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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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
they can adapt and adopt institutional practices already legitimized by counterpart industries in other parts of the world. The paper builds on existing community ecology and social movement perspectives on industry emergence and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
case considers Anglo American's options to stay in front of these trends. How can the protagonist promote greater professionalization of social performance inside the organization and greater integration with business decisions? The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
manifests itself in organizational practices that fail to take women's lives into account, hinder their ability to develop powerful networks, and create excessive performance pressure on women. A Fresh Approach The solution offered by... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
the merit system was based on peer comparisons at the salaried level. There were no executive bonuses. Stock options were awarded as recognition. But there was also a lot of pressure in the company, said Beer. Managers of thirteen units... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
industries, such as organic agriculture, grew up to serve these and other demands. And individual business leaders, experimenting with forms of social entrepreneurship, developed product offerings and built firms that were intended to... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
properties help us understand how the intensity of communication among group-members and some select structural characteristics of the group affect recognition outcomes in novel and structurally ambiguous worlds. In particular, we demonstrate that communication View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
students and seasoned leaders, we have learned that the greatest challenge to following one's True North comes when the pressures and seductions are intense. That is when it is most crucial to be self-aware. This of course is not a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
40%. Shareholder pressure (e.g., the voting outcome and the influence of the proponent) and the type of proposals are the main determinants of the implementation decision, while traditional governance indicators do not seem to matter.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
the North continued to suffer crushing numbers of casualties. Pressure grew on the Union side to end the conflict, even if it meant foregoing universal emancipation. Facing the prospect of an upcoming presidential election against a... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
founded a world-renowned animation studio. What do all of these people have in common? They love their jobs, they break the rules, and the world is better off for it. They are rebels. From an early age, we are taught to be rule followers, and the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well spent, or View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are Business Schools Really Important “Crucibles of Leadership?”
crucible. Crucibles—by design—are boot camps of a sort, where the heat and pressure make or break the participant." Lim Yung Hui commented, "Business schools can only create a context that is fertile for the emergence of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
who take a stand and who understand the value of integrity and the importance of judgment in their work. And it needs a stronger barrel. It needs systems better able to respond to new forces in the environment, and institutions free from the View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
local levels of government; (3) the Chinese electoral system; and (4) current pressures for change. Also includes a number of useful exhibits on Communist Party membership, political structure, and the administrative system. Can be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
would happen away from the table? Eamer: It's like romance-- 90% of the romance is before the last 10 minutes, or it better be. Morrell: Socializing seems like it was an important part of the process, right? Eamer: Well, it was. That's... View Details
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
environmental performance, and social responsibility evaluation, which cover the company in the national, regional, and corporate levels for the purpose of realizing the comprehensive evaluation of economic and environmental performance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
severity of the coordination problem faced by users. Read the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=38648 The Costs of Ambient Cultural Disharmony: Indirect Intercultural Conflicts in Social Environment Undermine... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel