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  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

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 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

lower quantities, magnifying the below-normative level behavior when facing high margin but partially counterbalancing the above-normative level behavior when facing low margin, violating the pull-to-center effect in both cases.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

with direct incentives for CSR is an effective tool to increase firm social performance. The findings provide evidence identifying corporate governance as a determinant of managerial incentives for social performance and suggest that CSR... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 23 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

choice is a complex issue, and that some conventional wisdom isn't always wise. For example, there are perfectly good reasons why a conservative long-term investor would hold more stocks and bonds than cash instruments such as View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14

incentives to invent the research inputs in the first place. We study the effects of increases in the number of required inputs on innovation activity and optimal patent policy. We find that the probability of introducing the final... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

April-May issue of the Journal of the European Economics Association. The paper addressed this central question: When does the certification provided by an SSO's endorsement sway users to adopt a standard? Lerner and coauthor Jean Tirole... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology
  • 18 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

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

concern, idea, or mistake,” says Edmondson, who identified the importance of psychological safety in team effectiveness 30 years ago and has continued researching its impact on teams and companies. “It’s very important.” Particularly at a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

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
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

Moving on to the specific drivers at play in our sample cases, we identified two powerful utilitarian motivations: risk-management and competitive advantage creation. Risk Management A common reason for engaging in cross-sector collaboration has been to make use of it... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

Michael W. Toffel Abstract—In response to stakeholders’ growing concerns, companies are joining voluntary environmental programs to signal their superior environmental management capabilities. In contrast to the literature’s focus on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

corporations, which makes no sense today because we want doctors and hospitals to work seamlessly as an integrated practice. Another example is physician certification by state, which means that when the Cleveland Clinic wants to offer a... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health
  • 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

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