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- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
demand reimbursement from the poor. And they have fought arbitration decisions that they believe have not take into account the one-sided nature of deals, underlying corruption, and the impact of economic crises. Q: What are some of the...
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- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
M. Perkins, and Mark Weick Publication: Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 24, no. 2 (spring 2012) Abstract Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second‐largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22
on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract Financing constraints are one of the biggest concerns impacting...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010
explore interventions at the individual level and focus on recognized cognitive barriers from behavioral decision-making literature. In particular, we highlight three cognitive barriers that impede sound individual decision making that have particular relevance to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
Abstract Supply-chain disruptions can have a material effect on company value, but this impact varies considerably and countermeasures can be costly. Thus, it is important for managers and investors to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24
Publication:Hamburger Wirtschafts-Chronik 9 (2012) Abstract This article examines the growth and ultimate demise of the toothpaste brand Pebeco, which was created by the German personal care company Beiersdorf in 1903. The brand was an...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6
from research on companies and teams that have sustained success or deteriorated in their performance, as well as research on the leadership and culture in organizations that endure over time. The focus is on complex interactions...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21
to be learned for all global companies as they confront language and culture challenges. Examining the strategic use of language by one international corporation, The Language of Global Success uncovers how all organizations might...
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Carmen Nobel
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
information that function as organizational, location, and personnel mobility barriers among quasi-autonomous units within a mega-agency or holding company have become an essential component of conflict policies. Subject to the protection...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
modern organization is less and less about looking inward and creating strong teams inside the company and more about teaming across boundaries—that often are in flux. Extreme Teaming is a must-read book for all courses related to leading...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23
VAT adoption worldwide, but there is surprisingly little evidence. This paper analyzes the role of third-party information for VAT enforcement through two randomized experiments among over 400,000 Chilean firms. Announcing additional monitoring has less View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18
Over that span, he had helped three of his portfolio companies through IPOs and helped Khosla Ventures raise its third fund, bringing the total outside capital raised by the group to more than $2.1 billion....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1
received from abroad exceeded 160% of net investments, implying that foreign investment over these periods was dynamically efficient. Read the article: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1875750 How Great Companies Think...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9
investigate how changes in the management of the organ waiting list might impact the donation rate. We find that an organ allocation policy giving priority on waiting lists to those who previously registered as donors has a significant...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Julie Battilana's Most Recent Columns for "Le Monde"
By: Julie Battilana
Julie Battilana is a regular contributor to the French newspaper "Le Monde." Below are her most recent articles.
Where are the Political Ideas Being Produced?
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- 2008
- Report
Survey Questionnaire on Environmental Management Practices: Summary of Results by Industry and Practices
By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
This document provides a summary of the results of a survey on Environmental Management Practices (EMP) conducted by the University of California at Santa Barbara during October and November 2003. The survey was sent to 3255 facilities in 8 industrial sectors: pulp,...
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Economic Sectors;
Surveys;
Management Practices and Processes;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Non-Governmental Organizations
Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Survey Questionnaire on Environmental Management Practices: Summary of Results by Industry and Practices." Report, 2008. (2008. University of California, Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research.)
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation....
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- 05 May 2015
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First Look: May 5
merely distributed value in each era are explored. Although there is no framework yet for how leaders can create value for all stakeholders, we note that a key theme amongst the companies illustrated is that each was able to align...
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6
impact on the link between diversity and bottom-line performance. As expected, minorities' negative assessments of their team's learning environment precipitate a negative relationship between diversity and performance, irrespective of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
Accordingly, this review provides a framework for optimizing efficiency in the cardiac cath lab. The authors outline a management method based on the Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model, a commonly used business tool by which a company can...
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Dina Gerdeman