Resources & Publications

Overview of ABIS activities 2002-2025

As ABIS prepares to close its doors in 2025, we took a moment to reflect on and celebrate over two decades of meaningful impact in advancing sustainability in business and academia.
23 January 2025

ABIS Special Issue:  Navigating Stakeholder Capitalism

After a particularly long publishing process, we are pleased to announce the release of the latest ABIS Special Issue on "Navigating Stakeholder Capitalism: Exploring Holistic Business Conduct and...
6 January 2025

ExPliCit Exploring Circular Futures: Stakeholder Workshops Report

A new and long awaited outcome of the ExpliCit project has been published! The ExPliCit - Exploring Plausible Circular Futures project seeks to explore alternative circular futures in order to...
7 October 2024

"Futures of Business Education in 2055" Report

After a 2-year foresight initiative in collaboration with different stakeholders engaged in business education, ABIS is pleased to release the brand new“Futures of Business Education in 2055”Report.
5 June 2024

Highlights Report 2023

Special Issues,EU Projects, foresight workshops and trainings, the Annual Colloquium, networking opportunities, participation to high-level events and the long-awaited outcomesof the Futures of...
29 February 2024

Exploring foresight scenarios for the EU bioeconomy

After our engagement with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in October 2022 and May 2023, we are delighted to share the final publication “Exploring foresight scenarios for the EU...
26 February 2024

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ABIS Special Issue: Driving impact through responsible investing and finance

We are pleased to announce the publication of an ABIS Special Issue focusing on "Driving impact through responsible investing and finance".
4 October 2023

Techniques of futuring for a circular economy

ExPliCit - Exploring Plausible Circular Futuresis a three-year, EU funded project focused on researching (1)practicaland theoretical compatibility of circular economy (CE) with growth-oriented...
14 September 2023

State of the Art on Research Careers

SECURE is a two-year, European-wide initiative developing new approaches to empower and support researchers and scientists on their career paths. This project, supported by the European Research...
31 July 2023

Scenario Exploration System Overview

Year after year, the Scenario Exploration System (SES) - a serious gaming tool originally developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission - is proving its potential in leading and...
22 June 2023

Highlights Report 2022

We are pleased to share with you theHighlights Report 2022.
8 March 2023

Value Creation: A Dialogue on Models and Methods

Value creation is the primary aim of any organization and is inherent to sustainable development.Over the course of 2020 and 2021, ABIS - The Academy of Business in Society and our member Antwerp...
15 December 2022

ABIS Membership Value and Engagement Opportunities

In 2022, ABIS took reviewed and updated the portfolio of engagement opportunities available to our members and the value we provide to the network. The outcomes of this process are summarized...
20 October 2022

Transforming business education for sustainability

The case for paradigm shifts in pedagogy and theory Satu Teerikangas, Mollie Painter, Ivo Matser, Katarina Haluskova, Karolina Sobczak
20 April 2022

Highlights Report 2021

We are pleased to share with you theHighlights Report 2021!
30 March 2022

Exploring the Enablers of Circular Economy Practices

The case of businesses and business schools Josep Pinyol, Katarina Haluskova, Ivo Matser, Karolina Sobczak, Jason Chang
17 March 2022

Corporate Approaches to Sustainable Value Creation Report

In January 2021, the Value Creation Roundtablewas jointly organized by ABIS - The Academy of Business in Society and Antwerp Management School as an exchange of knowledge, competences and ideas on...
21 December 2021

Editorial from the ABIS Special Issue 2021

Measuring Impact and Creating Change TheABIS Special Issue: Business in Society: Measuring Impact and Creating Changehas been successfully publishedin March 2021in theEmerald Journal: Corporate...
25 March 2021

ABIS Highlights Report 2020

We are pleased to share with you our 2020 Highlights Report.
3 February 2021

Toolkit for Effective Virtual Communication

The COVID-19 crisis and the current restrictive measures applied around the world come with a lot of challenges that every company, institution and individual must face. It also bring us many...
29 April 2020

ABIS Highlights Report 2019

We are delighted to share that the 2019 ABIS Highlights Report has been published.
11 February 2020

European Green Deal Report

The European Green Deal is an opportunity to put Europe firmly on a new path of sustainable and inclusive growth. It is part of the EU's strategy to implement the United Nations' 2030 Agenda and the...
14 January 2020

Business School Rankings for the 21st Century

A new report on business school rankings was recently published under the aegis of the UN Global Compact and with the support of Aviva Investors. It gives an overview of the current state of the...
24 January 2019

Building Leaders for Long-Term Business Performance

“Many businesses are recognising the need to respond to and, where possible, shape the changing context in which they operate. Yet at the same time they are not systematically equipping their...
8 January 2018

ABIS Education Initiative

In 2016, ABIS launched a new Global Education Initiative to support the realization of its mission, to strengthen the exchange of institutional innovation and to drive change in business schools and...
30 September 2016