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  • June 2025
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Gender Diversity Performance and Voluntary Disclosure: Mind the (Gender Pay) Gap

By: June Huang and Shirley Lu
We study whether voluntary gender diversity disclosure is predictive of gender diversity performance. Exploiting a mandate in the United Kingdom that requires firms to disclose 2017 gender pay gap ("GPG") data for the first time, we find that providing voluntary gender... View Details
Keywords: Pay Gap; Diversity; Gender; Wages; Reputation; Corporate Disclosure; United Kingdom
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Huang, June, and Shirley Lu. "Gender Diversity Performance and Voluntary Disclosure: Mind the (Gender Pay) Gap." Accounting, Organizations and Society 114 (June 2025).
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

How can nonprofit leaders address such conflicting demands? Harvard Business School Working Knowledge recently spoke with two leaders in the field of nonprofit performance management. Mario Morino is cofounder and chairman of Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Bloomberg: environmental social and governance (ESG)

What are some of the ESG commands and information available in Bloomberg? Type ESG <GO> to find ESG ratings by company. Type a ticker into the amber box to start your search. You can... View Details
  • spring 1994
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Performance Assessment in the Boardroom

By: J. W. Lorsch
Keywords: Performance; Governance
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Lorsch, J. W. "Performance Assessment in the Boardroom." Directors & Boards 18, no. 3 (spring 1994).
  • 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
  • November 1999 (Revised July 2001)
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New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise

By: Robert S. Kaplan
New Profit, Inc. (NPI) is an innovative venture philanthropy fund. Founded by social entrepreneur Venessa Kirsch, NPI intends to raise large donations from individuals who wish to invest in nonprofit enterprises that could have a significant social impact and the... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Nonprofit Organizations; Venture Capital; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Service Industry
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Kaplan, Robert S. "New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 100-052, November 1999. (Revised July 2001.)
  • 2013
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Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance

By: David F. Larcker, Eric C. So and Charles C.Y. Wang
Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the most central firms and a short position in the least central firms earns an average risk-adjusted return of 4.68% per year. Firms with... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Governing and Advisory Boards; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance
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Larcker, David F., Eric C. So, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance." Journal of Accounting & Economics 55, nos. 2-3 (April–May 2013): 225–250.
  • 2010
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Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance

By: Daniel B. Bergstresser and Jeffrey Pontiff
Taxes have a first-order impact on portfolio returns. Most research mistakenly assumes that portfolios command similar tax burdens, or that tax burdens are proportional to dividend yields. Portfolio strategies differ in the pace of capital gains realization. We use the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Taxation; Performance Evaluation
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Bergstresser, Daniel B., and Jeffrey Pontiff. "Investment Taxation and Portfolio Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-084, March 2010.
  • 13 May 2019
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The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

about the allegations. They found that after a lawsuit was filed, the government changed the terms to shift more of the contract risk to the supplier during the investigation. It did so by increasing the proportion of work the company... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction
  • November 2014
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The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance

By: Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
We investigate the effect of corporate sustainability on organizational processes and performance. Using a matched sample of 180 U.S. companies, we find that corporations that voluntarily adopted sustainability policies by 1993—termed as High Sustainability... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Sustainability Research; Sustainability Reporting; Sustainability Targets; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Accountability; Reporting; Corporate Governance; Investor Clientele; Investor Communication; Stock Market; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Performance; United States
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Eccles, Robert G., Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim. "The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance." Management Science 60, no. 11 (November 2014): 2835–2857.
  • 2010
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Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets

We exploit an exogenous shock to corporate ownership structures created by a recent tax reform in Germany to explore the link between corporate governance and internal capital markets. We find that firms with more concentrated ownership are less diversified and have... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Taxation; Ownership; Performance Efficiency; Diversification; Germany
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Sautner, Zacharias, and Belen Villalonga. "Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-100, May 2010.
  • 01 Aug 2007
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Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

company or nonprofit must demonstrate to its shareholders or donors that it can perform efficiently. To state the obvious, companies must make money. How could running a local government be a profitable... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
  • 02 Aug 2010
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It's Time to Standardize Integrated Reporting of Financial and Sustainability Performance

    Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets

    Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details

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    You've Got Mail! The Late 19th-Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance

    By: Astrid Marinoni and Maria P. Roche
    This paper examines the impact of the expansion of the US Postal Service in the late 19th century on firm creation and performance. Utilizing newly digitized archival data on historic business establishments, post office locations, and road networks in California,... View Details
    Keywords: Institutional Innovation; Knowledge Exchange; US Postal Service; Firm Performance; Infrastructure; Expansion; Government Administration; Communication; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Public Administration Industry; California
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    Marinoni, Astrid, and Maria P. Roche. "You've Got Mail! The Late 19th-Century U.S. Postal Service Expansion, Firm Creation, and Firm Performance." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online January 15, 2025.)
    • 21 Jul 2021
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    What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

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    Discouraging Opportunistic Behavior in Collaborative R&D: A New Role for Government

    The traditional role attributed to government in collaborative R&D has been one of funding. This paper explores a new role for government in facilitating collaborative R&D, one of discouraging opportunistic behavior. Given the nature of R&D, concerns about... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior; Government and Politics; Managerial Roles; Research and Development; Framework; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Italy
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    Tripsas, M., S. Schrader, and M. Sobrero. "Discouraging Opportunistic Behavior in Collaborative R&D: A New Role for Government." Research Policy 24, no. 3 (May 1995): 367–389.
    • 27 Oct 2023
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    ESG Investing: Surprising Companies at the Forefront of Green Innovation

    • 2016
    • Book

    Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets

    By: Lakshmi Iyer
    Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details
    Keywords: Property Rights; Economic Policy; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations
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    Iyer, Lakshmi. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets. World Scientific Publishing, 2016.
    • 05 Jul 2006
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    Improving Corporate Governance with the Balanced Scorecard

    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Michael E. Nagel
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