{"id":6737,"date":"2020-05-01T07:38:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T07:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.experfy.com\/?p=6737"},"modified":"2023-12-12T12:10:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T12:10:27","slug":"covid-19-whats-next-future-of-work-business-law-and-education-plus-some-blockchain-transparency-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/future-of-work\/covid-19-whats-next-future-of-work-business-law-and-education-plus-some-blockchain-transparency-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: What\u2019s Next? Future Of Work, Business, Law, And Education (Plus, Some Blockchain & Transparency & Inspiration)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We are all wondering: what\u2019s next? This paper poses and answers 10 questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post is available as a PDF to download and cite on\u00a0ResearchGate<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0SSRN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are predictions <\/a>for the COVID-19 era and beyond based on my research.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question One: will the novel coronavirus \/ COVID19 accelerate automation?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: yes.\u00a0<\/strong>Automation has already evolved beyond manufacturing to other business processes. This trend is likely to accelerate as a result of the pandemic. Some of the under-appreciated potential of blockchain \u2014 or distributed ledger technology \u2014 relates to maintaining credible records, certification, and self-executing smart contracts. We are now acutely aware of how quality certification in a supply chain can be a vital matter of life-or-death. We worry about the viability of supply chains that rely on people who can get sick.\u00a0So it seems a reasonable to expect to see more blockchain-enabled automation in supply chains, with several implications explored in my recent article in\u00a0<\/strong>Blockchain, Business Supply Chains, Sustainability, and Law: The Future of Governance, Legal Frameworks, and Lawyers<\/em><\/strong><\/a>?[2]<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the pandemic has also highlighted the pitfalls of automation described in the article<\/a>.\u00a0Among them, there will be a greater need to (1) proactively ponder contingencies and consequences (as I advocated with Joan MacLeod Heminway in\u00a0<\/strong>Blockchains, Corporate Governance, and the Lawyer\u2019s Role<\/em><\/strong><\/a>[3]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and with Gerlinde Berger-Walliser and Paul Shrivastava in\u00a0<\/strong>Using Proactive Legal Strategies for Corporate Environmental Sustainability<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong>[4]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and (2) preserve a role for human discretion when the unforeseeable happens.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Two: will some of us keep working from home?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: to some extent, for some of us, yes, this trend is likely to continue.\u00a0<\/strong>Also, some administrative structures are likely to erode. Again, this trend was foreseeable prior to March of 2020: the same advances mentioned above can be used to automate the sets of rules-and-agreements that define our work relationships.\u00a0Some administrative oversight and support roles will likely be automated away, especially as we realize the efficiencies of working remotely. On the other hand, once again, the current crisis highlights the need to proactively ponder what ethical standards we want to hardcode (whether intentionally, or de facto, through omission), as described in\u00a0<\/strong>Tao of DAO: Hardcoding Business Ethics on Blockchain<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>[5]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Three: will demand for greater transparency in government continue?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: depends on the government, but generally yes.\u00a0<\/strong>In the USA, there have been demands for greater transparency, even from governments that are widely seen to have responded the COVID-19 outbreak comparatively effectively, such as California. In a recent article,\u00a0City Sustainability Reporting: An Emerging and Desirable Legal Necessity<\/em><\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong>[6]<\/strong><\/a>I reviewed the evolution of the materiality standard and steps taken by the SEC, and suggested that reporting on a wider array of societal, environmental, and governance data is becoming a necessity for those local governments that have issued about $4 trillion in securities. So, regardless of the pandemic, I see this trend continuing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Four: will we demand more transparency from businesses as well?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: yes.\u00a0<\/strong>We already see investors suing companies for misleading statements or lack of disclosure of risks related to the pandemic. I have been researching and writing about transparency since 2005, including how it relates to\u00a0reputation<\/a>,[7]<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0financial performance<\/a>,[8]<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0share price and returns to investors<\/a>,[9]<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0real estate law<\/a>,[10]<\/a>\u00a0and to\u00a0employee happiness<\/a>,[11]<\/a>\u00a0plus differences in\u00a0how we discuss such practices across cultures<\/a>,[12]<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the extent to which reporting on societal, environmental, and governance practices is an evolving legal expectation<\/a>.[13]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I expect more research into\u00a0the relationship between various firm characteristics, measures of performance, and transparency<\/a>[14]<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 including\u00a0in the context of China<\/a>.[15]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Five: will private sector managers continue to promote new norms?<\/strong><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: yes, and some have been embracing this, with positive effects for both shareholders and other stakeholders.\u00a0<\/strong>Together with Mel Edwards and Ed Freeman (the father of stakeholder theory),\u00a0we pointed out the trend and benefits of shaking stateholders out of complacency in our article,\u00a0<\/strong>Shake Your Stakeholder: Firm Initiated Interactions to Create Shared Sustainable Value<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>[16]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Six: are trends in technology and transparency changing the role of lawyers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: yes.\u00a0<\/strong>We described the need to for lawyers to adopt a more proactive mindset in articles with Joan MacLeod Heminway \u2014\u00a0Blockchains, Corporate Governance, and the Lawyer\u2019s Role<\/em><\/strong><\/a>[17]<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and with Gerlinde Berger-Walliser and Paul Shrivastava in\u00a0Using Proactive Legal Strategies for Corporate Environmental Sustainability<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>[18]<\/strong><\/a>Undoubtedly, greater gathering, use of, and\u00a0intended (or unintended, or even coerced) disclosure of data creates legal risk of which attorneys should be aware<\/a>.[19]<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Seven: do our laws and legal system need updating?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: yes, and this realization has already broadened and accelerated.\u00a0<\/strong>Fundamental assumptions of what is a government-guaranteed right vs. a privilege, or in the realm of \u201cthings that should be earned\u201d have been challenged, in terms of our health and incomes. Technological change and platform capitalism (or \u201cthe gig economy\u201d) already resulted in disputes about these issues.\u00a0We are overdue for re-imagining some fundamental mental models \u2014 legal definitions, categories, relations, and implications \u2014 that are already quaint and obsolete \u2014 as argued in\u00a0<\/strong>Industry 4.0 Era Technology (AI, Big Data, Blockchain, DAO): Why The Law Needs New Memes<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>[20]<\/strong><\/a>On a related note, there are also\u00a0opportunities to remove perverse incentives in obsolete legal structures<\/a>, as I explained with Mystica Alexander and William Wiggins.[21]<\/a>\u00a0On the other hand,\u00a0some traditions<\/a>[22]<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0little used statutes<\/a>[23]<\/a>\u00a0should arguably be reinvigorated and used.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Eight: does education need to change? Specifically, do business and other professional schools need to evolve?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: yes.<\/strong>\u00a0We need more holistic and experiential approaches. Specific innovations in these directions are described in a\u00a0chapter in the book, Handbook of Sustainability in Management Education<\/strong><\/a>[24]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and in\u00a0A Path to Developing More Insightful Business School Graduates: A Systems-Based, Experiential Approach to Integrating Law, Strategy, and Sustainability<\/em>\u00a0in Academy of Management Learning & Education<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>[25]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Nine: what about fundamental questions of meaning and happiness, and what we use as key performance indicators (of us, our organizations, and economies)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: this trend has also been accelerated,\u00a0<\/strong>but whether questioning leads to the adoption of new mindsets and key performance metrics is less clear. Anyone watching stock market indices soar on the same day that millions of job losses and tens of thousands of deaths are announced has probably wondered whether about what we measure, how we track numbers, and whether that will change.\u00a0It was none other than the inventor of GDP that argued against its use as measure of economic success, as pointed out with Sandra Waddock in our article,\u00a0<\/strong>Midas, Cassandra & the Buddha: Curing Delusional Growth Myopia by Focusing on Thriving<\/em>\u00a0in the Journal of Corporate Citizenship<\/strong><\/a>,<\/strong>[26]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as well as in the article below.<\/strong>\u00a0As we reevaluate what brings joy and meaning in the current moment, and question mainstream measures of economic success, we can anticipate more curiosity about the relationship between happiness, consumption, and environmentally damaging activities of the early 21st Century. We should expect more research along the lines of what D. Steven White and I published, including\u00a0A Happiness Kuznets Curve? Using Model-Based Cluster Analysis to Group Countries Based on Happiness, Development, Income, and Carbon Emissions<\/em>,[27]\u00a0<\/strong>and similar studies.[28]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Question Ten: any ideas where to look for inspiration? For a small business owner?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Answer: the most creative and inspiring entrepreneurship stories often occur in contexts of hardship or even where private business ownership is prohibited.\u00a0<\/strong>The following case studies have all won awards and include references for further reading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– first, how contaminated land can be turned into a business and community redevelopment opportunity:\u00a0Sid Wainer & Son: A Growing Realization<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(2011 ALSB distinguished proceedings award winner)<\/a>.[29]<\/a>\u00a0For more on brownfielding, see\u00a0There\u2019s Gold in Them Thar Brownfields: the Legal Framework of Brownfield Redevelopment and Some Tips for Getting Started<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>[30]<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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– second, how taking a risk on a new business (and being open to radically new pivots) in an economically struggling former milltown can result in a set of thriving businesses:\u00a0The Rail Trail Flatbread Co.<\/strong>\u00a0(2017 USASBE case study award winner)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– third, the secrets-to-success of\u00a0a former tailor making less than $1-per-day in the provinces of Cuba who started, owns, and runs a hospitality business in Havana that was recently rated as the #7 specialty accommodation in Cuba:\u00a0<\/strong>Rodolfo\u2019s Casa Caribe in Cuba: Business, Ethical & Legal Challenges of Investing in a Start-Up in Havana<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(2016 ALSB international case study award winner)<\/a>.[31]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– for more stories of entrepreneurship in contexts that seem extremely adverse, please see my website,\u00a0www.Extreme-Entrepreneurship.com<\/strong><\/a>, where I am collecting such stories for an upcoming book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/a>\u00a0Please send feedback to\u00a0asulkowski@babson.edu<\/a>. Thanks to Jason Cipriano, Global Head of Supplier Relationship Management (SRM\/VM) & Vice President, Sourcing & Procurement, for his valuable input, including the qualification that some of these anticipated trends have (to date) not occurred quite as fast as some had expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2019).\u00a0Blockchain, Business Supply Chains, Sustainability, and Law: The Future of Governance, Legal Frameworks, and Lawyers?<\/em>\u00a0Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 43 (2), 303\u2013345.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a>\u00a0Heminway, J. M., Sulkowski, A. J. (2019).\u00a0Blockchains, Corporate Governance, and the Lawyer\u2019s Role<\/em>. Wayne Law Review, 65 (17), 17\u201355.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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[4]<\/a>\u00a0Berger-Walliser, G., Sulkowski, A. J., & Shrivastava, P. (2017).\u00a0Using Proactive Legal Strategies for Corporate Environmental Sustainability.\u00a0<\/em>Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law, 6 (1), 1- 35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2020).\u00a0The Tao of DAO: Hardcoding Business Ethics on Blockchain<\/em>. Business & Finance Law Review, 3 (2), 146\u2013169.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2016).\u00a0City Sustainability Reporting: An Emerging and Desirable Legal Necessity<\/em>. Pace Environmental Law Review, 33 (2), 278\u2013299.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a>\u00a0Hughey, C. & Sulkowski, A.J. (2012).\u00a0More Disclosure = Better CSR Reputation? An Examination of CSR Reputation Leaders and Laggards in the Global Oil & Gas Industry<\/em>. Journal of the Academy of Business and Economics, 12 (2), 24\u201334.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a>\u00a0Wu, J., Liu, L. & Sulkowski, A.J. (2011).\u00a0Environmental Disclosure, Firm Performance, and Firm Characteristics: An Analysis of S&P 100 Firms<\/em>. Journal of the Academy of Business and Economics, 10 (4), 73\u201384.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A.J., Barboza, J. P., Vaillancourt, J. & Studnicka, A. (2011).\u00a0What Aspects of CSR Really Matter: An Exploratory Study Using Workplace Mortality Data<\/em>. International Academy of Business and Economics Proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2010).\u00a0The Growing Trend of Voluntary Corporate Responsibility Disclosure and Its Implications for Real Estate Attorneys<\/em>. Real Estate Law Journal, 38 (4), 471\u2013481.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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[11]<\/a>\u00a0Walsh, C. & Sulkowski, A.J. (2010).\u00a0A Greener Company Makes for Happier Employees More So Than Does a More Valuable One: A Regression Analysis of Employee Satisfaction, Perceived Environmental Performance and Firm Financial Value<\/em>. Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 11 (4), 274\u2013282;\u00a0see also<\/em>\u00a0Sulkowski, A.J. & Walsh, C. (2011).\u00a0Employee Satisfaction and Environmental Reputation<\/em>. \u00d6kologisches Wirtschaften, 2\/2011, 12\u201313.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J., Parashar, S.P. & Wei, L. (2008).\u00a0Corporate Responsibility Reporting in China, India, Japan, and the West: One Mantra Does Not Fit All<\/em>. New England Law Review, 42 (4), 787\u2013808.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. & Waddock, S. (2013).\u00a0Beyond Sustainability Reporting: Integrated Reporting Is Practiced, Required & More Would Be Better<\/em>. University of St. Thomas Law Review, 10 (4) 1060\u20131123.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. & White, D. S. (2009).\u00a0Financial Performance, Pollution Measures and the Propensity to Use Corporate Responsibility Reporting: Implications for Business and Legal Scholarship<\/em>. Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, 21 (3), 491\u2013514.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a>\u00a0Wu, J., Liu, L. & Sulkowski, A.J. (2011).\u00a0Environmental Disclosure, Firm Performance, and Firm Characteristics: An Analysis of S&P 100 Firms<\/em>. Journal of the Academy of Business and Economics, 10 (4), 73\u201384.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J., Edwards, M., & Freeman, R. E. (2018).\u00a0Shake Your Stakeholder: Firm Initiated Interactions to Create Shared Sustainable Value<\/em>. Organization & Environment, 31 (3), 223\u2013241.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a>\u00a0Heminway, J. M., Sulkowski, A. J. (2019).\u00a0Blockchains, Corporate Governance, and the Lawyer\u2019s Role<\/em>. Wayne Law Review, 65 (17), 17\u201355.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a>\u00a0Berger-Walliser, G., Sulkowski, A. J., & Shrivastava, P. (2017).\u00a0Using Proactive Legal Strategies for Corporate Environmental Sustainability<\/em>. Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law, 6 (1), 1- 35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2007).\u00a0Cyber-Extortion: Duties and Liabilities Related to the Elephant in the Server Room<\/em>. Journal of Law, Technology and Policy, (1), 21\u201363.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2019).\u00a0Industry 4.0 Era Technology (AI, Big Data, Blockchain, DAO): Why The Law Needs New Memes<\/em>, Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, 29 (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a>\u00a0Alexander, M., Sulkowski, A. J., & Wiggins, W. (2016).\u00a0Sustainability & Tax Policy: Fixing a Patchwork of Policies with a Coherent Federal Framework<\/em>. Virginia Environmental Law Review, 35 (1), 1\u201358.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. & Greenfield, K. (2006).\u00a0A Bridle, a Prod, and a Big Stick: An Evaluation of Class Actions, Shareholder Proposals, and the Ultra Vires Doctrine as Methods for Controlling Corporate Behavior<\/em>. St. John\u2019s Law Review, 79 (4), 929\u2013954.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2009).\u00a0Ultra Vires Statutes: Alive, Kicking, and a Means of Circumventing the Scalia Standing Gauntlet in Environmental Litigation<\/em>. Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, 24 (1), 75\u2013118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2017).\u00a0University Experiential Learning Partnerships as Living Laboratories for Sustainability<\/em>. Peer-reviewed chapter in book: SUSTAINABILITY IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: IN SEARCH OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, INNOVATIVE AND INTEGRATED APPROACH THROUGH UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP, SCHOLARSHIP AND PARTNERSHIPS (Edward A. Arevalo and Shelley F. Mitchell, eds.), Edward Elgar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a>\u00a0Bagley, C. E., Sulkowski, A. J., Nelson, J. S., Waddock, S., & Shrivastava, P. (published online November 7, 2019). A Path to Developing More Insightful Business School Graduates: A Systems-Based, Experiential Approach to Integrating Law, Strategy, and Sustainability, Academy of Management Learning & Education (in press).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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[26]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. & Waddock, S. (2016).\u00a0Midas, Cassandra & the Buddha: Curing Delusional Growth Myopia by Focusing on Thriving<\/em>. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 61, 15\u201343.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. & White, D. S. (2016).\u00a0A Happiness Kuznets Curve? Using Model-Based Cluster Analysis to Group Countries Based on Happiness, Development, Income, and Carbon Emissions. Environment<\/em>, Development and Sustainability, 18 (4), 1095\u20131111.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a>\u00a0White, D. S. & Sulkowski, A. J. (2010).\u00a0Relative Ecological Footprints Based on Resource Usage Efficiency Per Capita: Macro-level Segmentation of 121 Countries<\/em>. International Journal of Sustainable Economy, 2 (2), 224\u2013240; Sulkowski, A. J. & White, D. S. (2009).\u00a0Consumption of Energy, CO2 Emissions and Materials Usage Efficiency per Capita: A Cluster Analysis of Europe and Eurasia<\/em>. Global Management Journal, 1 (1), 55\u201365.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. & Vardaro, N. (2011).\u00a0Sid Wainer & Son: A Growing Realization<\/em>. Academy of Legal Studies in Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2010).\u00a0There\u2019s Gold in Them Thar Brownfields: The Legal Framework of Brownfielding and Some Tips on for Getting Started<\/em>. Real Estate Law Journal, 39 (1) 100\u2013112.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[31]<\/a>\u00a0Sulkowski, A. J. (2017).\u00a0Rodolfo\u2019s Casa Caribe in Cuba: Business, Ethical & Legal Challenges of Investing in a Start-Up in Havana<\/em>. Journal of Legal Studies Education, 34 (1), 127\u2013162.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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