Jan Lepoutre
Management Department
ESSEC Business School
France
Biography
Education PhD in Applied Economics, Ghent University Postgraduate in Applied Economics, Ghent University MSc in Bioscience Engineering, Katholeke Universiteit Leuven
Research Interest
Areas My research interestest are on the nexus of organizational theory and organizational behavior on the one hand, and entrepreneurship and societal challenges on the other. I investigate how individuals and organizations deal with the challenges that are incurred when putting their entrepreneurial energy to resolving societal problems. In the past, this has led me to qualitatively investigate institutional nonconformity in the Belgian ornamental horticulture industry, as well as developing global databases for measuring prevalence of social entrepreneurship in a country. My current research focuses on the role corporations can play in addressing systemic problems.
