Bogdan Prokopovych
Senior Lecturer II, Department of Management | Social Entrepreneurship Coordinator | Isenberg Teaching Fellow
Bogdan Prokopovych is a Senior Lecturer II at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches courses in social entrepreneurship and sustainable enterprise and serves as the school’s Social Entrepreneurship Coordinator. His research examines how entrepreneurs and organizations and their collectives foster market-based responses to environmental and societal challenges. His professional background includes managing a nonprofit media advocacy organization and working at the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group in Ukraine. Bogdan holds a PhD in Management from the University of Rhode Island, a Master’s in Public Policy and Management from the University of Pittsburgh, and a specialist degree from Poltava State Pedagogical University in Ukraine.
Education
Academic Appointments
Recent Honors / Awards
Research Interests
Teaching Interests
- MANAGMNT 366 Foundations of Sustainable Enterprise
- MANAGMNT 462 Social Entrepreneurship
- MANAGMNT 488 Strategy for a Sustainable World
- MANAGMNT 448 International Management
- Sustainability & Organizations (PhD Seminar)
Selected Working Papers / Current Research
“Orthodoxy at Crossroads: Institutional Dissent in the Discourse of the Russian Orthodox Church” (presented at the 85th Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Copenhagen, 2025).
“Sustainable Viticulture: Adoption of Standards and Business Practices Among Sustainable Wine Producers in Western Massachusetts” (with Elsa Petit; funded by a UMass School of Earth and Sustainability seed grant).
Selected Publications
Dorado, S., O’Neil, I., Poole, J. M., Brown, J., & Prokopovych, B. (2026). Safeguarding Purpose Integrity in Social Enterprises: Moving Beyond Mission Drift. Journal of Business Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06257-0
Prokopovych, B. (2026). From Concern to Redemption: Exploring Emotional Arcs of Social Entrepreneurs’ TED Talks. In The Palgrave Handbook of Emotions and Values in Organizational Institutionalism (Ch. 25, pp. 675–705). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-12670-2_25
Lyle, M. C., Walsh, I. J., & Prokopovych, B. (2022). Engaging with the Past: Discerning Meaning in Organizational Imprints. Strategic Organization. https://doi.org/10.1177/14761270221099044
Jiang, X., Prokopovych, B., & DiStefano, G. (2021). Leveraging a Lenient Category in Practicing Responsible Leadership: A Case Study. Journal of Business Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04978-y
Prokopovych, B., & Ganguli, I. (2020). Social Artrepreneurship and Collectives: Lessons for Social Entrepreneurs from the Wanderers Art Movement in Imperial Russia. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2020.1779788
Prokopovych, B. (2015). The Emergence of New Markets for Environmental Services: The Role of U.S. Shellfish Industry Associations. Organization & Environment, 28(4), 414–435. (Finalist, Schneider Electric Sustainability Award.) https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026615609962