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  • 11 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

supposed to pay off, the greater the uncertainty. Hence, investment decisions and compensation contracts tend to converge toward more short-term, observable metrics that encourage corporate managers and professional money managers to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 18 Sep 2019
  • Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

these companies to apply differing, i.e., lower, standards in terms of disclosure in an IPO. In my opinion, WeWork should be pilloried for exploiting these standards. There are numerous examples provided in our analysis, entitled Why... View Details
Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate
  • 18 Jul 2022
  • Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

precisely what they are—to information that would help people make assessments about which markets they want to be in and how much risk they’re taking on. Highlight it in the same way that we provide information about other asset classes and products. There aren’t... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology
  • 03 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

flavijus For the first time, a link has been drawn between public sentiment about a company’s sustainability practices and how that company is valued in the market. The results are important both for investors searching for under-valued, socially responsible companies,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

Report begins with identifying the most important financial and ESG metrics for the company in its given industry and the strategy it is pursuing to achieve its goals. In some cases, revenue growth may be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 23 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

greater, he predicts, if countries followed the example of South Africa and France, which recently expanded their mandatory reporting laws to require that companies report their financial and ESG performance in a single integrated annual... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 06 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

measures. The Global Reporting Initiative captures ESG information from over 80 percent of the world’s largest corporations. Every company wants to be known as a good global citizen, and ESG reporting helps... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

majority of aggregate productivity gains, suggesting that ignoring this channel could lead to substantial bias in understanding the nature of gains from multinational production. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2101302 Implied Materiality and Material... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Mar 2018
  • First Look

March 13, 2018

Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting By: Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim Abstract—A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

Focusing on relative total shareholder returns (rTSR), the predominant metric specified in these contracts and used by market participants to evaluate managers, we document that 60% of firms—those that choose specific peers—do a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • March 2012
  • Article

Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines

By: Benjamin Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist
In an online experiment, we measure users' interactions with search engines, both in standard configurations and in modified versions with clearer labels identifying search engine advertisements. In particular, for a random subset of users, we change "Sponsored links"... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Online Advertising; Measurement and Metrics; Internet; Search Technology; Education; Labels
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  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 26

Case 111-120 In 2011, the European Commission was deciding on how to best modify the existing European Union policy on corporate disclosure of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Previous directives had recommended... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2009 (Revised January 2014)
  • Teaching Note

Sustainability at Millipore (TN)

By: Michael W. Toffel
Teaching Note for [610012]. View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Structure; Investment; Projects; Performance Improvement; Framework; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Disclosure; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

direction and the internal data to understand its own strengths and weaknesses can be overly influenced by outside demands for metrics that may not always be relevant to its ultimate success. “Without understanding outcomes, you can't get... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 06 Jan 2012
  • Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing
  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-018 Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies Authors:Erin M.Reid, Michael W. Toffel Abstract The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey By: Amel-Zadeh, Amir, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using survey data from a sample of senior investment professionals from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

and geographies are communicating to their stakeholders their initiatives and performance within the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) domains. Disclosure of non-financial reports has generated heated debates about whether such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

Abstract Two sets of studies illustrate the comparative nature of disclosure behavior. The first set investigates how divulgence is affected by signals about others' readiness to divulge. Study 1A shows a "herding" effect, such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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