Prof. Dr. David Risi

Projektleitung (Forschung); Modulleitung (Lehre)

2022-2026: Unpacking the Internal Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation: The Role of CSR Managers and CSR Resources [Swiss National Science Foundation]

2024-2025: Weiterentwicklung eines Datencrawling- und Analysetools für nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Unternehmensvergleiche [Innosuisse]

2022-2024: "Similar But not the Same": Comparative Case Study of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Circular Economy (CE)

Athanasopoulou, A., Marti, E., Risi, D. and Schlindwein, E. (2025), How Companies Restrain Means–Ends Decoupling: A Comparative Case Study of CSR Implementation. Journal of Management Studies. https://doi.org/10.1

E Marti, D Risi, E Schlindwein, A Athanasopoulou (2024). Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Program with Real Impact. Harvard Business Review

Risi, D., Wickert, C., & Ramus, T. (2023). Coordinated Enactment: How Organizational Departments Work Together to Implement CSR. Business & Society, 62(4), 745–786.

Risi, D., Vigneau, L., & Bohn, S., & Wickert, C. W. (2023). Institutional theory-based research on Corporate Social Responsibility: Bringing values back in. International Journal of Management Reviews, 25(1), 3–23.

Wickert, C., Risi, D., & Ramus, T. (2022) What a mature CSR team looks like. Harvard Business Review, November 16, p. 1-9.

Risi, D., & Marti, E. (2022). Illuminating the dark side of values: A framework for institutional research. Journal of Management Inquiry, 31(3), 253–263.

Risi, D. (2022). Business and Society Research Drawing on Institutionalism: Integrating Normative
and Descriptive Research on Values. In Business & Society (Vol. 61, Issue 2). SAGE. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.13003

https://arbor.bfh.ch/15835/1/sustainability-13-12931.pdf

Risi, D. (2020). Time and Business Sustainability: Socially Responsible Investing in Swiss Banks and Insurance Companies. In Business & Society (Vol. 59, Issue 7). Sage. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.13002

Risi, D., Athanasopoulou, A., Smets, M., & Morris, T. (2020). Lonely at the Top? CEO sensemaking in the boardroom. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41446

Risi, D., & Wickert, C. (2019). Corporate social responsibility (Elements in Business Strategy). Cambridge University Press. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41336

Risi, D., & Wickert, R. (2019). Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility as Institutional Work: Exploring the Day-to-Day Activities of CSR Managers in Multinational Corporations (A. Sales, Ed.; Vol. 57). Springer. https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41337

Risi, D., & Wickert, C. (2019). Exploring the Internal Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41101

Risi, D., Vigneau, L., & Bohn, S. (2019). The Role Values Play for Agency in Institutions. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/41100

Risi, D., & Wickert, C. (2017). Reconsidering the ‘Symmetry’ Between Institutionalization and Professionalization: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility Managers. In Journal of Management Studies (Vol. 54, Issue 5). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.24451/arbor.12998

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Risi, D. (2017). Toward a Morally Reflective Institutional Analysis. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2017, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/38962

Risi, D. (2017). Understanding financial intermediaries’ hesitation about socially responsible investing. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2017, Issue 1). https://arbor.bfh.ch/handle/arbor/38961

Institut Sustainable Business

Academy of Management

European Group of Organization Studies

Journal of Management Studies (Editorial Review Board)

University of St. Gallen (Institute for Business Ethics)