Irene Lisi Delivers the Best Contribution to EABIS PhD Conference

Irene Eleonora Lisi, a PhD Candidate in Business Administration and Management affiliated to the Department of Accounting, was awarded the EABIS PhD Conference Best Contribution acknowledgement at the 10th EABIS PhD Conference (Lausanne, 5 July 2012) for the paper Determinants and Performance Effects of Environmental Performance Measurement Systems, joint with a paper by Universität Lüneberg's Jacob Hörisch.

The 14 papers selected for the conference were rated by a 10-member academic faculty commission.

Lisi's contribution proposes a theoretical model to explain how the three main drivers of corporate environmentalism - i.e. expected competitive advantage, stakeholders' concern and top management environmental commitment - influence the use of environmental performance measures for internal decision-making and control, and how such use impacts companies' environmental and economic performance.

The Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) is a network of global companies and leading business schools committed to mainstreaming sustainable enterprise in business and policy research, executive learning and management education.