by George Serafeim - Publications - Faculty & Research

George H. Mead

Mead, who started his career as a chemist and pulp mill foreman, built a paper mill empire. His knowledge of the manufacturing process and the paper market resulted in a steady expansion of the business. Mead was also active in the development of the Canadian paper... View Details

Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry

13 Mar 2017
Working Paper Summaries

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

Keywords: by Amir Amel-Zadeh and George Serafeim

06 Dec 2011
Working Paper Summaries

What Impedes Oil and Gas Companies’ Transparency?

Keywords: by Paul Healy, Venkat Kuppuswamy & George Serafeim; Energy; Utilities

15 Nov 2019
News

Remaking Capitalism E2: Professor George Serafeim, Rob Zochowski

01 Aug 2001
News

George C. Lodge

election but was invited back to Soldiers Field by the new Dean, George P. Baker. He then turned his energies to teaching and to INCAE, which is still flourishing in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and other Latin... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Stanley F. Teele; Ezra F. Vogel; John W. Rosenblum

04 Aug 2022
News

Measuring Outcomes Is What Really Matters: Serafeim

George W. Hill

Hill led the American Tobacco Company (Pall Mall, Lucky Strike) into the era of mass advertising. By the end of his life, he was regarded by many as the world’s most successful salesman, a corporate genius... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

George A. Hughes

Hughes developed the electric range, the first in-home stove to use electricity. Hughes was among the first to tap into the true potential of electricity, which he promoted by traveling across the United States and offering... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

21 Mar 2016
Working Paper Summaries

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

Keywords: by Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim; Energy

February 1991
Case

George B.H. Macomber Co.--1990

Details a fledgling president's attempt to build an information systems and manage the expertise base of the firm. Intrigued by the potential information technology holds for the construction industry, this general contractor has initiated the overhaul of the firm's... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Management Systems

Citation

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14 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Process and Performance

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Accounting

George S. Lannom, Jr.

produced baseballs and other sporting goods under the Worth label and by the mid-fifties his operation was producing 12,000 baseballs and softballs each day. In addition, Lannom purchased a leather glove company and produced baseball... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

24 Nov 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry

Keywords: by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh; Financial Services

22 Jan 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Sustainability: A Strategy?

Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim

George M. Humphrey

Through a number of successful mergers and acquisitions, Humphrey dramatically expanded and diversified M. A. Hanna’s production. By the end of his tenure, the company had assets of more than $120 million, three-quarters of which was... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

22 Jul 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Who Pays for White-Collar Crime?

Keywords: by Paul Healy and George Serafeim

04 Dec 2019
Working Paper Summaries

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

Keywords: by Jean Rogers and George Serafeim

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

12 Feb 2012
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