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- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
Harvard Business School Case 509-013 Describes the launch and initial results of the (PRODUCT) RED campaign, a social marketing initiative conceived by U2's Bono and Bobby Shriver to combat AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The company licensed the (RED) brand to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
client relations. Infosys' strategy is evolving to build transformational partnerships from its original position as an outsourcer of end-to-end IT projects. A transformational partner helps clients to devise and implement strategies that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
to influence prices set by downstream retailers. Although manufacturers expect retail partners to comply with MAP policies, violations of MAP are common in practice. In this research, we document and explain both the extent and the depth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2019
- News
Keeping Red Lobster Fresh
joined the Monterey Bay Seafood Watch program. We've actually partnering with Worldwide Wildlife Fund on fishery improvement projects. We've had we've actually had NGOs audit our supply chain which was which... View Details
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
financial-statement users come to outweigh institutional differences (e.g., auditing technology) that make IFRS adoption costly. We find that perceived network benefits increase the degree of IFRS harmonization among countries, although... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
the New York City-based consulting firm Katzenbach Partners and author of Why Pride Matters More Than Money (Crown, 2003), likes the story of the Wilmington plant because it communicates what he calls "institution-building... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
leading the development of an auditing and verification framework for the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (the VPs), a set of commitments embraced by most of the world’s largest extractive companies. The case provides... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
significant district vendor, and a family relationship between a partner and senior school district administrator. But the fact that the discussion happened at all, and will be debated further, was a step forward. Cognetti also cites... View Details
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
exhibit a decline in information asymmetry, with the decline increasing as EV reporting evolves to address methodological deficiencies and to permit more comparability across firms. The decrease in information asymmetry is contingent on providing an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
in global supply chains have engaged in activism that led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether these organizational structures raise labor standards. Drawing on thousands of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
performed best on a creative task in terms of fluency, flexibility, and novelty-three classic dimensions of creativity-when both dyad partners had high levels of multicultural experience. These results show that when it comes to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
for Auditor Independence Yet? Authors:M.H. Bazerman and D.A. Moore Publication:Accounting, Organizations and Society (in press) Abstract Well before the collapse of Enron and Arthur Andersen, we argued that the auditing system had been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
associate ranks. Annual surveys of associates revealed increasing dissatisfaction, particularly with respect to partner communication, work-life balance, and mentorship. The firm's leadership wondered: How legitimate were the associates'... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
anticorruption ratings are domiciled in countries with low corruption risk ratings and strong anticorruption enforcement, operate in high corruption risk industries, have recently faced a corruption enforcement action, employ a Big Four View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing technology, the rule of law, etc.), why did several countries rapidly, albeit in a staggered manner, adopt IFRS over... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
led to widespread VAT adoption worldwide, but there is surprisingly little evidence. I find that the paper trail acts as a substitute to a firm's own audit risk. A message announcing increased tax enforcement has a much smaller effect on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
businesses, the financial reporting problems, and governance breakdowns inside and outside the firm. The case offers students an opportunity to explore why Enron failed and to understand the systemic problems in governance that affected its board of directors, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
the agents' well-being, with little or no regard for the customer. Audit studies in the Indian life insurance market find evidence supporting the second view: in 60%-80% of visits, agents recommend unsuitable (strictly dominated) products... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
interact in large, contemporary organizations is not well understood. We argue that organizational structures and geography delimit opportunities for interaction such that actors have a greater level of discretion to choose their interaction View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
says they gave their candidate an out. “Bravo to her, she came anyway,” she says. “And I’m so grateful that she did.” After the aquifer in Grand Bahama was contaminated by salt water in 2019’s Hurricane Dorian, Mercy Corps partnered with... View Details