Profile
Emilio Marti is an associate professor at the Rotterdam School of Management. He is an organizational theorists with a keen interest in questions of corporate sustainability. Emilio is particularly interested in sustainable investing, and the question of how sustainable investing affects corporate sustainability. Emilio joined RSM in 2018 after post-doctoral positions at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and Bayes Business School, City, University of London. He completed his PhD at the University of Zurich in 2015. His work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, and Organization Science.
Publications
Article (10)
Academic (10)
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Athanasopoulou, A., Marti, E., Risi, D., & Schlindwein, E. (2025). How Companies Restrain Means–Ends Decoupling: A Comparative Case Study of CSR Implementation. Journal of Management Studies, 62(1), 214-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13043
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Marti, E., Lawrence, T. B., & Steele, C. W. J. (2024). Constructing Envelopes: How Institutional Custodians Can Tame Disruptive Algorithms. Academy of Management Journal, 67(5), 1273-1301. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.1343
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DesJardine, MR., Shi, W., & Marti, E. (2024). The Corporate Opportunity Structure for Shareholder Activism: How Activist Hedge Funds Exploit Board Demographic Diversity. Organization Science, 35(2), 644-666. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2023.1679
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Marti, E., Fuchs, M., DesJardine, MR., Slager, R., & Gond, J.-P. (2023). The Impact of Sustainable Investing: A Multidisciplinary Review. Journal of Management Studies, 61(5), 2181-2211. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12957
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Risi, D., & Marti, E. (2022). Illuminating the Dark Side of Values: A Framework for Institutional Research. Journal of Management Inquiry, 31(3), 253-263. Article 10564926221091521. https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926221091521
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DesJardine, MR., Marti, E., & Durand, R. (2020). Why Activist Hedge Funds Target Socially Responsible Firms: The Reaction Costs of Signaling Corporate Social Responsibility. Academy of Management Journal, 64(3). https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.0238
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Marti, E., & Gond, J.-P. (2019). How do theories become self-fulfilling? Clarifying the process of Barnesian performativity. Academy of Management Review, 44(3), 686-694. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2019.0024
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Marti, E., & Gond, J.-P. (2018). When do theories become self-fulfilling? Exploring the boundary conditions of performativity. Academy of Management Review, 43(3), 487-508. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2016.0071
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Schneider, A., Wickert, C., & Marti, E. (2017). Reducing complexity by creating complexity: A systems theory perspective on how organisations respond to their environments. Journal of Management Studies, 54(2), 182-208. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12206
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Marti, E., & Scherer, A. G. (2016). Financial regulation and social welfare: The critical contribution of management theory. Academy of Management Review, 41(2), 298-323. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2013.0469
Activities
Additional positions (2)
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RezonanzStart date approval: 28 Nov 2024End date approval: 27 Nov 2027Place: ZURICHDescription: I have an advisory role for this start-up
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CSP, University of ZurichStart date approval: 01 Dec 2024End date approval: 02 Nov 2025Place: ZURICHDescription: Research adviser to streamline CSP research proces
Courses
Past courses
Research Methodology I
- Study year: 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMRM3GBS
- Level: Master
Featured in the media
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Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Program with Real Impact
RSM associate professor Emilio Marti's research explores the role of experimentation in CSR, i.e., adapting practices based on local feedback and knowledge.
Wednesday, 27 March 2024 -
Research Showcases Under Recognised Strategy for Sustainable Investing
RSM Associate Professor Emilio Marti is featured in this article about research published in the Journal of Management Studies.
Thursday, 29 February 2024 -
Boards with women and minorities get more attacks from hedge funds, finds study
Diverse Boards Face Higher Risk of Activist Attacks
Wednesday, 12 July 2023 -
Erasmus University Rotterdam: “Care about corporate sustainability? Protect Dutch companies from activist hedge funds!”
Article about the research of Dr. Emilio Marti, Assistant professor RSM, Erasmus University, Roy Heesakkers, PhD student, Erasmus School of Law and Prof. Maarten Verbrugh, Professor Erasmus School of Law. Their research shows…
Friday, 30 October 2020 -
Why companies with good CSR become targets of hedge fund activists
According to new research, asset owners looking to prioritise sustainability should ensure their investments are not supporting asset management firms that undermine CSR Activist hedge funds are becoming increasingly…
Friday, 9 October 2020 -
Activist Hedge Funds Undermining Corporate Social Responsibility, Research Finds
New research that Emilio Marti of RSM has contributed to finds that activist hedge funds are almost twice as likely to target socially responsible companies as others.
Thursday, 2 July 2020 -
Hedgefonds komt eerder aan boord bij duurzaam bedrijf
Research conducted by Emilio Marti of RSM has been mentioned in the FD.
Wednesday, 1 July 2020 -
The Places Your Research Will Go: Paths for Impact
An article featuring Emilio Marti of RSM, discussing how research can have real-world impact. It includes examples of award-winning research projects and an expert analysis of lessons learned.
Tuesday, 18 February 2020 -
Houd rekening met zichzelf inlossende theorieën, waarschuwt bekroond artikel
An article about Emilio Marti of RSM about his research into to under what circumstances an academic theory is perceived as 'truth'.
Sunday, 30 September 2018 -
Exploring the boundary conditions of performativity
An article in which Emilio Marti, Assistant Professor at the Department of Business-Society Management at RSM, describes the conditions under which scientific theories become self-fulfilling.
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Featured on RSM Discovery
Discover how companies can overcome CSR failures through experimental approaches, local knowledge gathering, and adaptive implementation strategies for meaningful environmental and social impact.
The researchers identified a strategy which they call ‘field building’. Field building means that investors influence the fields in which companies operate.
