Florian Lüdeke-Freund is a Professor of Corporate Sustainability at ESCP Business School, Berlin. He is the Founder and Academic Director of the MSc program in Sustainability Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Florian co-founded the ESCP STAR Centre for Sustainability Transformation & Applied Research, which serves as a platform for science-practice transfer. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, Berlin, and has held guest positions at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), Stellenbosch University (South Africa), and Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). He frequently gives lectures and guest talks at international universities and business schools.

For over fifteen years, Florian’s research and teaching have focused on corporate sustainability management, sustainable entrepreneurship, and sustainable business models. He is an Associate Editor at Business Strategy and the Environment and the Journal of Business Models, as well as a member of the Editorial Review Board of Organization & Environment. With numerous highly cited publications on sustainable business models, he is a key contributor to the development of this field.

Chair website: https://escp.eu/berlin/berlin-academic-chairs/chair-corporate-sustainability
Personal website: https://luedekefreund.com

 

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ESCP Impact Papers

2025

FROESE, T., M. RICHTER, F. LÜDEKE-FREUND, F. HOFMANN

Degrowth in Practice: How European Businesses Can Create Value Within Planetary Bounda-ries

ESCP Impact Papers, 8-9

Media

2025

LÜDEKE-FREUND, F

The business case for values-based leadership

ESCP Business School

Studies & Reports

2025

BEUCKER, S., T. FROESE, F. LÜDEKE-FREUND, K. FICHTER

Geschäftsmodelle für digitale Gebäudetechnologien (Business Models for Building Technologies)

German Energy Agency (dena)

Academic Articles

2024

LÜDEKE-FREUND, F., L. MASSA, H. BREUER

Sustainable Business Model Design

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MODELS, 12 (1), 115-132

Academic Articles

2024

LÜDEKE-FREUND, F., T. FROESE, K. DEMBEK, F. ROSATI, L. MASSA

What Makes a Business Model Sustainable? Activities, Design Themes, and Value Functions

ORGANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENT, 37 (2)

Chapters

2024

LÜDEKE-FREUND, F., A. AAGAARD, P. WELLS

The Catalytic Role of Sustainability Transitions for Business Models

In: Business Model Innovation - Game Changers and Contemporary Issues, Annabeth Aagaard Springer, 127-155

Conference Proceedings

2024

REMKE, K., C. SECKLER, F. LÜDEKE-FREUND

Design-oriented Research in Entrepreneurship: A Methodological Review

Academy of Management (AoM)

ESCP Impact Papers

2024

FROESE, T., F. LÜDEKE-FREUND, F. HOFMANN, M. RICHTER

How Organisations Can Engage in Degrowth-oriented Value Creation

ESCP Impact Papers, 2024-60-EN

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

Media

2024

LÜDEKE-FREUND, F

Die Nachhaltigkeitstransformation braucht nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle [The sustainability transformation needs sustainable business models]

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