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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
temperatures will likely increase 6 degrees C by 2100, "which would have devastating consequences for the planet." This means more super droughts, floods, storms, fires, crop failures, sea-level rise, and other major... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 03 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Supply Chain Screening Without Certification: The Critical Role of Stakeholder Pressure
- 03 Oct 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
The Causes and Consequences of Industry Self-Policing
Keywords: by Jodi L. Short & Michael W. Toffel
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs? As the federal agency responsible for enforcing workplace safety, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is often at the center of controversy. Associate Professor Michael... View Details
- 07 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
What Environmental Ratings Miss
Keywords: by Auden Schendler & Michael Toffel
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
this strategy actually worked, up until now. “LEED [adoption] is not just something to pay attention to when there's a bid to rebuild city hall.” In a new paper, Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings, authors Timothy Simcoe and View Details
- 14 Nov 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
What Shapes the Gatekeepers? Evidence from Global Supply Chain Auditors
- 01 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies
Keywords: by Erin M. Reid & Michael W. Toffel
- 18 Jun 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
brand-name multinationals that contract out the work. “In a sense, global supply chains are serving a regulatory function, with companies imposing an additional layer of rules and investing resources to enforce them,” says Harvard Business School Professor View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Jul 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains
- 23 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting
- 20 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs
By significantly expanding our understanding of the dynamics of competition, Michael E. Porter's Harvard Business Review article "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" launched a business... View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
Bearing full responsibility for a company's success or failure, but being unable to control most of what will determine it. Having more authority than anyone else in the organization, but being unable to wield it without unhappy consequences. Sound like a tough job? It... View Details
- 09 Feb 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings Predict Corporate Social Performance?
- 17 Nov 2012
- News