Anna Kim
Regular biography
Anna Kim is an Associate Professor, Strategy & Organization; Director, Sustainability at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. Her research focuses on Organizational Theory, Social Enterprise, and Sustainable Development. She explores organizing for sustainability through the lens of time–space, examining themes such as social entrepreneurship, Indigenous entrepreneurship, and linguistic inclusiveness in organizations. Her work highlights the role of locally rooted organizations and communities in long-term sustainability processes. Kim has published in top-tier management journals and has developed courses on sustainability, strategy, and organizational theory. She serves as Director of Sustainability at McGill and leads programs in Managing for Sustainability.
Scholar-generated biography
Anna Kim is a researcher at McGill University focusing on sustainability, time, space, and scale. Her work explores how organizations address sustainability issues through temporal and spatial dynamics, emphasizing the role of scale in shaping attention and action. Kim investigates sustainable development through entrepreneurship, innovation, and corporate-community relations, with a focus on emerging economies and grassroots initiatives. Her research highlights the importance of temporal coordination, linguistic inclusiveness, and fair trade practices in fostering sustainable local development. She also examines the long-term impact of social enterprises and the challenges faced by fair trade organizations.