Diffusion Of Responsibility - Publications - Faculty & Research

2024
Working Paper

Catalysts for Climate Solutions: Corporate Responses to Venture Capital Financing of Climate-tech Startups

By: Shirley Lu, George Serafeim and Simon Xu

We study whether incumbent firms increase their product focus on climate solutions in response to venture capital (VC) financing of climate-tech startups. Using large language models to measure a firm's focus on climate solutions, we find that incumbents in similar... View Details

Keywords: Climate Finance; Climate Change; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Environmental Sustainability; Business Startups

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27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Take Responsibility for Rising Stars

leaders, operating managers, not HR executives, are at the front line of planning and development. In fact, many senior executives now hold their line managers directly responsible for these activities. In... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey M. Cohn, Rakesh Khurana & Laura Reeves

Corporate Social Responsibility and Livelihood Creation in India

This interview features Dr. Shah's views on the connection between Corporate Social Responsibility and Livelihood Creation in India. Through examples and anecdotes, he emphasizes how livelihood creation through skills training and social entrepreneurship can be a... View Details

10 Jun 2022
News

Consumer Responses to Corporate Bankruptcy

23 May 2008
News

Foreign Hires, Offshoring Part of Japan's Response to Engineering Drought

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

Researchers have long shown that there are differences in how socially responsible companies depend on the culture of their country of origin. Companies located in countries... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Jan 2016
News

Kodak’s Old-School Response to Disruption

2024
Chapter

Broadening Ownership for a Responsible Digital Revolution

By: Nien-hê Hsieh

The chapter explores how broadening ownership of business enterprises provides a response to three concerns raised by the digital revolution. The first is the potential for widespread job displacement and unemployment due to automation. The second relates to the harms... View Details

Keywords: Digital; Industrial Policy; Work; Ownership; Technology Adoption; Job Cuts and Outsourcing

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15 Jun 2020
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Reinforcing the Role and Responsibility of the Board of Directors after Covid 19

29 May 1997
Lecture

Responsibility in an Age of Interdependence." Seminar leader. "Executive Workshop

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; System

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03 Apr 2014
News

Report: Boston’s History Of Hosting Large Events Helped Marathon Response

24 Mar 2014
News

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Capital Markets; Management Teams; Business and Community Relations; Trade; Electronics Industry; Switzerland

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2022
Working Paper

Philanthropic Conditions for Diffusion: Theoretically Mediating the Diffusion of Economics and How it Superseded the Rise of Executive Education in Business Schools

By: Kenneth C. Kimura, Rakesh Khurana and Marion Fourcade

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22 Jul 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance

Keywords: by Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim

Research Summary

Business Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Dutch Leonard

This project focuses on how business leaders can be most effective at creating better social outcomes and vibrant, successful businesses at the same time. What forms of leadership -- and in what venues (in the community, in the corporation, in politics, ...) -- turn... View Details

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

organizations are certainly economic instruments, but they also have an immense impact on human development and the well-being of society. Sustaining research attention on both the ethical and economic View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

09 May 2014
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‘My Bad!’ How Internal Attribution and Ambiguity of Responsibility Affect Learning from Failure

Keywords: by Christopher G. Myers, Bradley R. Staats & Francesca Gino

25 Aug 2017
News

After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

Summer 2013
Response

How Caesars Entertainment Is Betting on Sustainability: Response

By: Michael W. Toffel

One of the largest gaming companies in the world expanded its sustainability efforts using a scorecard to guide and goad managers. This response assesses Caesars Entertainment's CodeGreen scorecard, advocates a more comprehensive environmental assessment to target... View Details

Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entertainment; Energy; Energy Conservation; Buildings and Facilities; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry