by Jonas Heese - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jul 2022
News

Harvard Professors Discuss the Risks and Rewards of Whistleblowing at National Whistleblower Day Event

03 Jan 2022
News

A Green Light for Corruption

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53161 forthcoming European Accounting Review The Role of Overbilling in Hospitals' Earnings Management Decisions By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—This paper examines the role of overbilling in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2020
News

"Whistleblower belohnen“

22 Oct 2021
News

Corporate Misconduct Increases after Local Newspapers Shut Down, Study Says

18 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

often dependent on political winds, market shifts, technological changes, and other forces that are difficult to predict and often beyond control. “The conventional notion is that business either supports or opposes [climate friendly policies],” says View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities

08 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime

thousands of facilities of publicly listed firms, Heese identified the towns where the local newspaper presses permanently came to a halt. Heese found that after a newspaper shuts down, violations at... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

06 Dec 2021
News

Truth Be Told

Image by John Ritter In 2018, HBS associate professors Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese wrote a case about a whistleblower at a multi-national gambling company who exposed financial misstatements, first to his manager and later to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.... View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

10 Dec 2019
News

Mutige Mitarbeiter oder Querulanten?

22 Dec 2014
News

Good Deeds Help Companies Evade Regulatory Scrutiny

19 Oct 2021
News

Rise of Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Spawns New Industry

14 Feb 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Does It Pay to Be a Whistleblower?

Keywords: Re: Jonas Heese; Banking

08 Aug 2017
News

SEC Probes Deeper If Cos. Have Political Ties: Study

21 Oct 2021
News

Warum Lokalzeitungen für gutes Klima sorgen

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

after the company, the fact that the public learns about potential misconduct can have a very disciplining effect on companies,” Heese says. “When the Local Newspaper Leaves Town: The Effects of Local Newspaper Closures on Corporate... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior By: Baloria, Vishal P., and Jonas Heese Abstract—The media can impose reputational costs on firms because of its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2020
Article

When the Boss Comes to Town: The Effects of Headquarters' Visits on Facility-Level Misconduct

By: Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos

We study the effects of headquarters’ visits on facility-level misconduct. We use the staggered introduction of airline routes to identify exogenous travel-time reductions between headquarters and facilities and test whether such reductions affect facility-level... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Visits By Management; Flight Routes; Control Systems; Compliance Programs; Performance Pressure; Business or Company Management; Management Systems; Governance Controls; Governance Compliance; Performance Expectations

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02 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

forthcoming Review of Accounting Studies The Effect of Enforcement Transparency: Evidence from SEC Comment-Letter Reviews By: Duro, Miguel, Jonas Heese, and Gaizka Ormazabal Abstract—This paper studies the effect of the public disclosure... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

2017 CA: BVT Publishing Global Marketing Management: A Casebook By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—During the last quarter century, international business was shaken by a revolution in global competition unlike any previously experienced. As... View Details