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- June 2008 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Cook Composites and Polymers Co.
By: Deishin Lee, Michael W. Toffel and Rachel Gordon
This case describes how a company improves resource efficiency and process quality in its manufacturing process by developing a waste by-product into a new product. The case describes how CCP cleans production equipment between batches using styrene, which becomes a... View Details
- Article
The Causes and Consequences of Industry Self-Policing
By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Innovative regulatory programs are encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily disclose, or "confess," the violations they find. Despite the "win-win" rhetoric surrounding these government voluntary programs, it is not clear why... View Details
- May 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Teaching Note
'Shad' Process Flow Design Exercise (TN)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
This is a Teaching Note for 608-072. View Details
Keywords: Design
- May 2008
- Article
Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator
By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms to monitor their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily report their own violations. In this study, we examine how regulatory... View Details
- 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,... View Details
- Mar 2008
- Conference Presentation
Shamed and Able: How Firms Respond to Information Disclosure
- 29 Feb 2008
- Conference Presentation
Shamed and Able: How Firms Respond to Information Disclosure
- 22 Feb 2008
- Conference Presentation
MapEcos: Introduction and Facility Information Disclosure
- 12 Feb 2008
- Conference Presentation
MapEcos: Facility Disclosure and Stakeholder Attention (preliminary analysis)
- 2008
- Working Paper
Contracting for Servicizing
Servicizing, a novel business practice that sells product functionality rather than products, has been touted as an environmentally beneficial business practice. This paper describes how servicizing transactions mitigate some problems associated with sales... View Details
- 11 Jan 2008
- Conference Presentation
Are Management Standards Effective?
- 27 Sep 2007
- Conference Presentation
Shamed and Able: How Firms Respond to Information Disclosure
- 5 Aug 2007
- Conference Presentation
Coming Clean...and Cleaning Up? Examining the Effects of Self-Policing
- 3 Aug 2007 - 8 Aug 2007
- Conference Presentation
How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?
- 30 Mar 2007
- Conference Presentation
Inspection Holidays and Compliance Outcomes: Examining the Outcomes of Self-Policing
- Mar 2007 - 8 Mar 2007
- Conference Presentation
Coming Clean...and Cleaning Up? Examining the Effects of Self-Policing
- 16 Feb 2007
- Conference Presentation
Coming Clean...and Cleaning Up? Examining the Effects of Self-Policing
- Feb 2007 - 1 Feb 2007
- Conference Presentation
Coming Clean...and Cleaning Up? Examining the Effects of Self-Policing
- 2006
- Chapter
Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience
By: Kellie McElhaney, Michael W. Toffel and Natalie Hill
- 24 Mar 2006
- Conference Presentation