[CORE Working Paper Series NOW available on this website!]
CORE Working Paper Series
The best papers presented at the four CORE conferences held from 2006 to 2009 have been selected for publication in the CORE Working Paper Series. The papers are available for download on this website. Check out the authors and contributions in the Conference section!

[Final Programme of the 4th CORE Conference is now available]
Final Programme of the 4th CORE Conference is now available
The Final Programme for the 4th CORE Conference 2009 is now available and can be found in the section "Conferences".

[First round of reviews finished – apply NOW for remaining grants available for theme-tracks 2 & 3!]
Deadline: May 18th 2009
The first round of reviews of applications to the CORE Conference IV has been finished. We would like to thank all applicants for their contributions! However, a couple of grants could not be awarded yet. The CORE Conference Team therefore invites young and mid-career European researchers eligible for funding to hand in abstracts and/or full papers. Grants are still available for papers addressing issues covered under theme-tracks 2 and 3 until May 18th 2009.

Öko-Institut, FEEM and the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR) at the University of Nottingham have jointly carried out the 4th CORE Conference for early stage and mid-career researchers on June 15th-16th, 2009 in Berlin.
 
The 4th CORE Conference was organised by Öko-Institut and focused on the potential of CSR to support the integration of core EU strategies (EU Lisbon Agenda, EU Sustainable Development Strategy, EU Enlargement Strategy). 
 
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CORE Working Paper Series
 
A total of 30 participants coming from 16 countries spread over three continents (Europe, North America, and Australia) have presented their papers at the 4th CORE Conference in Berlin, Germany. The following papers form part of the CORE Working Paper Series and have been selected for publication by the CORE Consortium Committee.

Lammertjan Dam:
     Why do Firms do Good? Evidence from Managerial Efficiency
     CORE2009_1
 
Luisa Giallonardo:
     Traditional Profit Maximizing Producers and CSR
     CORE2009_2
 
Peter Schmidt:
     Human Rights Abuse and Corporate Stock Performance - an Event Study Analysis
     CORE2009_3
 
Domenico Fanelli & Simone D'Alessandro:
     Building a Virtuous Circle between Ethical Consumption and Fair Income Distribution
     CORE2009_4
 
Knud Sinding:
     An Addition to Boundaries: CSR and Public Policy
     CORE2009_5

Stephanos Anastasiadis:
     CSR and Core EU Strategies: Examining the Role of Brussels
     CORE2009_7
 
Oana Apostol:
     CSR and Corporate-Stakeholder Relationships: Conflicting Representations of Different Actors: The 
     Case of Romanian Society
     CORE2009_8
 
Katarina Svitkova:
     Corporate Philanthropy in the Czech and Slovak Republics
     CORE2009_9

Anselm Schneider:
     The Unrecognized Future Dimension of Corporate Sustainability Assessment
     CORE2009_10