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Mark B. Milstein
Johnson Graduate School of Management • Cornell University
405 Sage Hall • Ithaca, NY 14853
607‐255‐4982 (t) • 607‐255‐5057 (f)
mm462@cornell.edu
EDUCATION
2004 Ph.D. Strategic Management Chapel Hill, NC
The University of North Carolina Kenan‐Flagler Business School
1997 MBA General Management Ann Arbor, MI
The University of Michigan Business School
1997 MS Natural Resource Policy and Behavior Ann Arbor, MI
The University of Michigan School of Natural Resources & Environment
1994 Certificate of Advanced Japanese Studies Nagoya, Japan
Nanzan University
1990 BA Economics & Japanese Ann Arbor, MI
The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science & Arts
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2012 ‐ present Clinical Professor of Management
Cornell University • Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
2010 ‐ 2012 Senior Lecturer of Management & Organizations
Cornell University • Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
2005 – 2010 Lecturer of Strategy, Innovation and Sustainable Global Enterprise
Cornell University • Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
2004 – 2005 Post‐Doctoral Fellow
Cornell University • Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
2002 – 2004 Adjunct Assistant Professor
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Kenan‐Flagler Business School
PROFESSIONAL & ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
2006 – present Director
Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
Cornell University • Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
2004 – 2006 Business Research Director
Sustainable Enterprise Program • World Resources Institute
2001 – 2004 Director of Research
Center for Sustainable Enterprise
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • Kenan‐Flagler Business School
RESEARCH
Publications
Darnall, N. and M. B. Milstein. 2014. “Damaí Lovina Villas: Can Eco‐standards and Certification Create
Competitive Advantage for a Luxury Resort” (with teaching note.) Case Research Journal, forthcoming.
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Publications (continued)
Darnall, N. & M. B. Milstein. 2014. “Damaí Lovina Villas: Can Eco‐standards and Certification
Create Competitive Advantage for a Luxury Resort” (with teaching note) reprinted in H.G. Parsa,
V. Narapareddy, S. Jang, M. Segarra‐Ona, and RJC Chen (eds.), Sustainability, Social
Responsibility, and Innovations in Tourism and Hospitality. Waretown, NJ: Apple Academic
Press & CRC Press, forthcoming.
Simanis, E. N. and M. B. Milstein. 2012. “Back to Business Fundamentals: Making ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’
Relevant to Core Business,” Field Actions Science Reports (FACTS) Special Issue 4 on Fighting Poverty,
Between Market and Gift, Volume 6: pp. 82‐88.
Gómez, M. I., C. B. Barrett, L. E. Buck, H. De Groote, S. Ferris, H. O. Gao, E. McCullough, D. D. Miller, H.
Outhred, A. N. Pell, T. Reardon, M. Retnanestri, R. Ruben, P. Struebi, J. Swinnen, M. A. Touesnard, K.
Weinberger, J. D. H. Keatinge, M. B. Milstein, and R. Y. Yang. 2011. “Research Principles for Developing
Country Food Value Chains,” Science, 332: 1154‐55.
Milstein, M. B., E. Simanis, D. Duke, and S. L. Hart. 2010. “Poverty,” in C. Laszlo, K. Christensen, D. Fogel,
G. Wagner, and P. Whitehouse (eds.) Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: Vol. 2 The Business of
Sustainability, Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing.
Milstein, M. B., E. Simanis, D. Duke, and S. L. Hart. 2010. “Base of the Pyramid,” in C. Laszlo, K.
Christensen, D. Fogel, G. Wagner, and P. Whitehouse (eds.) Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: Vol.
2 The Business of Sustainability, Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing.
Milstein, M.B. 2009. “Jane Clough‐Riquelme and Nora Bringas Rábago: Equity and Sustainable
Development: Reflections from the U.S.‐Mexico Border,” Administrative Science Quarterly, 54(1): 179.
Milstein, M. B. and E. Simanis. 2008. “Women’s Empowerment Through Business Innovation: Evidence
From the Marketplace,” DI Insight, 16: April 9, pp. 5‐8.
Milstein, M. B., E. Simanis, D. Duke, and S. L. Hart. 2007. “Poverty,” in W. Visser and D. Matten (eds.) The
A to Z of CSR: The Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, London: John Wiley & Sons, 368‐373.
Milstein, M. B., E. Simanis, D. Duke, and S. L. Hart. 2007. “Base of the Pyramid Models,” in W. Visser and
D. Matten (eds.) The A to Z of CSR: The Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility, London: John
Wiley & Sons, 40‐43.
Milstein, M. B., T. London, and S. L. Hart. 2007. “Revolutionary Routines: Capturing the Opportunity for
Creating a More Inclusive Capitalism,” In S. Pederit, R. Fry, and D. Cooperrider (eds.) Handbook of
Transformative Cooperation: New Designs and Dynamics; Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 84‐
103.
Milstein, M. B. 2007. “Do Your Metrics Drive Innovation” in The GEMI Metrics Navigator, Global
Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI): Washington, DC.
Hart, S. L. and M. B. Milstein. 2006. “In Search of Sustainable Enterprise: The Case of GE’s Ecomagination
Initiative,” Value, 1(1): 36‐43.
Hart, S. L. and M. B. Milstein. 2003. “Creating Sustainable Value,” Academy of Management Executive,
17(2): 56‐69.
Profiled by Smalheiser, K. “Building a sustainable future.” Forbes, September 15, 2003.
Milstein, M. B., S. L. Hart, and A. S. York. 2002. “Coercion Breeds Variation: The Differential Impact of
Isomorphic Pressures on Environmental Strategies,” in A. Hoffman and M. Ventresca (eds.) Organizations,
Policy, and the Natural Environment: Institutional and Strategic Perspectives, Stanford, CA: Stanford
University Press, pp. 151‐172.
Hart, S. L., and M. B. Milstein. 1999. “Global Sustainability and the Creative Destruction of Industries,”
Sloan Management Review, 41(1): 23‐33.
Reprinted in Gupta, A. K. and D. E. Westney (eds.). 2003. Smart Globalization: Designing Global Strategies, Creating
Global Networks, Jossey‐Bass.
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Milstein, M. B., S. L. Hart and R. Day. 1998. “Weyerhaeuser Forestry: The Wall of Wood,” The Business of
Sustainable Forestry: Case Studies, Chicago, IL: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Teaching Cases & Notes
Darnall, N. and M. B. Milstein. 2011. “Sustainability and Environmental Standards: Seeking Competitive
Distinction at Damaí Lovina Villas” (available at www.CasePlace.org)
Best New Case, 2008 Eastern Academy of Management
Eastern Finalist, Honorable Mention 2006 oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition
Milstein, M. B. and N. Darnall. 2011. “Teaching Note for Sustainability and Environmental Standards:
Seeking Competitive Distinction at Damaí Lovina Villas” (available at www.CasePlace.org)
Milstein, M. B., S. L. Hart, and J. Buffington. 2006. “Tandus 2010: Race to Sustainability (A)” (available at
www.globalens.com)
Milstein, M. B., S. L. Hart, and J. Buffington. 2006. “Tandus 2010: Race to Sustainability (B)” (available at
www.globalens.com)
Milstein, M. B. and S. L. Hart. 2006. “Teaching Note for Tandus 2010: Race to Sustainability” (available at
www.globalens.com)
Sardinha, B., S. L. Hart, and M. B. Milstein. 2003. “Jari Celulose, S.A.”
Second Place, 2004 oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition
Milstein, M. B., S. L. Hart, and B. Sardinha. 2003. “Teaching Note for Jari Celulose, S.A.”
Milstein, M. B. and S. L. Hart. 1997. “Weyerhaeuser Company: The Next 100 Years,” Washington, D.C.:
World Resources Institute. (also available at www.globalens.com)
Recognized by faculty at leading business education institutions as a top ten teaching case on sustainability in 1998 WRI
survey Grey Pinstripes with Green Ties.
Republished in T. Donaldson and P. H. Werhane (eds). 1998. Ethical Issues in Business, 6 th edition, New Jersey: Prentice
Hall.
Published in Spanish since 1999.
Milstein, M. B. and S. L. Hart. 1997. “Teaching Note for Weyerhaeuser company: The next 100 years,”
Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute. (also available at www.globalens.com)
Conference Presentations
“Private Enterprise Solutions to Poverty Alleviation,” 2008 Academy of Management Conference,
Anaheim, CA.
“Building from the Ground Up: The Questions We Ask About Sustainable Enterprise,” 2008 Academy of
Management Conference, Anaheim, CA.
“The Management Innovation Imperative: Base of the Pyramid Protocols, Learning Labs, and Longitudinal
Lessons” (with S. Hart and E. Simanis), 2007 Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
“Revolutionary Routines: Capturing the Opportunity for Creating a More Inclusive Capitalism” (with T.
London and S. Hart), 2006 Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA.
“Strategic Considerations for the Role of Business as an Agent of World Benefit,” 2006 Academy of
Management Conference, Atlanta, GA.
“Aligning Practice with Strategy for Corporate Responsibility/Sustainability:
Implications for Human Resources and Beyond” (with M. Chapple‐Brown), 2006 Corporate Responsibility
and Global Business: Implications for Corporate and Marketing Strategy Conference, London Business
School, UK.
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Conference Presentations (continued)
“Red herring or low hanging fruit”
Conference, Honolulu, HI.
(with M. Chapple‐Brown), 2005 Academy of Management
“Rethinking the strategic issue diagnosis process: Gaining insight from firm responses to global climate
change,” 2003 Strategic Management Society Conference, Baltimore, MD.
“Understanding responses to strategic issues,” 2001 Strategic Management Society Conference, San
Francisco, CA.
“Building shareholder value from strategies for sustainability” (with S. Hart), 2001 Strategic Management
Society Conference, San Francisco, CA.
“Must green kill Reassessing the success factors of strategies for sustainability in light of the Monsanto
experience” (with S. Hart), 2001 Greening of Industry Network Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
“Building capabilities for new challenges: Strategic process and global sustainability” (with S. Hart), 2000
Strategic Management Society Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
“Strategic process and global sustainability” (with S. Hart), 2000 Academy of Management National
Conference, Toronto, Canada.
“New tools for new times: Using real options to identify value in strategies for sustainable development”
(with T. Alessandri), 2000 Academy of Management Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
“The effect of industry coercive isomorphic pressures on environmental strategies and firm performance”
(with S. Hart and A. Ilinitch), 1999 Strategic Management Society Conference, Berlin, Germany.
“Strategic planning and its contribution to the organization: A coalignment perspective” (with A. Segars),
1999 Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL.
“Coercion breeds variation: The differential impact of isomorphic pressures on environmental strategies”
(with S. Hart and A. Ilinitch), 1999 Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL.
“Stakeholder experiences, attitudes, and motivations in Washington State’s watershed analysis program,”
Water Environment Federation Specialty Conference, Denver, CO, May 4, 1998.
Invited Presentations
“New Market Creation to Achieve Sustainable Global Enterprise,” keynote presentation for Fujitsu
Research Institute, May 28, 2013, Tokyo, Japan.
“Business Growth Opportunities in Low‐Income Markets,” keynote presentation for the Illinois Soybean
Association, July 24, 2012, Chicago, IL.
“The New Economy: The Spa as a Development Driver to Create a Peaceful, Prosperous, Civil Society,"
invited panelist for Washington Spa Alliance, June 19, 2012, Washington, D.C.
“The Rise of Sustainable Global Enterprises: How Companies Can Make Both Business and the World
Better,” keynote presentation to Globis Corporation, May 14, 2012, Tokyo, Japan.
“Destination Management: Developing Next Generation Tools,” presented to the Belize Tourism Board,
Belize City, February 17, 2012, Belize City, Belize.
“Future Trends in Sustainable Global Enterprise: Implications for the C&T Industry,” presented to
managers at AmorePacific, November 17, 2011, Seoul, South Korea.
“Implementing Strategy for Social Entrepreneurs,” presented to the Arianne de Rothschild Programme,
Cambridge University, July 27, 2011, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
“Seeking Lessons in Sustainable Global Enterprise From China,” keynote address at Innovative Strategies
for Sustainable Enterprise: From Followers to Leaders Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China,
April 24, 2011.
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Invited Presentations (continued)
“Developing, Marketing and Delivering Innovation With, To and For the Poor,” discussion leader at 2011
SAP CEO Event, Versailles, France, March 10, 2011.
“Next Generation BOP: Focusing on Markets & Enterprise,” executive workshop sponsored by Japan’s
Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID), Tokyo, Japan, January 9‐10,
2011.
“Sustainability From a Business Perspective,” presented at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China,
December 2, 2010.
“Sustainability Programs in MBA Education,” presented at Remin University, Beijing, China, June 12, 2010.
“Sustainable Enterprise Curriculum & Program Development in Management Education,” keynote address
to conference of Chinese business school deans, Hunan, China, June 10, 2010.
“Local Economic Development,” keynote presentation at Alternatives Federal Credit Union Annual
Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 2, 2010.
“BoP Opportunities,” keynote address to employees and leadership of Dentsu, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, May 18,
2010.
“Sustainable Enterprise at Cornell,” address to Cornell Alumni Club of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines,
March 25, 2010.
“Market Creation Processes” keynote address to participants of Informal Waste Sector Conference
organized by The World Bank, Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2010.
“The Fortune at the BoP” to World Bank Philippines Bureau leadership, Manila, Philippines, March 23,
2010.
“The Future of Strategy Research on Sustainable Global Enterprise & Social Entrepreneurship,” panelist
presentation for Entrepreneurship & Strategy Interest Group special session at the Strategic Management
Society annual meeting, Washington, DC, October 11, 2009.
“Becoming Embedded: Co‐Creating Business With the Community,” discussion facilitator at the Clinton
Global Initiative, New York City, September 23, 2009.
“The Great Convergence,” panel moderator at the Cornell Global Forum on Sustainable Enterprise, New
York City, June 2, 2009.
“Investing in Clean Technology and Sustainable Enterprise: Is there a Bull in the Bear Market” panel
moderator for the Johnson School Club of New York City, Union League Club, New York City, April 29,
2009.
“Clean Technology Commercialization – Social and Environmental Challenges,” panel moderator for the
Johnson School Club of the Fingerlakes, Corning, Inc. Headquarters, Corning, New York, March 30, 2009.
“Green Energy, Golden Opportunities: How the Environment and Business Can Prosper Together,” panel
moderator for the Johnson School Club of Rochester, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester,
NY, March 26, 2009.
“The Business of Sustainability at Cornell,” presented to the Cornell Entrepreneur Network, Philadelphia,
PA, November 13, 2008.
“The Private Sector’s Contribution to Development: Future Directions,” keynote speaker to the Japanese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development (FASID)
conference on the Potential of Private Corporations in International Development, Tokyo, Japan,
September 17, 2008.
“Adapting the BoP Protocol to Utilities,” presented to the Utilities at the Base of the Pyramid Research
Workshop, University of San Diego, CA, May 2, 2008.
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Invited Presentations (continued)
“The Private Sector as Engine For Economic Empowerment of Women,” panelist presentation to the
Copenhagen MDG3 Conference – Economic Empowerment of Women, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 17,
2008.
“BoP Research,” presented to the Copenhagen MDG3 Conference Preparatory Meeting, Copenhagen,
Denmark, April 16, 2008.
“New Business Opportunities at the BoP Market,” presented to the Danish Confederation of Industries,
Copenhagen, Denmark, April 16, 2008.
“Environmental Challenges as Unmet Market Needs,” presented to the Administrator’s Policy Lunch, US
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, November 2007.
“Private Enterprise: Role for Private Enterprise in Building Stability,” presented at Using Sustainability to
Build Stability in Africa: Strategic Policy Issues for the Army Building a Dialogue for Using Sustainability as
an Approach to Engagement Workshop, US Army War College, Carlisle, PA, October 2007.
“A Business Perspective on Poverty and Human Development,” presented to the Cornell University
Conference on International Development, Ithaca, NY, September 16, 2007.
“Can Business Really Broaden the Base of the Pyramid” Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia,
PA, August 2007
“Normative Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment,” Academy of Management Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA, August 2007
“Organizational Innovation and Change Processes” Keynote speaker at Base de la Pirámide Laboratorio de
Aprendizaje, Buenos Aries, Argentina, June 2007.
“Learning Initiatives as the Base of the Pyramid,” World Development Initiative Workshop, IBM, Armonk,
NY, May 2007.
“Beyond Service: Sustainability in Hospitality” Keynote panelist at 2007 Hotel Ezra Cornell 82, Statler Hotel
School of Management, Ithaca, NY.
“Business Renewal in Upstate NY Through Innovation and Sustainability,” presented to How Companies
Can Access University & Regional Technical Resources Colloquium, Watertown, NY, February 21, 2007.
“Sustainability and Bottom of the Pyramid Initiatives,” Ithaca College Café Sustainability Series, Ithaca, NY,
February 2007.
“New skills for new challenges: Infusing environmental, social & governance skills into the MBA core
curriculum,” 2006 BSR Conference, New York, NY, November 2006.
“Strategy, innovation & sustainable global enterprise,” US Army War College, Carlisle, PA, October 2006.
“Building revolutionary routines: Initiatives and experiments from the field,” 2006 Global Forum, Case
Western Reserve University, October 2006.
“Sustainability, innovation, & new business growth,” Schering‐Plough, Morristown, NJ, October 2006.
“Sustainable innovation, technology commercialization and business competitiveness,” 2006 China BELL
Conference, Shenyang, China.
“Sustainability, innovation, & new business growth,” Suncor, Fort MacMurry, Alberta, June 2006.
“Innovation, sustainability and the base of the pyramid,” University of Virginia, March 2006.
“Sustainability metrics for innovation & growth,” GEMI, Atlanta, GA, February 2006.
“Innovative Marketing and Stakeholder Interactions” Sustainable Opportunities Summit, University of
Colorado at Boulder, February 23, 2006.
“Human capital for sustainability: What skills are companies looking for” 2005 Net Impact Conference,
Palo Alto, CA.
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Invited Presentations (continued)
“Engineering business innovation and emerging economies,” 2005 Net Impact Conference, Palo Alto, CA.
“How businesses are fusing social mission and competitive strategy to address global poverty,” Cornell
Entrepreneurial Network, Palo Alto, CA, November 2005.
“Business of sustainable global enterprise,” Johnson School Club of Washington, DC, November 2005.
“Sustainability strategies,” Business as an Agent of World Benefit Forum, Case Western Reserve
University, October 2005.
“Base of the pyramid strategies,” DuPont, Wilmington, DE, October 2005.
“Low income strategies for growth,” BOP LAB, Buenos Aries, Argentina, September 2005.
“Collaboration or conflict A dialogue on international corporate‐NGO relations – the World Resources
Institute approach,” 2005 Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu, HI.
“Framing the Discussion: Sustainable Technology Development and New Market Creation” (with S. L.
Hart), opening keynote address at the 11th Annual BELL Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, July
2005.
“Going where the growth is: Tomorrow’s markets,” DuPont, Wilmington, DE, June 2005.
“Transforming BOP from theory to practice: Building an agenda,” EGADE, Monterrey, Mexico, June 2005.
“Sustainable technology development and new market creation,” Peking University, June 2, 2005.
“Sustainable technology development and new market creation,” Shanghai Jiaotong University, June
2005.
“Business implications of the millennium ecosystem assessment”, Beijing University, June 2005.
“The sustainable enterprise innovation agenda,” Leapfrogging Development in China Forum, Beijing,
China, June 2005.
“Sustainability metrics,” Business Roundtable, Washington, DC, May 2005.
“Sustainability and competitiveness,” Business for the Long Run: Integrating Sustainability into Business
Curriculum workshop, University of Washington at Bothell, April 2005.
“How clean technology and base of the pyramid markets can drive corporate innovation,” Hitachi
Corporate Ventures, April 2005.
“Sustainable enterprise strategies,” Cornell University Sustainability Symposium, Ithaca, NY, April 2005.
“Sustainable Enterprise,” presented at Dentsu, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, May 20, 2004.
“Revolutionary routines: Corporate capabilities for a more inclusive capitalism” (with T. London) New
Designs in Transformative Cooperation research workshop, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
OH, May 21, 2003.
“Jari celulose, S.A.” (with S. Hart), 2003 World Resources Institute BELL Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
“Strategies for the bottom of the pyramid: Setting the research agenda” (with S. Hart, T. London, and E.
Simanis), 2001World Resources Institute BELL Conference, University of Pennsylvania.
“Careers: Searching for sustainable enterprise opportunities” 2001 Net Impact Conference, Chapel Hill,
NC.
“The effect of industry coercive isomorphic pressures on environmental strategies and firm performance,”
2000 Organizations, Policy and the Natural Environment workshop, Northwestern University.
“Weyerhaeuser: The next 100 years,” 1997 World Resources Institute BELL Conference, George
Washington University.
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Additional Conference Activities
Presenter, “Capitalism at the Crossroads – Perspectives on the Future of Business,” 2013 Academy of
Management Conference, Orlando, FL.
Facilitator, “Building a Community of Base of the Pyramid Scholars: Creating a Legacy that can Change the
World,” 2013 Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, FL.
Invited Participant, Capturing Coral Reef & Related Ecosystem Services Project (CCRES) Planning
Workshop II, University of Queensland, Cairns, Australia, July 2012.
Invited Participant, Capturing Coral Reef & Related Ecosystem Services Project (CCRES) Planning
Workshop I, Marine Sciences Institute, University of The Philippines, Manila, The Philippines, April 2012.
Invited Participant, Global Sustainability Centres Workshop, Network for Business Sustainability, Ivey
School of Business, University of Western Ontario, April 2012.
Organizer & Facilitator, “Leveraging Institutional Factors to Drive Business Development in Informal
Economies,” 2012 Academy of Management Conference, Boston, MA.
Session Chair, “Keeping It in the Family: Greening Small and Family Firms,” 2012 Academy of Management
Conference, Boston, MA.
Presenter, “Navigating the Tensions in Poverty Alleviation Research: Scholarly Rigor vs. Practical
Relevance," 2010 Academy of Management Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
Presenter, “ONE Doctoral Consortium,” 2009 Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, IL.
Conference Organizer and Co‐Chair, 2009 Net Impact Conference, Cornell University.
Faculty Participant, “Poverty Alleviation, Ecosystems, and Business: Challenges and Opportunities For a
Research Agenda,” 2009 Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, IL.
Facilitator, “Building From the Ground Up II: Green Management and Sustainable Enterprise and Why
They Matter,” 2009 Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, IL.
Discussant, “Green Management: Do We Need New Objective Functions to Manage Sustainably” 2009
Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, IL.
Presenter, “What Makes a Leader Green: Dispositional and Situational Antecedents to Green Leadership,”
2009 Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, IL.
Organizer & Participant, IBM Global Innovation Outlook on Sustainable Cities Workshop, Cornell
University, May 2009.
Moderator, “Social Entrepreneurship at Work: Generating Revenues with Social Impact” at 2008 Net
Impact Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Panelist, “Where Do We Go Now Dilemmas & Challenges for New Scholars Pursuing Research on Poverty
Alleviation,” 2008 Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA.
Conference Organizing Committee, Business to Four Billion Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, September 2007.
Panel Organizer and Moderator, “Clean Energy: Myths, Realities and Opportunities,” Cornell Club of
Boston, September 2007.
Professional Development Workshop Organizer, “Base of the Pyramid Research – Knowledge Generation
or Distraction” 2007 Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Panel Organizer and Moderator, “Sustainable Innovation,” 2007 Greening of Industry Conference,
Wildfred Laurier University, June 2007.
Panel Moderator, “The World is Flat: Designing Sustainable Products for Developing Economies,”
Sustainable Opportunities Summit, Denver, CO, March 2007.
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Additional Conference Activities (continued)
GRANTS
Panel Moderator, “Unmet Needs: Sustaining Growth & Profitability in the Developing World,” Business
Sustainability Initiative, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, February 2007.
Workshop Organizer and Moderator, “Business‐Engineering Sustainability,” Washington, DC, February
2007.
Workshop Facilitator, “Enterprise Networks: The Fabric of Socially‐Sustainable Value Creation,” 2006
Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Professional Development Workshop Organizer and facilitator, “Base of the pyramid: The State of the
Field,” 2005 Academy of Management Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Conference Organizer and Co‐Chair, 2005 World Resources Institute BELL Conference, Cornell University.
Professional Development Workshop Organizer, Academy of Management Organizations and the Natural
Environment Interest Group Doctoral/Junior Faculty Research Consortium, 2001‐2002.
Panel Organizer and Facilitator, “How Governments Matter for Sustainable Enterprise,” 2001 Academy of
Management Conference, Washington, D.C.
Conference Organizer, 1999 Eighth Annual Greening of Industry Network Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.
Panel Organizer and Moderator, “Industrial Transformations to Sustainability: Learnings From the
MacArthur Foundation’s Sustainable Forestry Working Group” panel discussion, 1998 World Resources
Institute BELL Conference, UCLA.
Co‐PI, “Capturing Coral Reef Ecosystem Services,” World Bank and University of Queensland, 2013‐2017,
($2,400,000)
Co‐PI, “Biodegradation of cattle manure using fly larvae: An ecological strategy for manure management
and production of a high protein food source for animals,” Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Academic Venture Fund (AVF), ($125,000)
Building a Regional Water Technology Hub and Competitive Water Tourism Sector in the Hudson
Watershed,” Water Resources Institute, 2013 ($27,000)
PI, “Building a Regional Water Technology Hub and Competitive Water Tourism Sector in the Hudson
Watershed,” Water Resources Institute, 2013 ($27,000)
PI, “Water‐Related Economic Development Opportunities in the Hudson & Mohawk River Valleys,” Water
Resources Institute, 2012 ($19,000)
PI, “Creative Design for Affordability,” National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), 2010‐
2013 ($17,000)
PI, “Building Markets & Enterprise for Malaria Eradication,” S. C. Johnson Foundation, 2010‐2013
($500,000)
PI, “Building Markets & Enterprise for Malaria Eradication,” The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2009‐
2013 ($500,000)
PI, “Business & Sustainability Curriculum Resource Development,” Hatfield Fund, 2009‐2011 ($20,000)
PI, “Building University Capabilities for Enterprise Development in Emerging Economies,” The Mario
Einaudi Center SEED Grant Program ($7,500)
PI, “Private Enterprise Solutions for Poverty Alleviation: Approaches of the US Military,” Social Equity
Venture Network (S.E.VEN), 2008‐2011, ($100,000)
PI, “Developing Business & Sustainability Curriculum Resources,” Hatfield Fund, 2007‐2009 ($18,000)
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Grants (continued)
Co‐PI, “BE Sustainability, Winter 2007,” (with L. Kisenwether and S. Willoughby) National Science
Foundation Grant #BES‐0637801, 2006‐2007 ($100,000)
Project Director, “Corporate Initiatives to Serve Poor Markets as a Driver for Innovation and Change: A
Longitudinal Study,” (with S. Hart) National Science Foundation Grant #6544011, 2002‐2006 ($300,000)
HONORS & AWARDS
2010 D. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula
Faculty Fellow, Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future
BoP Faculty Fellow, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan
Best New Case, 2008 Eastern Academy of Management
Honorable Mention, 2006 oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition
Second Place, 2004 oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition
Academy of Management Business, Policy & Strategy Division Best Reviewer Award, 2000, 2003
Academy of Management Organizations & the Natural Environment Interest Group Excellence in
Reviewing Award, 2001
Mitchell Young Scholar Award Winner, 2001 ($1000)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
CURRENT
Board of Directors
Livelihoods Basix International (2013‐ )
Committee Membership
Review Board
Advisory Board
Cornell University Academic Programs and Policies Committee (CAPP) (2013‐ )
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Communication Committee (2012‐ )
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Events Committee (2010‐ )
Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy Faculty Affiliate (2012‐ )
Entrepreneurship@Cornell Faculty Network (2009‐ )
Johnson & Johnson Earthwards (2013‐ )
Net Impact Academic Advisory Board (2012‐ )
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future Faculty Advisory Board (ex‐officio) (2008‐ )
NextBillion.Net (2008‐ )
External Advisor
Faculty Advisor
United Nations Development Programme Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative (2007‐ )
Sustainable Global Enterprise Club (Cornell’s graduate Net Impact Chapter)
Cornell Social Enterprise & Microfinance Club
Big Red MicroCapital
Cornell Sustainable Enterprise Association (Cornell’s undergraduate Net Impact Chapter)
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Current Professional Service (continued)
Ad Hoc Reviewer
Reviewer
Administrative Science Quarterly
Academy of Management Review
Academy of Management Journal
Harvard Business School Press
Long Range Planning
Organization Science
Science
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada)
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Business, Policy & Strategy (BPS) Division (1998‐
present), Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division (2000‐present), Research
Methods (RM) Division (2002‐present), Organizations & the Natural Environment (ONE) Division
(1999‐present).
PAST
Member, Johnson Corporate Relations Director Search Committee (2013)
Member, Johnson Financial Services, Budget and Planning Director Search Committee (2013)
Member, Johnson Leadership Program Director Search Committee (2012)
Co‐Chair, Johnson Center‐Institute Coordination Committee (2010‐2011)
Member, Cornell University President’s Ad Hoc Committee on Sustainable Endowment Practices (2009‐
2011)
Chair, SustaInvest: Sustainable Investment Challenge Advisory Board, 2008‐2011
Member, Cornell University Solar Decathlon Project Advisory Board 2008‐2010
Member, Johnson School Global Presence Task Force, 2009‐2010
Member, Johnson School Career Task Force – Sustainable Global Enterprise, 2009‐2010
Co‐Lead, Ashoka Changemakers Campus Program
Advisory Board Member, Net Impact, 2007‐2009 (Board disbanded)
External Advisor, Sustainable Enterprise Academy, York University 2007‐2009
Judge, Net Impact Case Competition, February 2006
Advisor, SET: social.environmental.technologies, www.set‐info.com, 2004‐2005.
Advisory Board Member (representing World Resources Institute), Erb Institute Center for Global
Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2004‐2006.
Advisory Board Member (representing World Resources Institute), Center for Sustainable Enterprise at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004.
Reviewer, Academy of Management Carolyn Dexter Award, 2003‐2005.
Governing Board Member, Academy of Management Organizations & the Natural Environment Interest,
1999‐2004.
Chair, Publication Team, Organizations & the Natural Environment Interest Group, Academy of
Management, 1999‐2004.
Assistant Director, Kenan‐Flagler Business School Sustainable Enterprise Initiative, 2000‐2001.
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TEACHING
CURRENT
MBA Courses
Finance & Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium
2012‐present
Leaders in Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium
2011‐present
Big Red MicroCapital
2010‐present
Experiences in International Management – Japan & Korea
2010‐present
Sustainable Global Enterprise Immersion Practicum
2006‐present
Sponsored projects conducted by multi‐disciplinary teams of graduate students. Project sponsors have included:
Acciona
A123 Systems
AES – Electropaulo
American Governor Corporation
AmorePacific
BASF
Belize Tourism Board/Planeterra
Foundation
Cascade Engineering
Clean Energy Group
Corning
Dow
Dow Corning
DuPont
Emerging Markets Group
Environmental Credit Corporation
Freeplay Energy/Freeplay
Foundation
Gates Automotive
GE
Global Power Enterprises
Grameen‐Intel
Grassroots Business Fund
Hersha
Hilton Worldwide
IBM
Insinger
Iosil Energy
Intelligen Power Systems
John Deere
Johnson & Johnson
Las Vegas Sands
Long Caye Belize
MicroVest
NAPA
New Holland Agriculture
New York City Transit Authority
Newsweek The Daily Beast
Nike
Novo Nordisk
Novozymes
Novozymes‐CleanStar Mozambique
Ocean Spray
Plebys
Principle Energy, Ltd.
Renewable New England (RENEW)
S.C. Johnson
Sherwin Williams
SNV
Socota
Sodexo
Suncor Energy
Tandus Group
ToughStuff
VisionSpring
WaterHealth International
The Water Initiative
Widetronix
The World Bank
Yingli Solar
Sustainable Global Enterprise Independent Studies
2006‐present
The course focuses on customized sponsored consulting engagements for multi‐disciplinary teams of graduate students.
Executive Education
Sustainable Global Enterprise
IDEAS Fellows Training Program
2013
Institute of Developing Economies &
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) (Japan)
PAST
PhD Seminars
Advanced Research Methods (Teaching Assistant with Jeffrey R. Edwards)
Fall 1999
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Teaching (continued)
MBA Courses
Sustainable Global Enterprise in Hospitality Practicum
2008‐2010
Cornell University
Hospitality projects conducted by multi‐disciplinary teams of graduate and undergraduate students. Project sponsors included:
Cayuga Sustainable Hospitality
Hawks Cay Resort
HEI Hotels & Resorts
Social Entrepreneurship
2010
Sustainable Global Enterprise
2008
Strategy, Innovation & Sustainable Global Enterprise
2007
Technology Commercialization for Low Income Markets
2005
Transformation in East Asia
2003‐2004
Sustainable Enterprise
2002‐2003
Sustainable Enterprise Practicum Program
Instructor
2001‐2004
Sustainable Enterprise Independent Studies
2001‐2004
Executive Education
Sustainable Global Enterprise
Sustainable Enterprise Academy
2008
Strategy
Executive Boardroom Program
2006
Sustainability, Innovation, and the Bottom of the Pyramid
U.S. Army Program
2006‐present
Global Management International
OSRAM Program
2004, 2011
Sustainable Enterprise
Center for International Business Research (CIBER) Brazil Summer Institute
2003
Sustainable Enterprise and Japan
Executive Development Institute (EDI) Program
2003
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
York University (Canada)
Cornell University
University of Virginia
Cornell University
FGV‐EAESP (São Paolo, Brazil)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Teaching (continued)
Real Options Thinking
Sustainable Enterprise Academy
2002
Teams & Leadership
EMBA Program
1998‐2002
Undergraduate Courses
Strategy, Innovation & Sustainable Global Enterprise
2007
Strategic Management
2000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cornell University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NON‐ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Tandus Group (formerly Collins & Aikman Floorcoverings, Inc.) Chattanooga, TN (1999)
Consultant, Ducker Worldwide, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1997)
Researcher, Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA (1996)
Consultant, Thorn Apple Valley, Detroit, MI (1995)
Brand Assistant, Procter & Gamble, Geneva, Switzerland (1995)
English Instructor & Cultural Liaison, Uku Board of Education, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan (1991‐1993)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Academy of Management, 1997‐present
Strategic Management Society, 1997‐present
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