Krlev Gorgi | ESCP Business School

Gorgi Krlev

Full Professor of Sustainability and Impact

Department : Sustainability
Campus : Paris

Gorgi Krlev is the Associate Dean and Full Professor of Sustainability at ESCP Business School as well as the director of ESCP’s Research Centre on Environmental and Societal Transitions (RESET). He also holds a Visiting Professorship at Politecnico di Milano and is a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford.

In his research, he deals with social entrepreneurship, social innovations and impact, with a particular focus on how cross-sector collaborations and new field emergence promote societal transformations and contribute to addressing environmental and social sustainability challenges. His open access book Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives received a best book award from the Academy of Management (AOM). His new book Social Economy Science: Transforming the Economy & Making Society More Resilient won the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Prize by ARNOVA.

Gorgi has won numerous other awards for his research, teaching and "impact work". Most prominently: A First Prize by the Roman Herzog Institute (RHI) for research (on social impact) that matters to society. A Responsible Business Education Award from the Financial Times for TRANSFORM, a collaborative, open-source platform on innovation and entrepreneurship for sustainability. The Civil Society Research Impact Award of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) for putting social innovation and social entrepreneurship on the German policy agenda. An award by Poets & Quants as Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professor.

Gorgi serves on the Board of Directors of Euclid Network, the international network of impact-driven leaders supported by the European Commission. He holds a PhD from the University of Oxford, and a habilitation (HDR) from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

PUBLICATIONS
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15 publications

Academic Articles

2026

KRLEV, G.

Social entrepreneurship mechanisms for systems change: A structuration approach

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS VENTURING, 41 (2)

Academic Articles

2025

KAUFMANN, L., G. KRLEV, M. (. BROWN

In plain sight: Mechanisms of means-ends decoupling in impact investing

ORGANIZATION STUDIES, 46 (5), 667–692

Academic Articles

2025

KRLEV, G., M. HIRSCHMANN, J. BLOCK

Trademarks and the innovativeness of social enterprises

RESEARCH POLICY

Academic Articles

2025

KRLEV, G., T. R. HANNIGAN, A. SPICER

What makes a good review article? Empirical evidence from management and organization research

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT ANNALS

Academic Articles

2023

KRLEV, G.

Let’s Join Forces: Institutional Resilience and Multistakeholder Partnerships in Crises

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, 186 (3), 571 - 592

Academic Articles

2023

KRLEV, G., A. SPICER

Reining in reviewer two: How to uphold epistemic respect in academia

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 60 (6), 1624-1632

Academic Articles

2023

KRLEV, G.

Calibrating for progress: What are the instrumental functions of theory in management research?

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 60 (4), 963-990

Books

2023

KRLEV, G., D. WRUK, G. PASI, M. BERNHARD

Social Economy Science: Transforming the Economy and Making Society More Resilient

Oxford University Press

Media

2023

KRLEV, G

How and why stakeholders join forces to address moral crises

World Economic Forum

Media

2023

KRLEV, G

Loi plein-emploi: en matière d'insertion professionnelle, l'union fait la force

The Conversation

Research and expertise

News & events

Events

Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance

04 June 2026 - 05 June 2025
07.00 am - 02.00 pm

Events

Women’s Health as an Economic and Innovation Frontier

26 Mar 2026
05.00 pm - 08.00 pm

2024

Recognition as a leading personality in Science & Society

Capital Magazin

Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize

2024

Received for Social Economy Science: Transforming the Economy and Making Society More Resilient (Oxford University Press)

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)

Runner-up Best Paper (AOM)

2024

Best paper on "Environmental and Social Practices"

Academy of Management (AOM), Organization and Management Theory Division

Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors

2023

Recognition as one of the top MBA Professors internationally

Poets&Quants (Times Higher Education)

Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award

2023

Received for TRANSFORM—Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Sustainability (https://transform-sustainability.org/)

Financial Times

ISTR Civil Society Research Impact Award

2022

Best "Business for Society" paper

European Academy of Management (EURAM)

First Research Prize "Social Market Economy"

2022: 2021

Recognition for bringing social entrepreneurship and social innovation onto the German policy agenda

International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)

Best Paper Award (EURAM)

2020

Recognition of research with practical and policy impacts

Roman Herzog Institute

Social Entrepreneurship Award for Impact on Stakeholders

2019

Recognition of the relevance and impact of the Accelerating Investment Readiness (AIR) MOOC targeting impact investors and social entrepreneurs

U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE)

Best Book Award - Academy of Management (AOM)

Received for Social Innovation—Comparative Perspectives (Routledge)

Academy of Management (AOM), Public and Nonprofit Division

Research and expertise

News & events

Events

Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance

04 June 2026 - 05 June 2025
07.00 am - 02.00 pm

Events

Women’s Health as an Economic and Innovation Frontier

26 Mar 2026
05.00 pm - 08.00 pm

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Academic Articles

2026

Social entrepreneurship mechanisms for systems change: A structuration approach

Academic Articles

2025

In plain sight: Mechanisms of means-ends decoupling in impact investing

Academic Articles

2025

Trademarks and the innovativeness of social enterprises

Academic Articles

2025

What makes a good review article? Empirical evidence from management and organization research

Academic Articles

2023

Let’s Join Forces: Institutional Resilience and Multistakeholder Partnerships in Crises

Academic Articles

2023

Reining in reviewer two: How to uphold epistemic respect in academia

Academic Articles

2023

Calibrating for progress: What are the instrumental functions of theory in management research?

Books

2023

Social Economy Science: Transforming the Economy and Making Society More Resilient

Media

2023

How and why stakeholders join forces to address moral crises

Media

2023

Loi plein-emploi: en matière d'insertion professionnelle, l'union fait la force

Research and expertise

News & events

Events

Events

Top 40-Under-40 in Germany

2024

Capital Magazin

Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize

2024

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)

Runner-up Best Paper (AOM)

2024

Academy of Management (AOM), Organization and Management Theory Division

Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors

2023

Poets&Quants (Times Higher Education)

Financial Times Responsible Business Education Award

2023

Financial Times

ISTR Civil Society Research Impact Award

2022

European Academy of Management (EURAM)

First Research Prize "Social Market Economy"

2022: 2021

International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)

Best Paper Award (EURAM)

2020

Roman Herzog Institute

Social Entrepreneurship Award for Impact on Stakeholders

2019

U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE)

Best Book Award - Academy of Management (AOM)

Academy of Management (AOM), Public and Nonprofit Division

Research and expertise

News & events

Events

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