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  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-099WP.pdf Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification Authors:Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract SA 8000, along with other types of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes

all-year-round—even though the true color of butter fluctuated throughout the year. “Uniformity of color was one of the qualities that butter color makers stressed to their customers,” Hisano writes, citing a 1905 advertisement in which... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-148.pdf   PublicationsOpen to Negotiation: Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract Phenomenological... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and thus provides full liquidity. However, commercial banks do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

certification, suggesting that schools treat different certifications as substitutes. Third, conditional on displaying a ranking, the majority of schools coarsen information to make it seem more favorable. The stark patterns in the data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

for fresh fruit and vegetables and a third-party certification system to monitor compliance. By 2008, the GLOBALGAP standard had expanded to cover coffee, tea, livestock, and aquaculture. Over 90,000 producers in 87 countries had been... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

quality of accounting information. Overall, a tractable accounting-based valuation model provides a unifying framework for obtaining reliable proxies of expected returns worldwide. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

the end of the program, students will take an exam administered at any one of 4,000 testing centers worldwide to receive a certificate from HBS attesting to their mastery of the content. Unlike most MOOCs, which follow a traditional... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 18 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

leaders should understand that an employee’s input can sometimes make the difference between failure and success in a task or project — and managers can and should encourage employees to candidly voice their opinions to bolster both the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract—Transnational business regulation is increasingly implemented through private voluntary programs-like View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

signal and infer quality of difficult-to-observe management practices. Prior evaluations of voluntary management programs have focused on those that lack verification mechanisms and have found little evidence that they legitimately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 May 2015
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First Look: May 26

hiring more workers. Publisher's link: http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/oDesk.pdf May 2015 HR Certification Institute Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation By: Kanter, Rosabeth M. Abstract—... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

but all share a belief in the importance of understanding change over time. Publisher's site: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Business/History/ The Effect of Macro Information Environment Change on the Quality of Management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

products but erroneously expect others to dislike dissimilar ones (Studies 1 and 2). While people readily select dissimilar items for themselves (particularly if the dissimilar item is of higher quality than a similar one), they fail to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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