Presentations

Speaker(s) indicated in Italic.

Upcoming Presentations <br>

June 19–21, 2013: "Market Support as Industry Policy? Lessons from the Case
of Solar Photovoltaic Power in Germany", International Conference on
Sustainable Transitions IST 2013, Zurich, Switzerland (J. Hoppmann, V.
Hoffmann)

June 24-26, 2013: "A home for Solar PV - A techno-economic assessment of natural markets for rooftop PV", 2013 IEEE International Technology Management Conference & 19th ICE Conference, The Hague, Netherlands (T. Lang, B. Girod)

August 9–13, 2013: “The Role of Knowledge Spillovers for Firm-Level
Innovation in Environmental Technologies – Evidence from the Solar
Photovoltaic Industry”, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, USA
(J. Hoppmann)

Past Presentations

2013

May 2, 2013: "Transfers in Phase I of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme:
A first reality check of transfer patterns based on cluster analysis", ETH Zurich, PEPE Spring Seminar, Zurich/Switzerland (R. Betz, T.S. Schmidt)

February 8, 2013: "De-risking renewable energy investment", Seminar on Scaling-up Renewable Energy in Developing Countries, University of Tokyo, Tokyo/Japan (O. Waissbein, Y. Glemarec, H. Bayraktar, T.S. Schmidt)

February 8, 2013: "Financing Feed-in Tariffs in Developing Countries under the Post-Kyoto Climate Policy Regime – The Case of Thailand", Seminar on Scaling-up Renewable Energy in Developing Countries, University of Tokyo, Tokyo/Japan (Joern Huenteler, Christian Niebuhr, Tobias Schmidt, Reinhard Madlener, Volker Hoffmann)

January 28-31, 2013: “Designing effective climate policy – why and how technology characteristics matter”,  Earth System Governance Conference, Tokyo/Japan (J. Huenteler, T.S. Schmidt, V.H. Hoffmann)

January 28-31, 2013: “Fire the workers when building new houses? How proposed New Market Mechanisms would impact the value chain created in the Clean Development Mechanism”, Earth System Governance Conference, Tokyo/Japan (D. Kayser, J. Huenteler, T.S. Schmidt)

2012

December 14-19, 2012: "Uncertainty of Technological Performance and Patterns of Learning - Implications for Energy Innovation Policy", Tokyo Institute of Technology - International Forum on Environment and Energy Science, Big Island/Hawaii (Huenteler J., Schmidt T., Hoffmann V., Markard J.)

December 11, 2012: "Fossil-fuel subsidy reform and its implications for the diffusion of renewable energy technology", Environmental Directorate of the OECD Policy Dialogue, Paris/France (M. Schneider, T. Schmidt)

December 1-7, 2012: “NAMAs: assessing impacts, technology and country differences, identifying priority actions”, together with the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), UNFCCC COP18, Doha/Qatar (T.S. Schmidt, J. Huenteler, V.H. Hoffmann)

October 1-2, 2012: "The effects of climate policy on the rate and direction of innovation – a survey on the EU ETS and the electricity sector", Annual Policy Conference of the Climate Policy Research Unit (CPRU) at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 29–31, 2012: "Challenging the Technological Innovation System and its Functions in a New Context – the Case of Renewable Energy Based Village Grids in Laos", International Conference on Sustainable Transitions IST 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark (N. Blum, T.S. Schmidt, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 29–31, 2012: "Sticky Information, Patterns of Learning, and Technology-Specific Implications for Innovation Policy", International Conference on Sustainable Transitions IST 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark (J. Huenteler, V.H. Hoffmann, T.S. Schmidt)

August 29–31, 2012: "The Two Faces of Market Support – How Deployment Policies Affect Technological Exploration and Exploitation in the Solar Photovoltaic Sector", International Conference on Sustainable Transitions IST 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark (J. Hoppmann, M. Peters, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 29–31, 2012: "Compulsive Policy-Making – The Evolution of the German Feed-in Tariff System for Solar Photovoltaic Power", International Conference on Sustainable Transitions IST 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark (J. Hoppmann, J. Huenteler, B. Girod)

August 3–7, 2012: “The Two Faces of Market Support – How Deployment Policies Affect Technological Exploration and Exploitation in the Solar Photovoltaic Sector”, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, USA (J. Hoppmann, M. Peters, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 3–7, 2012: “Determinants of Interorganizational Sustainability Management in Dyadic Relationships: An Agency-Institutional Analysis”, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, USA (N. Kudla, T. Busch)

August 3–7, 2012: “Corporate Social Responsibility, Negative Externalities, and Organizational Risk”, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, USA (T. Busch, N. Lehmann, V.H. Hoffmann)

July 5–7, 2012: “Organizing of Climate Risks: Uncertain Climate Conditions, Organizational Adaptation, and Corporate Risk Management”, 28th EGOS Colloquium, Helsinki, Finland (G. Weinhofer, T. Busch)

July 2–5, 2012: "Uncertainty of Technological Performance and Patterns of Learning - Implications for Energy Innovation Policy", 14th International Schumpeter Society Conference (ISS), Brisbane, Australia (J. Huenteler, V.H. Hoffmann, T.S. Schmidt, J. Markard)

July 2–5, 2012: “Compulsive Policy-Making - The Evolution of the German Feed-in Tariff System for Solar Photovoltaic Power”, International Schumpeter Society Conference (ISS), Brisbane, Australia (J. Hoppmann, J. Huenteler, B. Girod)

June 26–29, 2012: “Industrial Symbiosis: Paths towards Eco-efficiency and Eco-development”, GRONEN Research Conference, Marseille, France (R. L. Paquin, T. Busch, S. G. Tilleman)

June 20-22, 2012: "Sustainable Land Management in the Context of a Green Economy", Rio Plus 20, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (Honored Speaker Invitation: T. Busch)

June 12–13, 2012: "Does the Technology Life-cycle moderate the Innovation Impact of Demand-Pull Policies? – The Case of Wind Turbine Technology", 2012 European Forum for Policies for Research and Innovation (EU-SPRI), Karlsruhe, Germany (J. Huenteler, M. Peters, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

31 May – 1 June, 2012: “Compulsive Policy-Making – The Evolution of the German Feed-in Tariff System for Solar Photovoltaic Power”, Third Berlin Forum Innovation in Governance, Berlin, Germany (J. Hoppmann, J. Huenteler, B. Girod)

May 29-31, 2012: " Renewable Energy Based Village Grids in Indonesia: Techno-Economic Aspects", 2012 Tech4Dev International Conference, Technologies for Sustainable Development: A way to reduce poverty?, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (N. Blum, R. Sryantoro Wakeling, T.S. Schmidt)

March 19-21, 2012: “Rural electrification in developing countries: A techno-economic study of village grid diffusion in Indonesia”, International Conference on Sustainable Innovation, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia (N. Blum, R. Sryantoro Wakeling, T.S. Schmidt)

February 29 - March 2, 2012: “Money from nothing: Industrial Symbiosis as a Policy Tool for Environmental Efficiency among Firms”, Leuphana Sustainability Summit, Lüneburg, Germany (R. L. Paquin, T. Busch, S. G. Tilleman)

January 27, 2012: "Which role do policies play for the development and deployment of low-carbon techs?” EU FP7 expert workshop on EU climate goals and the power sector, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Grenoble/France (T.S. Schmidt)

2011

December 1, 2011: "NAMAs - the swiss army knife of climate policy?", together with ClimateNet and The University of New South Wales, UNFCCC COP17, Durban/Republic of South Africa (T.S. Schmidt)

November 30, 2011: "A bigger bang for the buck: How to design efficient policies under post-2012 institutions?", together with Tokyo Institute of Technology, UNFCCC COP17, Durban/Republic of South Africa (M. Peters, T.S. Schmidt)

November 29, 2011 “Organizational Adaptation to Disruptions in the Natural Environment”, Workshop on Adaptation Research in Social Science, Dresden, Germany

September 26-28, 2011: "Hybrid logics and investment legitimacy: The case of climate change" PRI Mistra Conference 2011, Sigtuna/Sweden (N. Lehmann, J. Hamprecht, T. Busch)

September 13, 2011: "The role of policy for inducing technological change - the case of climate change and the electrcity sector", Research Colloq, Innovation Studies, Utrecht University, Utrecht/The Netherlands (T.S. Schmidt)

July 7-9, 2011: "Corporate social responsibility, negative externalities, and organizational risk: The case of climate change",  27th EGOS Colloquium, Sub-theme/workshop 34: Responding to Climate Change: Organizational Processes and Discourses, Gothenburg/Sweden (T. Busch, N. Lehmann, V.H. Hoffmann)

July 7-9, 2011: "To conform or to resist: organizational responses to uncertain institutional logics", 27th EGOS Colloguium, Sub-theme/workshop 07: (SWG): Institutional Logics, Gothenburg/Sweden (J. Hamprecht)

June 14-17, 2011: "The impact of climate policy on technological change – a survey of the European power sector", 9th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, Istanbul/Turkey (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, K.S. Rogge, V.H. Hoffmann)

June 7, 2011: "The Effect of Demand-Pull Policies on Innovative Activity in Different Technology Life-Cycle Stages – the Case of Wind Energy", Patent Methodology Workshop, Utrecht University, Utrecht/The Netherlands (M. Peters, J. Huenteler, M. Schneider, V.)

May 10-12, 2011: "Spurring investments in renewable energy technologies in non-OECD countries: A quantitative analysis on how to design and finance NAMAs“, Risø International Energy Conference, Roskilde/Denmark (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, R. Born)

April 6-8, 2011: "Analyzing differential policy effects on innovative behaviour of heterogeneous firms – the case of climate change and the electricity sector“, DIME Final conference, Maastrich, Maastricht/The Netherlands (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

March 31, 2011: "Fueling the diffusion of renewables - a
techno-economic assessment on the financing needs of NAMAs", Zurich Carbon Market Associaction Workshop on NAMAs, Zurich/Switzerland (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, R. Born)

February 14, 2011: “Fostering the diffusion of renewable energies – an innovation system approach applied to biogas technology in India”, Low Carbon Architectures Workshop; Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo/Japan

January 27, 2011: "Policy's role for low-carbon innovation and technology diffusion - the case of the power sector", International workshop on low-carbon governance architecture: Technology innovation and transfer, Tokyo/Japan (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann, K. Rogge, R. Born, M. Schuetz)

2010

September 24-27, 2010: "Emerging organizational fields and organizational risk", SAMS / JMS Conference 2010 “The Foundations of Sustainability”, Loughborough/UK (T. Busch, N. Lehmann)

June 21-24, 2010: " Explaining the effect of market-based environmental policy on technological change – a framework applied to the European power sector", The Schumpeter Conference 2010, Aalborg/Denmark (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, K. Rogge, V.H. Hoffmann)

June 23-26, 2010: "Corporate Sustainability, Innovation, and Financial Performance - a Contingency Perspective", GRONEN Research Conference, Milano/Italy (T. Busch)

June 16-18, 2010: "The innovation impact of the EU Emission Trading System – Findings of company case studies in the German power sector", The DRUID Summer Conference 2010, London/UK (K. Rogge, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

May 12-14, 2010: "A triptych inquiry: Rethinking sustainability, innovation and financial performance", Second Annual ARCS Conference, Harvard Business School, Boston/USA (T. Busch)

May 26-28, 2010: "Carbon Performance and Measurement", The Amsterdam Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency, Amsterdam/Netherlands (T. Busch)

May 5‐7, 2010: “Fostering and Measuring Low‐Carbon Transitions”, DIME workshop on Globalization & Environmental Innovation in Newly Industrializing Countries, Fraunhofer ISI, Karlsruhe/Germany (M. Schneider, T.S. Schmidt, S. Sinsel)

March 29-30, 2010: "Market-based environmental policies: What is their impact on technological change?", Technical Change: History, Economics and Policy (Nickfest) Sussex/UK (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, K. Rogge, V.H. Hoffmann)

February 05, 2010: "Interview and survey findings on innovation responses of power generators and technology providers to the EU ETS", Climate Policy Initiative – Round Table, Berlin/Germany (K.Rogge, T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

2009

December 11, 2009: "A policy matter: Innovation strategies of the power sector: How does climate policy contribute to R&D and diffusion of low-carbon electricity production technologies?", COP 15 UNFCCC United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen/Denmark (T.S. Schmidt, K. Rogge, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

October 5-6, 2009: "The Climate is changing - How can Companies? A Framework for Managing Direct Climate Risks", Herbsttagung der Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement im Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V., Dresden/Germany (T. Busch, G. Weinhofer, V.H. Hoffmann)

September 29 - October 1, 2009: "Market-based environmental policies- What is their impact on technological change?", DIME-Workshop : Environmental Innovation in Infrastructure Sectors, Karlsruhe/Germany (M. Schneider, K. Rogge, V.H. Hoffmann)

September 8-11, 2009: "Corporate Responses to Climate
Change and Financial Performance: The Impact of Climate Policy", Jahrestagung 2009 des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Magdeburg/Germany (T. Busch, A. Ziegler, V.H. Hoffmann) 

September 25-26, 2009 “How hot is your bottom-line? Linking Carbon and Financial Performance”, Special Issue Conference for Business and Society on Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability, Albany/SUNY, USA (T. Busch, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 7-11, 2009: "How hot is your bottom-line? Linking Carbon and Financial Performance", Academy of Management Conference, Chicago/USA, (T. Busch, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 7-11, 2009: "To conform or to resist: Response strategies to institutional pressures in light of uncertainty", Academy of Management Conference, Chicago/USA, (D.C. Sprengel, V.H. Hoffmann, J. Hamprecht)

August 7-11, 2009: "Hybrids of symbolic and substantive action? The case of banks' climate strategies", Academy of Management Conference, Chicago/USA (B. Furrer, V.H. Hoffmann, J. Hamprecht)

July 5-8, 2009: "GHG reduction potential of changes in consumption patterns and higher quality levels: Evidence from Swiss household consumption survey.", 15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Utrecht/Netherlands (B. Girod)

July 2–4, 2009: "How warm is your Balance-Sheet? An empirical Investigation of Climate Change and Corporate Financial Performance", 25th EGOS Colloquium, Barcelona/Spain (T. Busch, V.H. Hoffmann)

June 29 - July 2, 2009: "After an income increase, will households buy more or better?", 8th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (B. Girod)

June 29 - July 2, 2009: "What Determines the Knowledge of CO2 Offsetting for Vehicle Use? A Micro-Econometric Analysis for Germany and the United States", 8th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, Ljubljana/Slovenia (J. Schwarzkopf, A. Ziegler, V.H. Hoffmann)

June 21-24, 2009: "Carbon Performance of US Electricity Producers under different US Carbon Market Scenarios",  The International Society for Industrial Ecology’s 2009 Conference, Lisbon/Portugal (T. Busch, G. Weinhofer, V.H. Hoffmann)

June 17-19, 2009: "Future IPCC scenarios - lessons learned and challenges to scenario building in climate change policy", Internation Energy Workshop, Venice/Italy (B. Girod, T. Flühler)

June 3-6, 2009: "Does it Pay to Invest in Climate Change Management? A US European Comparison", 71. Jahrestagung des Verbands der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V., Nuremberg/Germany, (T. Busch, A. Ziegler, V.H. Hoffmann)

May 10-12, 2009: "The impact of the EU ETS on the sectoral innovation system for power generation technologies", DIME Workshop, Environmental Innovation, Industrial Dynamics and Entrepreneurship, Utrecht/Netherlands (K. Rogge, V.H. Hoffmann)

April 6, 2009: "Umwelt und Ressourcen – neue Herausforderungen für das Strategische Management", ZFU-Tagung Megatrends 20XX – Trends, Technologien und Märkte, Rueschlikon/Zurich/Switzerland (T. Busch)

May 21-23, 2009: "The impact of the EU Emission Trading Scheme on the sectoral innovation system for power generation technologies. Findings for Germany", EMAEE 2009 (The Sixth European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics), Jena/Germany (K. Rogge, V.H. Hoffmann)

March 10-12, 2009: "Corporate climate technology strategies in response to international market-based climate policies - the case of the power sector", The IARU International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, Copenhagen/Denmark (V.H. Hoffmann, K. Rogge, M. Schneider)

March 10-12, 2009: "The CDM, a booster for Renewable Energy technologies?", Poster Presentation, The IARU International Scientific Congress on Climate Change, Copenhagen/Denmark (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

February 11-13, 2009: "Carbon Performance of the 100 largest US Electricity Producers under the perspective of different US Electricity Market Scenarios by 2030", Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung an der TU Wien -IEWT, Vienna/Austria (G. Weinhofer, T. Busch, V.H. Hoffmann)

February 11-13, 2009: "What Determines the Knowledge of CO₂ Offsetting for Vehicle Use? A Micro-Econometric Analysis for Germany and the US", Internationale Energiewirtschaftstagung an der TU Wien -IEWT, Vienna/Austria (J. Schwarzkopf, A. Ziegler, V.H. Hoffmann)

2008

December 1-12, 2008: "Corporate innovation strategies in the power sector -  How EU ETS and int. climate policy contribute to R&D and diffusion of low-carbon power generation technologies", UNFCCC - Conference of the parties at its 14th session (COP 14), Poznan/Poland (V.H. Hoffmann, K. Rogge, M. Schneider, T.S. Schmidt)

October 6-10, 2008: "Auf dem Weg zu einer klimaneutralen Gesellschaft? Akzeptanz und Kenntnis von CO2-Neutralisationsmaßnahmen in Deutschland und den USA", 34. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Jena/Germany (J. Schwarzkopf)

September 11-13: "EU Emission trading and the sectoral innovation system for power generation technologies - Findings for Germany and Europe", DIME International Conference on "Innovation, sustainability and policy", Bordeaux/France (K. Rogge, V.H. Hoffmann)

September 8-10: "Emission Reduction Projects in Developing Countries - Assessing the performance of renewable energy technologies under the CDM", Poster Presentation, Smart Energy Strategies Conference 2008, Zurich/Switzerland (T.S. Schmidt, M. Schneider, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 21-22, 2008: "Stakeholder management as a determinant for banks' climate change strategies", 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008, Basel/Switzerland (B. Furrer, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 21-22, 2008: "Assessing the Carbon Performance of Firms", 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008, Basel/Switzerland (T. Busch, G. Weinhofer, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 21-22, 2008: "Adaptation to Climate Change – The Case of Swiss Ski Lift Operators", 2nd International Sustainability Conference 2008, Basel/Switzerland (D. Sprengel, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 8-13, 2008: "Absorptive capacity, environmental proactivity and competitive advantage", 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim/United States, (M. Kuss, M. Delmas, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 8-13, 2008: "Capability Dynamization for Radical Innovation Adoption - The Case of Biopolymer Technology", 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim/United States (A. Chadha, V.H. Hoffmann)

August 8-13, 2008: "Organizational Responses to Decreasing Resource Munificence in the Context of Climate Change", 2008 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim/United States (D. Sprengel, V.H. Hoffmann)

July 3-4, 2008: "Fasten Your Seatbelts - Airline Responses to Business Turbulences from Climate Change", German Aviation Research Society - Aviation Student Research Workshop, Amsterdam/The Netherlands (D. Sprengel) 

July 10-12, 2008: "Corporate Strategies in Response to the Clean Development Mechanism - Identifying Resources and Capabilities for Engaging in Mitigation Efforts in Developing Countries", 24th EGOS Colloquium, Amsterdam/The Netherlands (M. Schneider, V. Hoffmann)

July 10-12, 2008: "Developing a global strategy for sustainability: the role of absorptive capacity", 24th EGOS Colloquium, Amsterdam/The Netherlands (M. Kuss, J. Pinkse)

June 18-20, 2008: "Emission Reduction Projects – Which Technology Where? A systematic analysis of various technologies in various developing countries", 31st IAEE International Conference, Istanbul/Turkey (V.H. Hoffmann, M. Schneider, T.S. Schmidt)

June 18-20, 2008: "Does Corporate Carbon Performance matter for Financial Performance?", 31st IAEE International Conference, Istanbul/Turkey (A. Ziegler, T. Busch, V.H. Hoffmann)

June 3-4, 2008: "Perception of and Adaptation to Climate Change by Swiss Ski Lift Operators", Lüneburg Workshop on Environmental and Sustainability Communication - Climate Change and Tourism: Challenge for Communication and Cooperation, Lueneburg/Germany (D. Sprengel)

May 28-30, 2008: "Absorptive capacity and the development of proactive environmental capabilities", GRONEN 2008, Nicosia/Cyprus (M. Kuss, V.H. Hoffmann)

May 28-30, 2008: "Linking Corporate Carbon and Financial Performance: A Portfolio Analysis", GRONEN 2008, Nicosia/Cyprus (A. Ziegler, T. Busch, V.H. Hoffmann)

May 28-30, 2008: "Climate change and the banking sector", GRONEN 2008, Nicosia/Cyprus (B. Furrer, V.H. Hoffmann)

March 31 - April 3, 2008: "Is the Carbon Price the Magic Bullet? Assessing the Performance of Emission Reduction Technologies in Different Country Contexts", EWEC 2008, Brussels/Belgium (V.H. Hoffmann, M. Schneider, T.S. Schmidt)

February 13-15, 2008: "CO₂ Strategie von Stromproduzenten – eine weltweite Analyse von 91 Unternehmen", EnInnov08: 10. Symposium Energieinnovation, Graz University of Technology (Austria), Graz/Austria (G. Weinhofer)

2007

December 7, 2007: "Corporate Strategies towards Climate Change – Climate Policy and Innovation from a Firm Perspective", CEPE Seminar, ETH Zurich/Switzerland (V. Hoffmann)

October 9, 2007: "Zur Rolle von Technologie und Innovation gegen Klimawandel", University of Lucerne/Switzerland (V.H. Hoffmann)

October 9-12, 2007: "Green Management and Green Technology – Exploring the Causal Relationship", Jahrestagung 2007 des Vereins für Sozialpolitik, Munich/Germany  (A. Ziegler)

September 27, 2007: "Climate change, EU Emission Trading & the Clean Development Mechanism", Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (via video conference from ETH Zurich) (V.H. Hoffmann)

September 22, 2007: "Neue Wege aus der Klimakatastrophe?", Schweizer Studienstiftung, Klostergut Paradies, Schaffhausen/Switzerland (V.H. Hoffmann)

September 7, 2007: "Corporate Responses to Climate Change – A European Perspective", Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore/India (V.H. Hoffmann)

August 30, 2007: "Environmental sustainability & technology management", IIT Roorkee/India (V.H. Hoffmann)

August 29, 2007: "Concepts of environmental sustainability – a European perspective", IIT Roorkee/India (V.H. Hoffmann)

August 27-29, 2007: "Assessing Corporate Carbon Exposure from a LCA Perspective", LCM Conference 2007, Zurich/Switzerland (V.H. Hoffmann, T. Busch)

August 3-8, 2007: "Strategic Responses to Regulatory Uncertainty - The Case of Environmental Regulation", 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, U.S.A. (V.H. Hoffmann, T. Trautmann, Ch. Engau)

August 3-8, 2007: "Untangling environmental strategies with absorptive capacity - devel-opment and competitive advantage", 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia/U.S.A. (M. Kuss, V.H. Hoffmann, J. Hamprecht)

August 3-8, 2007: "Effect of regulatory uncertainty on environmental strategy - a reason to postpone investments?", 2007 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia/U.S.A. (V.H. Hoffmann, T. Trautmann, J. Hamprecht)

July 5–7, 2007: "Organizational Innovation Adoption as Dynamic Capability – Evidence from the Polymer Industry", 23^rd European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, Vienna/Austria (A. Chadha, V.H. Hoffmann)

June 18, 2007: "Climate change as a challenge for companies", Logistic-Days of the Kuehne Foundation, Schindellegi/Switzerland (V.H. Hoffmann)

June 5-8, 2007: "Green Management and Green Technology – Exploring the Causal Relationship", 7th International Conference 2007 of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE), Leipzig/Germany (A. Ziegler)

May 31 - June 2, 2007: "Green Management and Green Technology – Exploring the Causal Relationship", 69. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung 2007 des Verbandes der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB) e.V., Paderborn/Germany (A. Ziegler)

2006

December 6, 2006: "Strategy under Uncertainty: The Effects of Regulatory Uncertainties in the European CO2 Emission Trading Scheme on German Power Producers", ETH/MTEC/SMI Innovation Brown Bag (V.H. Hoffmann)

November 16, 2006: "Unternehmerische  Nachhaltigkeit als wirtschaftlicher Erfolgsfaktor",Seminar „Erfolgsfaktor Management – Köpfe und Konzepte für die Kunststoffindustrie“, RWTH Aachen/Germany (V.H. Hoffmann, A. Chadha)

September 28-30, 2006: "A Taxonomy for Regulatory Uncertainty – Application to Flexible Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol", IFSAM VIIIth World Congress 2006, Berlin/Germany (T. Trautmann, V.H. Hoffmann, M. Schneider)

September 28-30, 2006: “Sustainability Related Uncertainties and Real Options”, IFSAM VIIIth World Congress 2006, Berlin/Germany (T. Busch, V.H. Hoffmann)

September 11-12, 2006: "Managing carbon constraints — general framework and examples from electricity generation", EABIS 5th Annual Colloquium, SDA Bocconi, Milan/Italy (V.H. Hoffmann)

September 11-12, 2006: "Absorptive Capacity and the Development of Competitive Advantage through Environmental Technologies", EABIS 5th Annual Colloquium, SDA Bocconi, Milan/Italy (M. Kuss)

August 25, 2006: "Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit - Lippenbekenntnis oder wirtschaftlicher Erfolgsfaktor?", Lanxess AG, Leverkusen/Germany  (V.H. Hoffmann)

August 15, 2006: "The Role of Industry and Uncertainty in Regulatory Pressure and Environmental Strategy", 2006 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta/USA (V.H. Hoffmann, T. Trautmann)

August 11, 2006: "Organizational Innovation Adoption and Firm Capabilities – The Case for Biopolymer-Technology", 16^th European Doctoral School in Technology Management, Vaasa/Finland (A. Chadha)

July 11, 2006: "Why Industry Matters when Studying the Effects of Regulatory Pressure", GRONEN 2006 Conference: Sustainability Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (V.H. Hoffmann, T. Trautmann)

June 26, 2006: "Carbon constraints in the chemical industry - just a risk, or also an opportunity?", Seminar Series on Safety and Environmental Technology, ETH Zurich/Switzerland (V.H. Hoffmann)

2005

December 15, 2005: "Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit Lippenbekenntnis oder wirtschaftlicher Erfolg?", Introduction Lecture, ETH Zurich/Switzeralnd, Auditorium maximum (V.H. Hoffmann) >>

December 1, 2005: "Market Development Strategies for Low- and Plus-Energy Buildings (Marktentwicklungsstrategien für Minergie, Minergie-P und Null-Energiehäuser)", 11. Herbstseminar im Rahmen der Schweizer Hausbau- und Minergie-Messe, Bern (J. Hamschmidt)

November 16 - 18, 2005: "Impact of Emission Trading on Technology Decisions under Uncertainty – Empirical Evidence", 3rd International Workshop, Climate Change, Sustainability and Risk, Wittenberg/Germany, (T. Trautmann)

November 3, 2005: "Entrepreneurial decision making for investments in sustainable technologies", Annual AIChE conference 2005, Cincinnati/U.S.A. (V.H. Hoffmann)

October 14, 2005: "Current sustainability perceptions in the Swiss industry - results from a survey among technology-oriented companies", International Sustainability Conference 2005, Basel/CH (V.H. Hoffmann)

October 13, 2005: "Identification of strategic sustainability drivers under uncertainty - general framework and application to the financial sector", International Sustainability Conference 2005, Basel/Switzerland (B. Furrer)

September 19 - 20, 2005: "Entrepreneurial decision making for investments in sustainable technologies", SMIA conference 2005, Geneva/Switzerland (V.H. Hoffmann)

September 15, 2005: "Nachhaltigkeit in der Schweizer Industrie - Ansichten, Einsichten und Aussichten aus Unternehmensperspektive", Erfa-Gruppe Nachhaltigkeit, ETH Zürich, Zurich/Switzerland (V.H. Hoffmann)

June 10, 2005: "Education for Sustainability – The idea of activity-based Sustainability Learning", Tokyo Colloquium on Education and Sustainability, Hosei University, Tokyo/Japan (V.H. Hoffmann)

June 08, 2005: "Designing Sustainable Technologies – Use and Application of Decision Analysis Techniques", Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo/Japan (V.H. Hoffmann)

Mai 05, 2005: "Corporate Sustainability and Business Education:Promoting Case Studies for Advancing Best Management Practices", European Academy of Management Conference, Munich/Germany (J. Hamschmidt)

April 29, 2005: "The quest for sustainability – insights from empirical research in the Swiss industry", GIN Conference 2005-1, Twente/Netherlands (V.H. Hoffmann)

April 21, 2005: "Chancen und Risiken von Nachhaltigkeit in technologieorientierten Unternehmen", FG FAU annual meeting, Zurich/Switzerland (V.H. Hoffmann)