In our second research award competition in 2023, we once again asked the LFCoB faculty, “Have you recently published a paper that has—or will—make a practical impact in addressing an ethical, environmental or social justice problem?”
Our faculty rose to the challenge yet again, and we are proud to present the 2023 recipients of the CESB Research Awards, in alphabetical order.
2023 Research Award Recipients
Micheal Bar, Professor and Chair of Economics
Michael Bar used the 2019 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) dataset to measure racial bias in residential loan approval across the 20 largest mortgage-granting institutions in the US. In stark contrast to previous work, which lumped all lenders together, this paper ranks the top lenders according to the degree of their race “discrimination”, and provides guidance for regulators on how to prioritize their fair-lending reviews.
- “Racial Differences in Access to Mortgage Lending: Comparison Across Major Institutions.” (with Nishanlang Khonglah) SN Business & Economics, Volume 2, Issue 8, pages 1-26, August 2022.
John Logan, Professor and Chair of Labor & Employment Studies
John Logan’s most recent labor study explores how labor unions may be experiencing a renewal in the post-pandemic economy and has already received numerous mentions in the popular press and media. He was nearly invited by Bernie Sanders’ staffer to testify at a Senate Labor Committee hearing.
- Logan, John. “A Model for Labor’s Renewal? The Starbucks Campaign,” New Labor Forum, 32(1), Winter 2023, 87-97: https://newlaborforum.cuny.edu/2023/03/31/a-model-for-labors-renewal-the-starbucks-campaign/
Antoaneta Petkova, Professor of Management
Smita Trivedi and Antoaneta Petkova jointly examine the processes and mechanisms through which entrepreneurship leads to the empowerment and emancipation of women living in poverty. They identify specific activities through which emancipatory entrepreneuring manifests itself in the context of women’s entrepreneurship in India.
- Trivedi, S. K., & Petkova, A. P. 2022. Women Entrepreneur Journeys from Poverty to Emancipation. Journal of Management Inquiry, 31(4): 358–385. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10564926211017667
Smita Trivedi, Associate Professor of Management
Smita Trivedi 's contribution is described above as she has jointly written a paper with Antoaneta Petkova.
Lihua Wang, Professor of International Business
Food safety has been a critical social problem in Mainland China and Taiwan. Lihua Wang and her coauthors study how two social enterprises in the food safety sector gain legitimacy across developmental stages when the institutional environments are underdeveloped.
- Chen, X., He, Y., Wang, L., Xiong, J., & Jiang, R. (2022). The legitimization process of social enterprises across developmental stages: two case studies. Journal of Business Research, 148, 203–215. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296322003940?dgcid=coauthor