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  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

heterogeneity, we identify key country- and organization-level determinants of corporate environmental disclosure. We focus on institutional factors related to firms' global embeddedness to describe how external environmental pressures emanating from View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

such rifts, language training must include cross-cultural education. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/09/whats-your-language-strategy/ar/1 September 2014 Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Government Green Procurement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2022 (Revised August 2022)
  • Case

Conflicts of Interest at Uptown Bank

By: Jonas Heese
In 2013, two employees debated whether to blow the whistle on their employer, Bell Bank, after completing an internal review that revealed undisclosed conflicts of interest. Bell Bank’s Asset Management business disproportionately invested clients’ money in Bell Bank’s... View Details
Keywords: Whistleblower; Whistleblowing; Mutual Funds; Conflicts Of Interest; Decision Making; Decisions; Judgments; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Financial Management; Investment; Investment Funds; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Law; Legal Liability; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Perspective; Trust; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States
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  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

School Case 711-026 Russian and German energy firms initiated the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline project with strong political support from their home governments but encountered resistance from other states. Although the pipeline would... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

Ramanna Abstract—SEC oversight of publicly listed firms ranges from comment letter (CL) reviews of firms’ reporting compliance to pursuing enforcement actions against violators. Prior literature finds that firm political connections (PC)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics. Ebrahim teaches the required MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and chairs the Executive Education program Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. Q: Mario, tell us about Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

private governance of working conditions, initiated and implemented by companies, labor unions, and non-governmental activist groups. Whether these codes represents a substantive or merely symbolic approach to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

and Organization 24, no. 1 (May 2008) Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms to monitor their own regulatory View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

corporations need corporate boards that are also ambitious and accommodative of them. According to the authors, good corporate governance and financial performance are the main requirements for good board-CEO relations. Topics including... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

whole different level of sustainability strategy. And it's trying to understand how those environmental, social, and governance issues create value in the long term." Successful Sustainability The CSOs in the study made a variety of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
  • 18 Jun 2007
  • Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

governance view of taxation," suggests that tax authorities can be meaningful monitors who complement the activities of shareholders concerned with opportunistic insiders. Under the current dual-reporting system, it is impossible for... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

studies from my ongoing research program on the evolution of the role of the CRO. I outline and illustrate four major roles that senior risk officers may fulfill: compliance champion, modeling expert, strategic controller, and strategic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

Cuts Harvard Business School Case 709-037 As his inauguration approached, President-elect Obama faced a financial sector meltdown, a costly bailout, and massive government deficits. With the economy in recession, interest rates near zero,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 14

Applied Corporate Finance When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Evolving Directions in the Research and Practice of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise risk management (ERM) has become a crucial component of contemporary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2025 (Revised April 2025)
  • Case

Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News

By: Vincent Pons, Jesse M. Shapiro, Bharat Anand and Susan Pinckney
The case examines the Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News defamation settlement based upon statements made on air in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. View Details
Keywords: (General) Management; Business Earnings; Financial Statements; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Transition; Crime and Corruption; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Demographics; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Finance; Cost; Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Political Elections; Business History; Information; Law; Legal Liability; Laws and Statutes; Management; Marketing; Advertising; Media; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Society; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
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  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

been KPMG Chairman for a matter of days when he learns that the government is preparing to indict the firm on charges of selling illegal tax shelters. Flynn has to decide whether to fight the charges and risk the dissolution of his firm,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 May 2020
  • In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

employer-based insurance will return Amitabh Chandra: More demand for insurance exchanges Recessions and pandemics create job losses that highlight the problems of tying health insurance to employment. Cleaving insurance from employment is often viewed as a path to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 12 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

substantial clinical breakthrough. Fund-raising was always a concern, particularly as government spending on research was declining. Marc and his father were keenly aware of the challenge of maintaining the enthusiasm and financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

undermine Hong Kong's position as a financial center in the long-term. Hong Kong's position as a global financial powerhouse was due in part to its rigorous emphasis on compliance and enforcement-allowing companies to report under Chinese... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

as Compliance Experts, Engaged Toolmakers, or Technical Champions, depending on the communicability of the tools and on the extent to which the experts are involved in practices related to those tools. Our study contributes to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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