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  • 23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

paper: http://www.whatworksforamerica.org/ideas/inflection-point-new-vision-new-strategy-new-organization/ Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices Authors:Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2019 (Revised June 2020)
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Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature

By: Marco Iansiti, Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing so, the company developed direct... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Sequestration; Operations; Supply Chain; Social Enterprise; Product Development; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Digital Platforms; Environmental Sustainability; Science-Based Business; Climate Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • September 2010
  • Article

Making Self-Regulation More Than Merely Symbolic: The Critical Role of the Legal Environment

By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Using data from a sample of U.S. industrial facilities subject to the federal Clean Air Act from 1993 to 2003, this article theorizes and tests the conditions under which organizations' symbolic commitments to self-regulate are particularly likely to result in improved... View Details
Keywords: Adoption; Code Law; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizations; Governance Compliance; Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; United States
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  • September 2010
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How Firms Respond to Being Rated

By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we investigate how these ratings also influence the companies being rated. We hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms... View Details
Keywords: System; Information; Decisions; Cost; Opportunities; Performance; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economics; Theory; System Shocks; Rank and Position
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  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

Greenwashing By: Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

challenges facing Moleskine, an Italian-based consumer products company known for its oilcloth-covered notebooks once used by Ernest Hemingway and Vincent van Gogh. CEO Arrigo Berni View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Sep 2023
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Sustainable Production (led by professors Willy Shih and Michael Toffel) Ghana: Doing Business Across Africa (led by Senior Lecturer Hakeem... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 10 Oct 2007
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and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Several innovative regulatory programs are encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13

software and IT service firms will likely have an inward focus over the next five years and will, therefore, only slowly emerge onto the global market.   Working PapersThe Role of Organizational Scope View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing? Authors:Christopher Marquis and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Despite the increase in corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

carefully assess the firm's many opportunities and tightly manage its growth. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812049-PDF-ENG Trucost: Valuing Corporate Environmental Impacts Michael... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48909 The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring By: Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

Organizational Response to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box Authors:Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

Up: Is Voluntary Self-Reporting a Signal of Effective Self-Policing? Authors: Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short Abstract Administrative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

http://www.francescagino.com/uploads/4/7/4/7/4747506/gino_krupka_weber_management_science_2013.pdf Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change Authors: Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Michael View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal 29, no. 10 (October 2008) Abstract This paper combines new and old institutionalism to... View Details
  • 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

Screening Without Certification: The Critical Role of Stakeholder Pressure By: Kayser, Susan A., John W. Maxwell, and Michael W. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

their increased tendency to behave fairly. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/shaw et al.pdf Robust Enforcement Should Complement Voluntary Regulation Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne