by George Serafeim - Publications - Faculty & Research

Jeff Harmening, CEO of General Mills, one of the world's largest manufacturers of breakfast cereals and packaged foods, was deeply disturbed and instantly aware that he and General Mills would need to respond. George Floyd, an African-American man who had been accused... View Details

Keywords: Race; Decisions; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Consumer Products Industry; Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States

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06 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability

Keywords: by Russell Lundholm, George Serafeim & Gwen Yu

14 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

The world’s uncertainties can feel like a tsunami washing over your business. Bill George recommends navigating with a compass pointing to your own True North. Source: iStock With the events of 2016—Brexit, the election of Donald Trump,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

21 Oct 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Market Interest in Nonfinancial Information

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus & George Serafeim

31 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Effect of Institutional Factors on the Value of Corporate Diversification

Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy, George Serafeim & Belén Villalonga

06 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

compensation for their accomplishments, few leaders start out seeking only money, power, and prestige. Along the way, the rewards—bonus checks, newspaper articles, perks, and stock appreciation—fuel increasing desires for more. This creates a deep desire to keep it... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

contrast to Mulally, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner and his predecessors refused to transform GM’s product line, even as the company’s North American market share slid from 50 percent in the 1970s to 18 percent. When the automobile market collapsed in late 2008,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance

Corporate Purpose and Firm Ownership

Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry

Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey

Corporate Sustainability: A Strategy?

Chief Sustainability Officers: Who Are They and What Do They Do?

Information Risk and Fair Value: An Examination of Equity Betas and Bid-Ask Spreads

What Impedes Oil and Gas Companies’ Transparency?

Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective

Who Pays for White-Collar Crime?

The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Process and Performance

Voluntary, Self-Regulatory, and Mandatory Disclosure of Oil and Gas Company Payments to Foreign Governments

Pathways to Materiality: How Sustainability Issues Become Financially Material to Corporations and Their Investors

General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (B)