by George Serafeim - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jul 2020
News

Negative Impact Correlates with Lower Market Valuation, Study Shows

01 Aug 2001
News

Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54)

economics in 1952, he was eager to study business at HBS, where he was inspired by Professors Georges F. Doriot and John G. McLean, who were pioneers in the study of entrepreneurship and corporate... View Details

Keywords: Georges F. Doriot; John G. McLean; Alumni Achievement Award; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

12 Feb 2012
News

The horizon vocabulary

30 Jul 2013
News

Does it pay to fight corruption?

14 Jul 2015
News

Debt Should be a Guide to Policy Making

09 Dec 2013
News

Las tres leyes del soborno

07 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

2009
Comment

The Behavioral Economics of the Labor Market:Central Findings and Their Policy Implications by Ernst Fehr, Lorenz Goette, and Christian Zehnder

By: George P. Baker

Keywords: Economics; Behavior; Labor; Policy; Government and Politics

Citation

04 Oct 2019
News

GPIF’s Hiromichi Mizuno’s Term Is Extended for Six Months

01 Sep 2014
News

Groundwork

a 2016 completion date. That project broke ground in April, just four months after the doors opened on Tata Hall [2], its neighbor to the east. To the north, along a sidewalk bordered by green-draped construction fencing, Baker Hall is... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; George F. Baker III; real estate; Tata Hall; Educational Services; Real Estate

03 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

company’s investments in sustainability activities. Serafeim next wants to study how corporate ESG disclosures come into play for companies and investors. “Many companies are increasing their disclosure either through a sustainability... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards 2012

The Inaugural Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards (EIA) took place on 5 September in Johannesburg. The guest speakers were Professors Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim of Harvard Business School. The EIA recognized the top 100 South African companies... View Details

29 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration

20 Aug 2019
News

Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World?

16 Jul 2018
News

Municipalities could benefit from issuing more green bonds

May 23, 2011
Article

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim

To determine the extent to which corporate and investor behavior is changing to contribute to a more sustainable society, researchers Robert Eccles and George Serafeim analyzed data involving over 2,000 companies in 23 countries. One result: a ranking of countries... View Details

Keywords: Change; Society; Corporate Disclosure; Natural Environment; Rank and Position; Social Issues; Financial Statements; Behavior

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