Karen Maas

Biography

Prof. Dr. Karen Maas is endowed professor of Accounting and Sustainability at the Open University of Heerlen and Academic Director of Impact Centre Erasmus (ICE) at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Karen conducts research in the areas of impact strategies, measurement and management, sustainability and impact investing. Karen worked with many profit, non-profit and financial organisations to measure, thrive and manage their impact. Karen is a supervisory board member of various organisations. She is also a member of the Sustainable Finance Lab and the Sustainable Pension Investment Lab. Her work has been published in many books, scientific journals and newspapers.

Selected Publications

• Roor, A & Maas, K. (2024). Do impact investors live up to their promise?” Business Strategy and The Environment.
• Sadiq, T., Tulder, R. V., & Maas, K. (2022). Building a Taxonomy of Hybridization: An Institutional Logics Perspective on Societal Impact. Sustainability, 14(16), 10301.
• Sadiq, T., Maas, K., & van Tulder, R. (2021). The Impact of the Hybridization Movement on Organizations and Society. In Social Entrepreneurship. (pp. 119 – 143). Emerald Publishing Limited.
• Vermeulen, M., & Maas, K. (2020). Building Legitimacy and Learning Lessons: A Framework for Cultural Organizations to Manage and Measure the Social Impact of Their Activities. The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 51(2), 97-112.
• Maas, K., Ewen, D. & Toxopeus, H. (2019). The impact of Circulair Innovation  in Handbook on Sustainable Innovation. Boons, F. & McMeekin, A., (Eds). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd,
• Ewen, D., Ossenblok, L., Toxopeus, H., Braam, G., Maas, K., (2018). Circular Route, a roadmap for a circular business model, Van Gorcum. 
• Toxopeus, H & Maas K.E.H.  (2017). Crowdfunding sustainable enterprises as a form of collective action. In Designing a Sustainable Financial System: Development Goals and Socio-Ecological Responsibility. Cham: Palgrave.
• Kersten, R, Harms, J, Liket, K.C. & Maas, K.E.H. (2017). Small Firms, large Impact? A systematic review of the SME Finance Literature. World Development, 97, 330-348.
• Maas, K., & Grieco, C. (2017). Distinguishing game changers from boastful charlatans: Which social enterprises measure their impact?. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 8(1), 110-128.
• Rey Garcia, M., Álvarez Gonzales, L.I., Liket, K.C., Maas, K.E.H. (2017). Back to Basics: Revisiting the Relevance of Beneficiaries for Evaluation and Accountability in Nonprofits, Non-Profit Management and Leadership.