Carolin Waldner is Assistant Professor for Sustainability Management. Before joining ESCP, Carolin was a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Sustainability Management at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. She obtained her doctoral degree from Hamburg University in 2019, and has been a visiting scholar at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and San Francisco State University (SFSU).

Carolin's research focuses on social entrepreneurship, sustainable development and nonprofit organizations, particularly questions around organizational tensions and social evaluations (esp. reputation). Her work has been published in various peer reviewed journals, such as Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, and Nonprofit Management & Leadership.

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Academic Articles

2024

SCHLÜTTER, D., L. SCHÄTZLEIN, R. HAHN, C. WALDNER

Missing the Impact in Impact Investing Research – A Systematic Review and Critical Reflection of the Literature.

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, 61(6), 2694-2718

Chapters

2024

WALDNER, C., J.

Social Entrepreneurship und paradoxe Spannungsfelder

In: Social Entrepreneurship in Deutschland. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis, Kenel, Philipp, Eschweiler, Jennifer, Hackenberg, Helga, & Wihlenda, Michael transcript Verlag, 137-152

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

LÜDEKE-FREUND, F., C. WALDNER, A. SHEVCHENKO, J. BREAUGH

Towards sustainability transformation education: A mindset course for decision-makers Developed by ESCP’s STAR Centre

ESCP Impact Papers, 2024-8-EN

Academic Articles

2023

BECKER, A., C. WALDNER, L. NITSCH, S. TRAUTWEIN

Communicating Social Value: An Experimental Study on the Effects of Social Entrepreneurial Communication on Stakeholder’s Behavioral Intentions.

NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP, 33 (3), 511-533

Academic Articles

2023

WALDNER, C.

In the Centre of Attention: How Social Entrepreneurs Influence Organisational Reputation

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 14(1), 50-72

Academic Articles

2023

WALDNER, C., A. RASCHE

i5 Playbook - Transforming Business Education with 5 Impactful Methods by Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), 2023: https://i5.unprme.org/. 107 pages, online publication (open access)

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT LEARNING AND EDUCATION

Chapters

2023

WALDNER, C., A. RASCHE

Alternative Types of Organising for Corporate Sustainability

In: Corporate Sustainability: Managing Responsible Business in a Globalised World, A Rasche, M Morsing, J Moon, A Kourula Cambridge University Press, 170-189

ESCP Impact Papers

2023

BICK, M., J. BREAUGH, C. DONG, G. PINA, C. WALDNER

AI and the future of academic writing: Insights from the ESCP Business School Prompt-o-thon workshop in Berlin

ESCP Impact Papers, 2023-24-EN

Chapters

2022

WALDNER, C., R. HAHN

Sustainable Business Models and Alternative Forms of Organizations

In: Sustainability Management - Global Perspectives on Concepts, Instruments, and Stakeholders, Rüdiger Hahn /

Conference Proceedings

2022

WALDNER, C., S. SCHRAGE, A. RASCHE

Fading In and Fading Out: The Temporary Nature of Asymmetric Paradoxical Knots within Organizations

Academy of Management (AOM), Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings