Professor
Betty S. Coffey
Universities & Institutions
- Appalachian State University
Areas of Interest
- Social enterprise
- Social impact
Biography
Dr. Coffey joined Appalachian State University’s Department of Management in 1992, where she has served on numerous committees and, previously, as chair of the department. She is also a faculty co-leader for the Holland Business Fellowship in Asia, which emphasizes student collaborative research.
Coffey was a 2004 Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Business Administration to China and recipient of the 1999 Sywassink Award for Excellence in Teaching. She earned a Bachelor Degree from Berea College at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, a MBA and a MHA from Xavier University, and a PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in Strategic Management from the University of Tennessee.
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Board Diversity and Managerial Control as Predictors of Corporate Social Performance
Details Year: 1998 Published in: Journal of Business Ethics Cited as: Coffey, Betty S., and Jia Wang. "Board diversity and managerial control as predictors of corporate social performance." Journal of business ethics 17, no. 14 (1998): 1595-1603. Subject n/a Abstract While it is widely assumed that greater diversity in corporate governance will enhance a firm’s [...]
Transforming Good Intentions into Social Impact: A Case Study on the Creation and Evolution of a Social Enterprise
Details Year: 2019 Published in: Journal of Business Ethics Cited as: Fowler, Elizabeth AR, Betty S. Coffey, and Heather R. Dixon-Fowler. "Transforming good intentions into social impact: A case on the creation and evolution of a social enterprise." Journal of Business Ethics 159 (2019): 665-678. Subject Social Enterprise, Teaching Case Studies Abstract Process models are [...]
The Empty Bowls Project: Creating, Leading, and Sustaining a Social Enterprise
Details Year: 2014 Published in: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Cited as: Anderson, Stella E., Betty S. Coffey, and Heather Dixon–Fowler. "The empty bowls project: creating, leading, and sustaining a social enterprise." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 38, no. 5 (2014): 1237-1247. Subject Social Enterprise, Empty Bowls Abstract Lisa and John never envisioned that a luncheon held [...]
Transforming Good Intentions into Social Impact: A Case on the Creation and Evolution of a Social Enterprise
Details Year: 2019 Published in: Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 159 Cited as: Fowler, Elizabeth AR, Betty S. Coffey, and Heather R. Dixon-Fowler. "Transforming good intentions into social impact: A case on the creation and evolution of a social enterprise." Journal of Business Ethics 159.3 (2019): 665-678. Abstract Process models are valuable conceptual tools to [...]