ODETTERESEARCHREVIEW
Leadership, InnovationandSocial Responsibility
Volume 1, Issue2
April 2014
INTHIS
ISSUE
Thecontributionof the
OdetteSchool ofBusiness
to theUniversityStrategic
ResearchPlan............... Page1
TheOdetteResearch
AwardWinners.............. Page4
TheOutstanding
ScholarsProgram......... Page5
RecentResearch .......... Page6
Odette Research Review
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inseveral editionsofbook, latestbeing4th
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TheUniversity ofWindsor has identified “four
grand challenges” in itsStrategicResearch
Plan. These represent significant issues
affecting theWindsor region, Canadaand
theglobal community. Researchacross the
University ofWindsor campus improvesour
understandingof and response to these issues.
These challengesare:
1. HealthyGreat Lakes;
2. Viable, Healthy andSafeCommunities;
3. Sustainable Industry; and
4. UnderstandingBorders
TheOdetteSchool of Business contributes
tomeeting these challenges from the
perspectiveofmanagement. In thisedition
of theOdetteResearchReviewwehighlight
our facultymembers’ contributions to twoof
these challenges: Sustainable Industry, and
UnderstandingBorders.
RESEARCHON
SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY
Inbusiness
“sustainability”has
become synonymous
withmanaging toachieve
successona “triple
bottom line” (a term
coinedby JohnElkington
in1998 in thebook
“Cannibalswith forks”)
whichmeansensuring
company performance
that achieveseconomic,
environmental and
social goals. Moving froma focusona single
bottom line–profit – toa triplebottom line
requires companies to change their strategies,
engagewithand report toanextended range
of stakeholders, and redesign their operations.
Our researchhas contributed tounderstanding
this shift inmanagement thought andprovided
guidance to companies seeking to create
sustainable value. Examplesof ourwork (the
OdetteFacultymember involved is shown in
bold) in thisareaover the last 10 years include:
THECONTRIBUTIONOFTHEODETTESCHOOL
OFBUSINESSTOTHEUNIVERSITYSTRATEGIC
RESEARCHPLAN
