Kai Hockerts

Kai Hockerts is Professor in Social Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). In his function as Academic Director of Responsible Management Education he is also leading the CBS curriculum change initiative which currently reviews all 19 bachelor study programs with the goal of anchoring responsible management education across the curriculum.

Kais primary research focus is on corporate sustainability strategies and social entrepreneurship. 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 the Journal of Business Venturing, International Review of Entrepreneurship, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business Strategy and the Environment.

## Primary research areas

• Social Entrepreneurship
• Social Innovation
• Corporate Sustainability

## Courses

MBA: Sustainable Business Practices, Cleantech Venturing;
MSc: Social Entrepreneurship, Business Plan Writing for Social Enterprises, Social Innovation Camp

Selected publications

• “Determinants of Social Entrepreneurial Intentions,” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, forthcoming 2017.

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

• “The Social Entrepreneurial Antecedents Scale (SEAS): A Validation Study”, Social Enterprise Journal, 12(3):260-280, 2015."

• “A Cognitive Perspective on the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability,” Business Strategy and the Environment, 24(2): 102-122, 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)

• “Social Entrepreneurship between Market and Mission,” International Review of Entrepreneurship, 8(2):177-198, 2010.

• “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).