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- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
to the belief, now firmly lodged in public consciousness, that high environmental standards are not just desirable but their birthright. To set the stage, Reinhardt reminded the group that pollution is not a new phenomenon in human... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Supplement
Genzyme Center (B)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Biotechnology Industry; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Green Technology Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Aldo Sesia. "Genzyme Center (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-009, September 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
practices emerge, possibly inspiring others to take up the charge. Hopefully out of that bottoms-up process some standards will emerge more spontaneously than they would from the top-down. What excites me so much about this idea is that... View Details
- 2000
- Chapter
Anticipating Greener Supply Chain Demands: One Singapore Company's Journey to ISO 14001
One major benefit of Jebsen & Jessen Packaging Pte Ltd (JJPS’s) implementation of ISO 14001 is that it acquired a third-party 'seal of approval' that will be used in its marketing efforts to meet the growing environmental concern of its customers within the electronics... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; Singapore
Toffel, Michael W. "Anticipating Greener Supply Chain Demands: One Singapore Company's Journey to ISO 14001." Chap. 16 in ISO 14001 Case Studies and Practical Experiences, edited by Ruth Hillary, 182–199. Sheffield, U.K.: Greenleaf Publishing, 2000.
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
Working PapersTowards an Understanding of the Role of Standard Setters in Standard Setting Authors:Abigail Allen and Karthik Ramanna Abstract We investigate the idiosyncratic influence of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2023 (Revised August 2024)
- Background Note
Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview
By: Willy C. Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a holistic approach to quantifying the environmental impacts—including resources consumed and wastes produced—associated with the entire life cycle of a product, from the production or extraction of the raw materials used in its creation,... View Details
Keywords: Life-cycle; Environmental Performance; Design; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Measurement and Metrics; Standards; Accounting; Environmental Accounting
Shih, Willy C., Michael W. Toffel, and Kelsey Carter. "Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 624-052, November 2023. (Revised August 2024.)
- 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.... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
To what extent do multinational corporations have an institutional obligation to the Asian countries in which they serve, and does that obligation include holding higher standards than Asian law requires? These questions were debated at... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
George Serafeim Abstract—We examine if, and under what conditions, disclosure of sustainability information identified as investor relevant by market-driven innovations in accounting standard setting is... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
information in the form of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. However, progress is contingent on collecting evidence regarding which sustainability disclosures are financially material. To inform this issue, we examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
starting with Levitt's prediction of a global marketplace ruled by standardized products sold at low prices. "Everyone says the article is wrong, and everyone reads it twenty years later. Why?" asked Abdelal. Tedlow portrayed... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
already being done by business enough? George Serafeim: Think about the following: in the past two decades, most companies have established sustainability departments, hired more people for social impact, invested more resources, and... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
interactions reduce inefficiencies from information asymmetry. Second, banks price loans to cross-sell other fee business. These effects are additive. A one standard deviation increase in both bank relationship strength and cross-selling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help-but there's only one way to ensure sustained innovation: you need to lead it-and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2013
- Op-Ed
Twitter IPO: Overvalued or the Start of Something Big?
focusing on disruptive technologies, offers his analysis of the Twitter IPO phenomenon. In our second-year MBA elective Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (a course developed by my colleague Clay Christensen), one of the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
actions on performance. However, standard regression models estimate only the average effects of these actions across firms. Our paper discusses how random coefficient models (RCMs) may generate new insights about firm heterogeneity and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals By: Sippl, Kristin Abstract—While much is... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
PublicationsBuilding Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Commercial Microfinance Organizations Authors:Julie Battilana and Silvia Dorado Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We explore how new types... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
The art of business today seems to be the ability to influence resources your company doesn't own—resources such as the production scheduling of manufacturing partners, the packaging requirements of distribution partners, and the development of technical View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien