Social Accounting - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

were essential, and radical corporate social responsibility concepts were pursued by some firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53419 forthcoming Capitalism Beyond Mutuality New Prospects for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

affiliates may follow the instruction on the linked page to register for an individual account to FT.com. Tip: may search for all results on the topic of Moral Money, or browse the Moral Money section under Markets NYT Climate Forward A... View Details

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Corporate Climate Targets

By: Willy C. Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter

Companies that are addressing climate change by mitigating their greenhouse gas emissions often set reduction targets. This note describes several types of widely used carbon reduction targets, including carbon neutral, science based, net zero, real zero, and carbon... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Strategy; Climate Risk; Target-setting; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Policy; Measurement and Metrics; Strategic Planning; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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29 Jan 2019
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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

06 Jan 2012
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Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

environment and social responsibility factors, could take into account manufacturers' political activities. Standards like the ISO 14001 environmental management system and the LEED green building standard,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

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Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items

By: Edward J. Riedl and Suraj Srinivasan

This paper investigates whether managers' presentation of special items within the financial statements reflects economic performance or opportunism. Specifically, we assess special items presented as a separate line item on the income statement (income statement... View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Financial Statements; Economics; Performance; Research; Opportunities; Business Earnings; Motivation and Incentives

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Site Credits - The Art of American Advertising

Alumni Business & Environment Executive Education Faculty Accounts Harvard Business Review Harvard Business School Jobs MBA Recruiting Rock Center: Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Initiative HBS Working... View Details

25 Oct 2006
Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

the vesting period—appears to vitiate many of the benefits of incentive alignment. How might option compensation be refashioned to deliver the benefits without the distortions? Perhaps the answer to these problems can be found with philosophers rather than financial or... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis

20 Sep 2006
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The Power of Ordinary Practices

An example of the influence of these feelings on performance is my finding that if people are in a good mood on a given day, they're more likely to have creative ideas that day, as well as the next day, even if we take into account their... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

09 Sep 2009
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Social Legitimacy and Global Capitalism Authors:Rawi Abdelal and John G. Ruggie Publication:Chap. 7 in New Perspectives on Regulation, edited by David Moss and John Cisternino, 151-162. Cambridge, Mass.: The Tobin Project, 2009 Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 May 2011
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Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing? Authors:Christopher Marquis and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Despite the increase in corporate environmental disclosure, there remains substantial heterogeneity in the extent to which corporations... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Jon Puz

roles have included general management, strategy, business development, sales, account management, product, operations, marketing, technology, finance, HR and more. Jon has partnered with a variety of investors, including angel, venture... View Details

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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Business & Environment Executive Education Faculty Accounts Harvard Business Review Harvard Business School Jobs MBA Recruiting Rock Center: Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Initiative HBS Working... View Details

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A Marketing Revolution - The Art of American Advertising

Faculty Accounts Harvard Business Review Harvard Business School Jobs MBA Recruiting Rock Center: Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Initiative HBS Working Knoweldge Harvard Business School Executive... View Details

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5.1 Information Technology | MBA

Values of respect, honesty, integrity, and personal accountability when using networking and social media tools. When using such tools, a student must: Preserve the integrity of the HBS learning environment... View Details

29 Mar 2008
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Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

global rather than merely local. The issue of limited resources and inefficient distribution is creating environmental and social problems respectively, that businesses can no longer afford to neglect/be indifferent to. Technological... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

14 Dec 2011
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The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

with the organization as it's building its capacity and figuring out its accountability priorities. But that's still relatively rare. The third issue is the difference between financial and social metrics.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Feb 2001
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overlooked question: If Japanese government policies and practices accounted for the nation's extraordinary competitiveness, then why wasn't Japan competitive in many of the industries where those policies had been prominently... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 Feb 2021
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COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

brands to the working conditions of the suppliers who produce their branded products. This has resulted in brands creating supplier codes of conduct, which is the first piece. Then those brands need to actually hold suppliers accountable... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories

01 Sep 2020
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3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)

physician’s assistant major. But somewhere in my first semester at Howard my roommate’s father came to visit. He was an entrepreneur. He started talking about finance and accounting and how it all worked. That was a pivotal moment for me.... View Details

Keywords: April White; Photo by: Michael Bucher; banking; diversity; COVID-19; leadership; African American; career advice; Finance

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