Publications

2004
Working Paper

Capital Flows in a Globalized World: The Role of Policies and Institutions

By: Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych

Article

Managing the Narrative: Investor Relations Officers and Their Interactions with Sell-Side Analysts and Institutional Investors

By: Lawrence D. Brown, Andrew C. Call, Michael B. Clement and Nathan Y. Sharp

Investor relations officers (IROs) play a central role in corporate communications with Wall Street. We survey 610 IROs at U.S. public companies and conduct 14 follow-up interviews to deepen our understanding of the role of IROs in corporate disclosure events. Three... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Power and Influence; Business and Shareholder Relations

October 2020 (Revised June 2021)
Case

What Will Best Serve Humanity? Accelerating Uses for CRISPR at the Broad Institute

By: Amitabh Chandra, Matthew C. Weinzierl, Lisa Marrone and Spencer Lee-Rey

Educators

03 Nov 2009 - 04 Nov 2009
Lecture

Risk Management and Oversight." Panel Moderator. "Colloquium on the Governance of Financial Institutions

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Risk Management; Governance

January 1994
Article

Jumping the Gun: Imperfections and Institutions Related to the Timing of Market Transactions

By: A. E. Roth and X. Xing

Keywords: Market Transactions

2007
Article

Convictions, Conventions and the Operational Risk Maze—The Cases of Three Financial Services Institutions

By: Anette Mikes

Making sense of operational risk practices in the financial services sector is a challenge. There is a temptation to explain the wide variety of approaches as a characteristic of the early stage of development in which the genre resides.
Based on the evidence of... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Conflict and Resolution; Organizations; Financial Services Industry

July – August 2005
Article

Prospects for Organizational Theory in the Early 21st Century: Institutional Fields and Mechanisms

By: Gerald F. Davis and Christopher Marquis

Keywords: Theory; Organizations

September 2002
Article

Memories of Nations and States: Institutional History and National Identity in Post-Soviet Eurasia

By: Rawi Abdelal

Keywords: History; Soviet Union

2012
Working Paper

Leading Amidst Competing Technical and Institutional Demands: Revisiting Selznick's Conception of Leadership

By: Marya L. Besharov and Rakesh Khurana

November 2002
Article

Who Underreacts to Cash-Flow News? Evidence from Trading between Individuals and Institutions

By: Randolph B. Cohen, Paul A. Gompers and Tuomo Vuolteenaho

Keywords: Cash Flow; Trade; Relationships

1991
Book

Facilitating Foreign Investment: Government Institutions to Screen and Monitor Investment from Abroad

By: L. T. Wells Jr. and A. G. Wint

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Investment

August 2020
Article

Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design

By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill

Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led many transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance. Drawing on thousands of audits conducted by a major social auditor, we identify structural... View Details

Keywords: Monitoring; Supplier Relationship; Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Sustainable Operations; Sustainable Supply Chains; NGO; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Governance Compliance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Global Range; Working Conditions

January 2012 (Revised October 2012)
Supplement

Ganging Up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (B)

By: Heidi K. Gardner, Edo Bedzra and Shereef M. Elnahal

Keywords: Health Disorders; Research

2013
Working Paper

How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in Two Financial Institutions

By: Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes and Yuval Millo

This paper, based on a five-year longitudinal study at two UK-based banks, documents and analyzes the practices used by risk managers as they aim to gather and establish influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1)... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Banking Industry

January 2002
Article

Barriers to Resolution in Ideologically Based Negotiations: The Role of Values and Institutions

By: K. A. Wade-Benzoni, A. J. Hoffman, L. L. Thompson, D. Moore, J. Gillespie and Max Bazerman

Keywords: Negotiation; Value

01 Jan 1980
Conference Presentation

The Impact of Public and Private Institutional Policies on Families: The Work Place

By: R. M. Kanter and A. R. Cohen

Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Policy

Research Summary

Overview

My research is at the intersection of organizational strategy, global sustainability governance, and social change. It explores the diffusion of sustainability standards to non-traditional sectors (e.g. jewelry, cannabis, plastics, pets) and the relationship between... View Details

January 2002
Article

Cognitive and Institutional Barriers to New Forms of Cooperation on Environmental Protection

By: A. J. Hoffman, H. Riley, J. G. Troast and M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Cooperation; Environmental Sustainability

June 2021
Teaching Note

Serum Institute of India (SII): Racing to Save Lives During a Pandemic

By: Rohit Deshpandé and James Barnett

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-028. View Details