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- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
By: Marquis, Christopher, Michael W. Toffel, and Yanhua Zhou Abstract—Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
re-create the transparency and social accountability that would come if a couple met offline through a mutual friend. The app populates a user’s dating profile with information and current photos from Facebook; recently Hinge added... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
constraints. Moreover, we provide evidence that both of the hypothesized mechanisms, better stakeholder engagement and transparency around CSR performance, are important in reducing capital constraints. The results are further confirmed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
consumer-driven system would require transparency in health-care quality and costs. Can you imagine shopping in a supermarket where you don't know products' prices or ingredients? In the 1930s, President Roosevelt created the SEC to... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
Accountability Increase Diversity? Evidence from IPOs By: Koning, Rembrand, and John-Paul Ferguson Abstract— Does public ownership improve employment diversity? Organizational researchers theorize that increased transparency to regulators... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
corporations' environmental transparency. We also focus on the extent to which corporate environmental disclosure is symbolic and, in particular, what leads corporations to selectively disclose relatively benign environmental impacts to create an impression of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
of the first studies to assess these ratings, we examine how well the most widely used ratings—those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics (KLD)—provide transparency about past and likely future environmental performance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
didn’t judge me.” “Why would I?” Marietta asks, sputtering with incredulity. “You could have been me.” That attitude, coupled with a penchant for transparency and consensus-building, helped Marietta earn much-needed goodwill as he set... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while masking their true performance. We identify key company- and country-level factors that limit firms' use of selective disclosure by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
and openness. Jobs that are designed to be meaningful and challenging meet the need to comprehend. Processes for performance management and resource allocation that are fair, trustworthy, and transparent address the drive to defend.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
unknown but targeted wealthier districts when incomes were revealed. These results shed light on how income transparency shapes preferences for equity and redistribution. We discuss implications for policy makers. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
understanding of factors beyond prediction accuracy—such as transparency and perceived fairness—that managers need to consider when deciding which predictive algorithm to deploy. The class discussion also helps students appreciate the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
particular initiative, CEO activism-from Shultz to Chick-Fil-A's Dan Cathy to Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg to Goldman Sach's Lloyd Blankfein-represents a step forward for corporate involvement in the public square because these efforts are unusually View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
and a constant struggle to get to the top. Is that really what all men want? I think organizations should have ways in which the awareness is heightened to when those gender triggers are there. Riley Bowles: There should be greater View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
goals. Morrell: So you get in there, you start tracking this data to improve your own wellness. How did the tracking impact your behavior? Grana: No surprise it initially just kind of helped to have some transparency there, to be able to... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
non-English-speaking country and has more English-speaking analysts participating in the call. Our results highlight that when disclosure takes the form of verbal communication, language barriers between speaker and listener affect the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
examine how well the most widely used ratings—those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics (KLD)—provide transparency about past and likely future environmental performance. We find KLD "concern" ratings to be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
transparency improves confidence ex ante but impedes regulators' ability to stem panics ex post. Working Papers Cumulative Innovation & Open Disclosure of Intermediate Results: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Bioinformatics By:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
of environmental toxins are powerful, still somewhat mysterious influences on our health. Simple tests that make those tendencies more transparent will result in basic behavioral changes and healthier lives overall. "Things are about to... View Details
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model Fasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders’... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne