Jorge Rivera

Title: Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy
Department: Strategic Management and Public Policy
Address: Funger Hall, Suite 608
Phone: (202) 994-0163
Email: jrivera@gwu.edu
Personal Web Site: http://home.gwu.edu/~jrivera/

Degrees: Ph.D., Duke University

Area of Expertise: Business and public policy; corporate environmental management, environmental policy.

Publications:

Books:

Rivera, J. (2010). Business and Public Policy: Responses to Environmental & Social Protection Processes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

deLeon, P., and Rivera, J. (Eds.) (2009). Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Policy Perspective. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield for the Policy Studies Organization.

Refereed articles:

Tashman, P., and Rivera, J. (2010). Are Members of Business for Social Responsibility More Responsible? Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 38(3): 487-514.

• Best paper award nominee, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management Conference, 2008.
• In June-July 2010, this paper was also listed on the Social Science Research Network's Top Ten Download List for for papers on Organizations & Markets eJournal.

Oetzel, J., Westermann-Behaylo, M., Koerber, C., Fort, T, & Rivera, J. (2010). Peace through commerce: Sketching the Terrain. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 89 (supplement 4): 351-373.

Husted, B., Allen, D. and Rivera, J. (2010). Governance choice for strategic corporate social responsibility: Evidence from Central America. Business and Society, 49: 201-215.

Rivera, J., Oetzel, J., de Leon, P., and Starik, M. (2009). Business Responses to Environmental and Social Protection Policies: Towards a Framework for Analysis. Policy Sciences, 42:3-32.

Rivera, J. and deLeon, P. (2008). Voluntary Environmental Programs: Are carrots without sticks enough? Policy Studies Journal: Vol. 36(1): 61-63.

Editorial Positions: Associate Editor of Policy Sciences and Business & Society, member of the editorial board of the Policy Studies Journal.

Current Research: Rivera’s research focuses on studying the relationship between business strategies and public policy in the US and developing countries. In particular, he is currently pursuing work that seeks to understand business responses to the creation and implementation of environmental and social protection policies. His research has also been studying how institutional pressures are associated with corporate environmental protection strategies. This work has evaluated whether participation in voluntary environmental programs is associated with business competitiveness and higher corporate environmental performance.

Grants: GW School of Business's Dean Research Scholar, 2008-2010