(2): 163-183. - Strategic Management Journal lead article February 2017.
- Flammer C, Kacperczyk AJ. 2016. The Impact of Stakeholder Orientation on Innovation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment,
Management Science, 62(7): 1982-2001.- Winner of the 2014 Glueck Best Paper Award of the BPS Division of the Academy of Management.
- Selected for Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, BPS Division (2014).
- Flammer C. 2015. Does Corporate Social Responsibility Lead to Superior Financial Performance? A Regression Discontinuity Approach, Management Science, 61(11): 2549-2568.
- Winner of the 2013 Moskowitz Prize for Best Paper in Sustainable and Responsible Investing.
- Winner of the 2015 FIR-PRI Award for Best Published Paper in Finance and Sustainability.
- Honorable Mention 2016 ONE-NBS Research Impact on Practice Award.
- Management Science lead article November 2015.
- Featured on Strategic Management Society Research Chatter as “cutting edge work on CSR”, February 2016 (podcast).
- Flammer C. 2015. Does Product Market Competition Foster Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from Trade Liberalization,
Strategic Management Journal, 36(10): 1469-1485.- Inaugural video abstract published by Strategic Management Society (video abstract).
- Selected for Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, BPS Division (2013).
- Flammer C. 2013. Corporate Social Responsibility and Shareholder Reaction: The Environmental Awareness of Investors,
Academy of Management Journal, 56(3): 758-781.
- Flammer C, Toffel MW, Viswanathan KV. 2020. Shareholder Activism and Firms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks,
Strategic Management Journal, revise & resubmit. - Fangwa A, Flammer C, Huysentruyt M, Quelin B. 2020. Corporate Governance and Social Impact of Non-Profits: Evidence from a Randomized Program in Healthcare in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Management Science, revise & resubmit.
- Boulongne R, Durand R, Flammer C. 2021. Impact Investing and the Fostering of Business Ventures’ Financial Performance and Social Impact in Disadvantaged Urban Areas.
- Flammer C. 2021. Climate Change, Impact Investing, and the Just Transition.
- 2020 Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance Research Grant, Global Risk Institute (GRI)
- Flammer C., Ioannou I. 2019. Save or Invest? How Companies Should Navigate Recessions, Harvard Business Review, May 31.
- Flammer C. 2018. Green Bonds Yield Real Dividends for Companies, Investors, and the Planet, Harvard Business Review, November 22.
- Flammer C. 2018. Long-Term Executive Compensation as a Remedy for Corporate Short-Termism, Seattle University Law Review, 41(2): 419–424.
- Flammer C, Hong B, Minor DB. 2017. Corporate Governance and the Rise of Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility Criteria in Executive Compensation,
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, BPS Division. - Flammer C, Kacperczyk AJ. 2016. Corporate Social Responsibility and Knowledge Protection,
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, BPS Division. - Flammer C, Kacperczyk AJ. 2014. In Search of Spark: The Impact of Stakeholder Orientation on Innovation,
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, BPS Division. - Flammer C. 2013. The Impact of Product Market Competition on Corporate Social Responsibility,
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, BPS Division.
- Named by the Web of Science as among the top-100 Highly Cited Researchers in Economics and Business over the last decade (2020).
- Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance Research Grant, GRI Global Risk Institute (2020).
- Dean’s Research Scholar, Boston University Questrom School of Business (2020).
- Fellow of the Susilo Institute, Boston University Questrom School of Business (2020).
- Responsible Research in Management Award (2020).
- Questrom Award for Institutional Leadership, Boston University Questrom School of Business (2019).
- Dean’s Research Scholar, Boston University Questrom School of Business (2018).
- Slatkin Family Research Fund Award, Boston University Questrom School of Business (2018).
- Sustainable Finance Geneva Innovation Award (2018).
- PGGM Sustainable Asset Pricing and Impact Paper Award (2018).
- Moskowitz Prize for Best Paper in Sustainable and Responsible Investing (2017).
- Fiegenbaum Best Paper Award (2017).
- Distinguished Paper Award of the BPS Division of the Academy of Management (2017).
- Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Institute Research Award (2016).
- Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) Emerging Sustainability Scholar Award (2015).
- Ivey Emerging Leaders Award, Ivey Business School (2015).
- FIR-PRI Award for Best Published Paper in Finance and Sustainability (2015).
- Glueck Best Paper Award of the BPS Division of the Academy of Management (2014).
- Moskowitz Prize for Best Paper in Sustainable and Responsible Investing (2013).
- Social Impact Field Seminar (student blog).
- Podcast with United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) on “How Corporate Social Responsibility Can Contribute to Company Competitiveness” (podcast).
- United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Academic Network Conference (Call for Papers 2021, Program 2020).
- United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Academic Seminar Series AY2020/21 (schedule overview and registration).
- Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) Seminar Series AY2020/21 (schedule overview and registration).
- Academic research: Top academic studies on responsible investment.
- Slides of my presentation Research Process and Publishing at the 2020 The PhD Project “Editor Panel”.
- Slides of my presentation Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) for Strategy Scholars at the 2015 Strategic Management Society Panel “Latest and Greatest in Empirical Methods for Strategy Scholars”.
- “Caroline Flammer – A ‘Celebrity Talk Show’ Style Interview” Strategy Research Virtual Proseminar Series 2020.