Implementing sustainability strategies through accounting controls: An exploration of practices in seven multinational corporations

in Proceedings of the 36th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association (EAA) (2013, May)

Sustainability Management Practices: An International Comparison

Conference given outside the academic context (2013)

Créaholic : une entreprise « malade » de la créativité

Learning material (2013)

Créaholic est une entreprise européenne composée de 23 collaborateurs. Son cœur de métier est l’innovation par rupture et la créativité. Toujours dirigée par son fondateur charismatique, l’entreprise ... [more ▼]

Créaholic est une entreprise européenne composée de 23 collaborateurs. Son cœur de métier est l’innovation par rupture et la créativité. Toujours dirigée par son fondateur charismatique, l’entreprise présente une structure relativement horizontale et un mode de fonctionnement par projet. Le « chaos créatif » est favorisé afin de laisser libre cours et de stimuler la créativité de chaque travailleur. Créaholic a souffert de la crise récente et, à l’heure actuelle, plusieurs collaborateurs souhaitent la mise en place d’une organisation davantage structurée et de procédures plus formalisées. [less ▲]

Femmes et Sociétés Familiales

Article for general public (2012)

Responsabilité sociale et management durable dans une école de gestion: le cas de HEC-ULg

Conference (2012, November 07)

Sustainability, Strategy and Management Control: A Review of the Literature

Conference (2012, September 04)

The purpose of this research is to explore the emerging body of literature on the relationship between sustainability, strategy and management control. Our way to organise and present the literature aims ... [more ▼]

The purpose of this research is to explore the emerging body of literature on the relationship between sustainability, strategy and management control. Our way to organise and present the literature aims to both structure the state of our knowledge in this area and stimulate others to contribute to a shared and better understanding of this field of research. Previous research has underlined that (sustainability) management control systems play a key role in shaping processes of (sustainability/CSR) strategy formulation and implementation (e.g. Simons, 1990; Epstein and Wisner, 2005; Gond et al., 2011). While the relationship between management control systems and strategy has widely been investigated in the traditional accounting and control literature (e.g. Simons, 1990; Langfield-Smith, 1997; Ferreira and Otley, 2009; Tucker et al., 2009), this is much less frequent in the context of research related to the concept of sustainability. Indeed, until recently social and environmental accounting research has predominantly paid attention to external reporting and accountability (e.g. Albelda, 2011; Gray, 2002) or the link between corporate social responsibility/environmental management and economic performance (e.g. Henri and Journeault, 2010). Conscious of this situation, several researchers have stressed the need for research on the interrelation between sustainability, strategy and control (Parker, 2000; Chung and Parker, 2008; Durden, 2008) and a growing body of literature has emerged over the last years. We hope that in reviewing and reflecting on how this emerging body of literature is organised we can contribute to a better understanding of our current knowledge and to the development of new knowledge in the future. The paper thus also aims to suggest future directions for research. Our interest in reviewing and codifying the literature is also driven by a practical need to further embed sustainability into organisations. Until today, it seems that many organisations are still confronted with difficulties in “operationalising” sustainability and translating their strategic aspirations for sustainability into practice in the midst of many other business pressures (Epstein and Roy, 2001; Schaltegger and Wagner, 2006; Taplin et al., 2006; CIMA and Accenture, 2011). [less ▲]

La place des femmes dans les entreprises familiales belges francophones en 2012

Report (2012)

Les femmes et leur cape d'invisibilité: Un mythe ou une réalité dans les entreprises familiales belges en 2012

Conference (2012, May 13)

La gestion de la performance des entreprises sociales

in Davagle, Michel (Ed.) La bonne gouvernance dans les ASBL (2011)

Sustainability Performance Management in Large Firms: A Qualitative Research amongst Seven Western European Firms

Conference (2011, September 17)