Andrew King - Boston University Questrom

According to a citation from the Academy of Management, Professor Andrew A. King’s “contributions have been central to the development of the field of environmental management/sustainable business.” He also has conducted research on innovation, business adaptation and resilience, and epistemology. He has been a Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School, an Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer, and an AOM Distinguished Scholar. Andy holds degrees in mechanical engineering from Brown University (BA) and the University of California (MS). He received a PhD in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Publications

King, A., Berchicci, L. (In Press). “Corporate Sustainability: A Model Uncertainty Analysis”, Journal of Financial Reporting, 7 (2)

King, A. (2023). “Does Corporate Social Responsibility Increase Access to Finance? A Commentary on Cheng, Ioannou, and Serafeim (2014).”, Social Science Research Network

King, A. (2023). “Writing a useful empirical journal article”, Journal of Management Scientific Reports, 1 (3-4), 206-228

Lee, N., Hittmair, F., Berg, F., Barnett, M., Dutt, N., King, A., Rouen, E., Singh, J. (2023). “Measuring Corporate Environmental Sustainability Performance: Current Approaches & the Path Forward”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023 (1)

Berchicci, L., King, A. (2022). “Material Sustainability and Stock Return: Faith is Not Enough”, Journal of Financial Reporting, 7 (2), 41-42

King, A., Pucker, K. (2022). “ESG and Alpha: Sales or Substance?”, Institutional Investor

King, A. (2022). “ESG and alpha: sales or substance?”, Institutional Investor

Berchicci, L., King, A. (2022). “Building knowledge by mapping model uncertainty in six studies of social and financial performance”, Strategic Management Journal, 43 (7), 1319-1346

King, A., Pucker, K. (2021). “Heroic Accounting: New proposals for monetizing corporate planetary impacts are alluring, impossible, and perilous.”, Stanford Social Innovation, Fall

King, A., Goldfarb, B., Simcoe, T. (2021). “Learning from Testimony on Quantitative Research in Management”, Academy of Management Review, 46 (3), 465-488

King, A., Pucker, K. (2020). “The Dangerous Allure of Win-Win Strategies”, Stanford Social Innovation Review (Winter, 2021), 35-39

Bergquist, A., Cole, S., Ehrenfeld, J., King, A., Schendler, A. (2019). “Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability: Past Roads and Future Prospects”, Business History Review, 93 (1), 127-148

Lyon, T., Delmas, M., Maxwell, J., Bansal, P., Chiroleu-Assouline, M., Crifo, P., Durand, R., Gond, J., King, A., Lenox, M., Toffel, M., Vogel, D., Wijen, F. (2018). “CSR Needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics”, California Management Review, 60 (4), 5-24

Goldfarb, B., King, A., Simcoe, T. (2018). “Heritability of Trust and Distrust Remains Unknown.”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (10), E2149-E2150

Berchicci, L., Dowell, G., King, A. (2017). “Environmental Performance and the Market for Corporate Assets”, Strategic Management Journal, 38 (12), 2444-2464

Goldfarb, B., King, A. (2016). “Scientific apophenia in strategic management research: Significance tests & mistaken inference”, Strategic Management Journal, 37 (1), 167-176

Di Stefano, G., King, A., Verona, G. (2015). “Sanctioning in the Wild: Rational Calculus and Retributive Instincts in Gourmet Cuisine”, Academy of Management Journal, 58 (3), 906-931

Di Stefano, G., King, A., Verona, G. (2014). “Kitchen confidential? Norms for the use of transferred knowledge in gourmet cuisine”, Strategic Management Journal, 35 (11), 1645-1670

Dutt, N., King, A. (2014). “The Judgment of Garbage: End-of-Pipe Treatment and Waste Reduction”, Management Science, 60 (7), 1812-1828

Berchicci, L., Dowell, G., King, A. (2012). “Environmental capabilities and corporate strategy: exploring acquisitions among US manufacturing firms”, Strategic Management Journal, 33 (9), 1053-1071

Di Stefano, G., King, A., Verona, G. (2012). “Second-party sanctioning of norm violations: The case of know-how trading in gourmet cuisine”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2012 (1), 11307-11307

Berchicci, L., King, A., Tucci, C. (2011). “Does the apple always fall close to the tree? The geographical proximity choice of spin-outs”, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 5 (2), 120-136

Barnett, M., King, A. (2008). “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: A Longitudinal Analysis of an Industry Self-Regulatory Institution”, Academy of Management Journal, 51 (6), 1150-1170

Pe’er, A., Vertinsky, I., King, A. (2008). “Who enters, where and why? The influence of capabilities and initial resource endowments on the location choices of de novo enterprises”, Strategic Organization, 6 (2), 119-149

Berchicci, L., King, A. (2007). “11 Postcards from the Edge”, Academy of Management Annals, 1 (1), 513-547

King, A. (2007). “Cooperation between corporations and environmental groups: A transaction cost perspective”, Academy of Management Review, 32 (3), 889-900

Terlaak, A., King, A. (2006). “The effect of certification with the ISO 9000 Quality Management Standard: A signaling approach”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 60 (4), 579-602

BARNETT, M., KING, A. (2006). “GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS: AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPLANATION OF INDUSTRY SELF-REGULATION.”, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2006 (1), M1-M6

King, A., Lenox, M., Terlaak, A. (2005). “The Strategic Use of Decentralized Institutions: Exploring Certification With the ISO 14001 Management Standard”, Academy of Management Journal, 48 (6), 1091-1106

Lenox, M., King, A. (2004). “Prospects for developing absorptive capacity through internal information provision”, Strategic Management Journal, 25 (4), 331-345

KING, A., LENOX, M. (2001). “LEAN AND GREEN? AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEAN PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE”, Production and Operations Management, 10 (3), 244-256

King, A., Lenox, M. (2001). “Does It Really Pay to Be Green? An Empirical Study of Firm Environmental and Financial Performance: An Empirical Study of Firm Environmental and Financial Performance”, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 5 (1), 105-116