Seminario: “SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS RESEARCH”

Actividad formativa para estudiantes de doctorado.

Seminario enmarcado en el Workshop de Investigación “Sustainable Business Research Week” sobre investigación en modelos de negocio para la sostenibilidad y creación de valor sostenible para stakeholders, organizado al amparo del programa EELISA InnoCORE.

Lugar: ETSI de Sistemas Informáticos (Campus Sur) – Salón de Grados (Módulo IV, Segunda Planta).

Ponencia 1:

Giannicola Scarpa. Profesor Contratado Doctor (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

"Quantum Computing to foster sustainability: the case of researching on Decision Theory”

Modern economy and finance are based on solid grounds: the work of pioneers such as John von Neumann, Robert Aumann and John Nash. Their basic results have been fundamental for correctly understanding security, markets, and communications.

However, we live in a technological shift: the birth of strong AI and Quantum Computing, quickly embraced by financial institutions, big tech companies and the media. We think of them as promising tools to improve the performance of various tasks, reduce energy consumption, or find new sustainable solutions.

But do we understand these recent advances? Is it safe to give them to the public? In this talk, I share my worries as a quantum computing expert and advocate for more workforce in fundamental research. I do so by telling you about my experience working in the field of Decision Theory, where I contributed to "upgrading" one of the most important results: Aumann's Agreement Theorem (nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27134-6).

Ponencia 2

Esben R.G. Pedersen. Professor (Copenhagen Business School)

“Stakeholders and Sustainability: Past Experiences and Future Perspectives”

Based on past and ongoing research, the lecture will discuss opportunities for developing new knowledge regarding the intersection between stakeholders and sustainability. In the past decades, stakeholder theory has been an inseparable companion for research on corporate sustainability, corporate sustainability, and business ethics. However, more can be done to advance stakeholder perspectives on corporate sustainability conceptually and empirically. For instance, digital technologies offer new opportunities for making more comprehensive stakeholder analyses. Moreover, new sustainable business models allow for alternative stakeholder constellations across organisations and value chains.   

Los asistentes que superen un pequeño cuestionario recibirán un certificado de la actividad de la EID.