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From Greenwashing To True Responsibility: Companies' Climate Reporting
Should companies disclose their environmental impact data on a mandatory basis? The climate crisis puts a stronger focus on the reporting obligations of companies, a topic that has previously not received much attention. In their new study, Katrin Hummel, Head of the Accounting & Reporting Group at WU Vienna, and her colleague Emira Jasari (University of Zurich) examine the consequences of mandatory climate reporting.
Tech start-ups: Lack of women is homemade
Why are IT-driven start-ups male-dominated? A study by WU Vienna now shows that the lack of women in tech start-ups is not due to women's education or lack of experience but rather based on how start-ups are perceived from the outside: as young, tech-savvy, white and male.
Long-term care: Mixed reality applications help people in need of care and caregivers
The provision of care for people in need of long-term care is facing major challenges. Measures must be taken at many levels to make jobs in this sector more attractive and to ensure the care of those affected. WU researcher Birgit Trukeschitz and her team at the WU Research Institute for Economics of Aging are evaluating the practicality and impact of new technologies developed for older people and long-term care in national and European projects. Now Birgit Trukeschitz has been honored as Researcher of the Month for her work.
Psychopaths in the C-Suite – Myth or Reality?
CEOs, who bear a large part of the responsibility for major corporate scandals, are often portrayed as psychopaths. The cliché of the monster in pinstripes comes up again and again in films, media reports, and even academic research. A researcher at WU Vienna has now shown that, in reality, there is not much to it.
Industrial mining causes major forest loss in the tropics
The growing demand for minerals and the resulting mining activities continue to drive deforestation worldwide. Today, mines worldwide extract more than twice the amount of raw materials mined in 2000. Tropical forests are particularly vulnerable. Until now, the full extent of the impact on tropical ecosystems has been unknown. But researchers from WU Vienna, together with other universities, have now presented the first comprehensive study on the spread of forest loss due to intensified mining.
The labor market of the future: Are robots the solution, not the problem?
A new study by WU Vienna shows that automation can be a way out of demographic change.
Wolfgang Obenaus honored with Austrian Cross of Honor
WU Professor Wolfgang Obenaus, a high-profile business communication expert, has been awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class. On behalf of Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen, Christoph Ramoser of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (bmbwf) presented Prof. Wolfgang Obenaus with the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class, during the ASEA-UNINET Plenary Meeting in Linz.
Schumpeter Prize 2022 goes to Michael Peneder and Andreas Resch
On Friday, July 8, 2022, the International Schumpeter Society (ISS) announced at the 19th ISS Conference that the Schumpeter Prize 2022 is presented to Michael Peneder and Andreas Resch. They receive the award for their monograph entitled “Schumpeter’s Venture Money,” Oxford University Press, 2021. It is the first time that this prestigious award goes to Austria.
Nikolaus Franke honored as European Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year
WU researcher Nikolaus Franke has received the European Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award.
Wealth distribution: 80 percent of wealth in the hands of the richest 20 percent
Current information on household wealth and income is crude and only comparable on an international level to a limited extent. A WU researcher proposes new approaches to improve the way distributional issues and inequality around the world are presented.
Social enterprises in Austria: Innovative, female, challenged during the pandemic
With the “Austrian Social Enterprise Monitor,” the Social Entrepreneurship Center (SEC) at WU Vienna presents a comprehensive study on the importance, influence, and financing of social enterprises.
The Constitutional Court – an Infallible Authority?
Pandemic control measures, headscarf bans for elementary school students, and the ban on assisted suicide testify to the fact that constitutional courts deal with highly sensitive social conflicts. Laura Pavlidis, a researcher at the WU Institute for Austrian and European Public Law, examines the legitimacy of the constitutional court’s interpretive power.