ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Apr 2017
News

Bringing Markets to Myanmar

most recent work was with the government of Myanmar, which recently emerged from decades of military rule with a planned economy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell talked to David about his experience in Myanmar, and what the process of private... View Details

Keywords: Government; Government

08 May 2015
News

An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society

world’s largest corporations has created an opportunity for managers to consider the interests of a broader set of stakeholders. The role of the corporation in society can be a function of the larger economic, social, and political... View Details

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

shared that she "learned the hard way" about the physical, social, and financial toll that a failure to deal with the 24/7 work mentality can trigger. As she put it, "What you ignore in your life is going to be the piece... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

16 Jul 2020
News

Accounting for Real Change

of this moment echoes back to the Wall Street crash of 1929, he writes, when investors realized that they didn’t comprehend the nature of a company’s true profits. By 1933, the US government started mandating that companies adhere to... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

Building a Movement

Business schools also have to think carefully about their curriculum. We’ve been talking about the need for corporations to adjust to a changing environment, increasing pressures to dial down the single-minded pursuit of profit and to integrate their financial, View Details

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

believed the country had turned a corner. They appear to be winning their bet, since the project is ahead of schedule and under budget. "The social, environmental, and developmental aspects of these... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

1993
Chapter

Japanese Corporate Governance: Source of Efficiency or Restraint of Trade?

By: W. C. Kester

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Performance Efficiency; Japan

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16 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we explore the implications of regulations mandating the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Mar 2004
News

Reforming Company Boards

Solutions for Better Corporate Governance (Bloomberg Press) emphasizes accountability, transparency, performance measurement, and a strong system of checks and balances in its practical approach to reform.... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services

01 Jun 2014
News

Research Brief: Capitol Gains

In the two weeks after the bill became law, "the performance of the agriculture industry versus the market overall amounted to a difference of 320 basis points," Cohen notes. "That is massive." View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

on a company's financial, environmental, social, and governance performance and shows the relationships between them. This kind of Integrated... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Mar 2013
News

Sizing Up Social Impact

nonprofit leaders today," says Associate Professor Alnoor Ebrahim, a member of the School's General Management Unit and Social Enterprise Initiative who focuses on the challenges of performance management, accountability, and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

17 Jul 2000
What Do You Think?

Where Is the Microsoft Board?

Summing Up The predominance of opinions expressed a concern about what happened in Microsoft's dispute with the Government and laid the blame at the feet of both the company's leadership and of board members who either supported the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Jan 2010
News

Back to Glass-Steagall?

to the Depression-era law that separated commercial and investment banking. Banks with FDIC-insured deposits could still perform investment banking and brokerage activities on behalf of clients — operations that commercial banks were... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Government; Government; Government

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

Marquis. Language, on the other hand, is a more objective difference that can be easily measured. Better yet, no one had studied this question. In recent years, researchers have taken increasing interest in measuring CSR (or as it's sometimes termed, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

care providers such as doctors and hospitals placing profits before client needs (David Stahl, John Van Slyke, Roger Chen, Jan Fersing, Hugh Quick, among others); the agency problem separating payers such as individuals, businesses, and the View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

05 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

Nonprofits, and The Role of Government in Market Economies. For my MPP capstone exercise, I tapped into interest generated by the HKS Government Performance Lab and focused on... View Details

13 Mar 2018
First Look

March 13, 2018

sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we explore the implications of regulations mandating the disclosure of environmental, social, and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

organization. Key concepts include: Organizations voluntarily adopting environmental and social policies represent a fundamentally distinct type of modern corporation, characterized by a governance structure that takes into account the... View Details