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- April 2012
- Article
Proposing a Welfare Framework for the Society and Local Community Stakeholders: A Mixed Method Study
By: Shashank Shah
Shah, Shashank. "Proposing a Welfare Framework for the Society and Local Community Stakeholders: A Mixed Method Study." Journal of Human Values 18, no. 1 (April 2012): 53–71.
- June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Christopher Marquis, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang and Hong Wu
In October 2009, State Grid, the largest utility company in the world, and a pioneer and leader in CSR practices in China, was planning its 2009 CSR Report and long-term CSR implementation. Some of the specific challenges faced at the time include: How could the...
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Management Systems;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Accountability;
Behavior;
Change Management;
Global Range;
Employees;
Utilities Industry;
China
Marquis, Christopher, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang, and Hong Wu. "State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 410-141, June 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- February 1990 (Revised April 1991)
- Background Note
Quick Response in the Apparel Industry
It has been estimated that the U.S. apparel industry wastes over $25 billion annually due to inefficient practices, long lead times, and insufficient coordination between channel partners. In response to intense competition from off-shore producers, the industry has...
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Keywords:
Information;
Distribution Channels;
Performance Efficiency;
Partners and Partnerships;
Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
System;
Technology;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States
Hammond, Janice H. "Quick Response in the Apparel Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 690-038, February 1990. (Revised April 1991.)
- 2010
- Chapter
Advance Recovery and the Development of Resilient Organizations and Societies
By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
Societies face a wide array of significant hazards-ranging from the possibility of natural disasters to industrial accidents to large-scale terrorist incidents.
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Keywords:
Natural Disasters;
Society;
Organizations;
Growth and Development;
National Security;
Safety
Leonard, Dutch, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Advance Recovery and the Development of Resilient Organizations and Societies." In Integrative Risk Management: Advanced Disaster Recovery, edited by Simon Woodward. Zurich, Switzerland: Swiss Re, Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010.
- September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
BP's Macondo: Spill and Response
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the...
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Keywords:
Safety;
Metals and Minerals;
Crisis Management;
Infrastructure;
Trade;
Pollutants;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business and Government Relations;
Finance;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Technology Adoption;
Energy Industry;
Mining Industry;
United Kingdom;
United States
Rotemberg, Julio J. "BP's Macondo: Spill and Response." Harvard Business School Case 711-021, September 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- December 1993 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Polaroid: Managing Environmental Responsibilities and Their Costs
Costs relating to companies' impact on the environment are increasing at a dramatic rate. Thus, managing, measuring, and reporting of these costs has become an important issue for managers. Accounting for environmental responsibilities is one of the largest and most...
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Keywords:
Cost;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Accounting;
Environmental Sustainability
Barth, Mary E., Marc J. Epstein, and Richard D.R. Stark. "Polaroid: Managing Environmental Responsibilities and Their Costs." Harvard Business School Case 194-052, December 1993. (Revised April 1994.)
- 2012
- Other Unpublished Work
Strategic responses to collective activism in the U.S. biomass sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
Almost all companies face constraints and pressure from collective activists. Using tactics such as protests, boycotts, and lobbying, social movement organizations and collective actors can draw significant media attention to issues facing industries and organizations,...
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- September 2001
- Background Note
Assessing Your Organization's Crisis Response Plans
Organizations inevitably face crises, but few are well prepared to deal with them. This note summarizes the findings of research and experience about what it takes to respond effectively in crisis situations. Provides principles to guide crisis response planning,...
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Watkins, Michael D. "Assessing Your Organization's Crisis Response Plans." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-064, September 2001.
- January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Grupo Bimbo: Growth and Social Responsibility
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
Bimbo, headquartered in Mexico with 2008 sales of $7 billion, was one of the largest bakery companies in the world. Even as it had grown spectacularly in the last several decades, the company had earned a stellar reputation for its corporate social responsibility...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Reputation;
Expansion;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mexico
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Regina Garcia-Cuellar. "Grupo Bimbo: Growth and Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 509-025, January 2009. (Revised February 2009.)
- May 2015
- Teaching Note
Aviva Investors
By: George Serafeim
Keywords:
Responsibility;
Responsibilities To Society;
Sustainability;
Sustainability Reporting;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Corporate Sustainability;
Activist Investors;
Investment Management;
Investment Strategy;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Environmental Sustainability;
Investment Activism
- 2011
- Article
Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Responses to Environmental Protection in China
By: Christopher Marquis, Jianjun Zhang and Yanhua Zhou
We develop a framework to analyze the closing gap between regulation and enforcement of environmental protection in China and present a number of resulting implications for doing business there. We identify three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory...
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Keywords:
Framework;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Law Enforcement;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Business Ventures;
Alignment;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Natural Environment;
Motivation and Incentives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Competitive Strategy;
China
Marquis, Christopher, Jianjun Zhang, and Yanhua Zhou. "Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Responses to Environmental Protection in China." California Management Review 54, no. 1 (Fall 2011): 39–63.
- June 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Hennessy and Harvey-Jones: Two Responses to the Crisis in Chemicals
Responding to the crisis in chemicals in the early 1980's, Allied Chemical (U.S.) and ICI (U.K.) appoint new chairmen to revitalize each company's strategy, culture, and organization. Hennessy, an outsider with a background in managing conglomerates, has strong ideas...
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Keywords:
Transition;
Leading Change;
Crisis Management;
Management Style;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Strategy
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Hennessy and Harvey-Jones: Two Responses to the Crisis in Chemicals." Harvard Business School Case 392-157, June 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- October 1996 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
American Cyanamid (A): Boardroom Response to a Hostile Takeover Offer
American Home Products' (AHP) $9 billion hostile takeover of American Cyanamid (Cyanamid) was the largest mergers and-acquistions transaction in 1994, and made AHP the fourth largest pharmaceutical firm in the United States. At the time of AHP's offer, Cyanamid had...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Corporate Governance;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Wruck, Karen, and Sherry P. Roper. "American Cyanamid (A): Boardroom Response to a Hostile Takeover Offer." Harvard Business School Case 897-048, October 1996. (Revised December 1997.)
- May 13, 2021
- Article
How to Lead in the Stakeholder Era
By: Hubert Joly
The world is clearly facing multifaceted crises: a health crisis, an economic crisis, a societal crisis, a racial crisis, an environmental crisis, and rising geopolitical tensions. In the face of these challenges, there is a growing realization that business and...
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Keywords:
Business And Society;
Stakeholder Capitalism;
Leadership;
Business and Stakeholder Relations
Joly, Hubert. "How to Lead in the Stakeholder Era." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 13, 2021).
- July 2015
- Article
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations: Analysts' Perceptions and Shifting Institutional Logics
By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
We explore the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings on sell-side analysts' assessments of firms' future financial performance. We suggest that when analysts perceive CSR as an agency cost, due to the prevalence of an agency logic, they produce...
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Analysts;
Investment Recommendations;
Sustainability;
Institutional Logics;
Environment;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Investment;
Corporate Governance;
United States
Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations: Analysts' Perceptions and Shifting Institutional Logics." Strategic Management Journal 36, no. 7 (July 2015): 1053–1081.
- November 2008
- Journal Article
Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin Forbes
This paper examines how financial constraints and product market exposures determine the response of multinational and local firms to sharp depreciations. U.S. multinational affiliates increase sales, assets, and investment significantly more than local firms during,...
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Keywords:
Economic Growth;
Financial Crisis;
Currency;
Private Equity;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Emerging Markets;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin Forbes. "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises." Review of Financial Studies 21, no. 6 (November 2008).
- Article
Olfactory Cues from Romantic Partners and Strangers Moderate Women's Responses to Stress
By: Marlise Hofer, Hanne Collins, Ashley V. Whillans and Frances Chen
The scent of another person can activate memories, trigger emotions, and spark romantic attraction; however, almost nothing is known about whether and how human scents influence responses to stress. In the current study, 96 women were randomly assigned to smell one of...
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Hofer, Marlise, Hanne Collins, Ashley V. Whillans, and Frances Chen. "Olfactory Cues from Romantic Partners and Strangers Moderate Women's Responses to Stress." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 114, no. 1 (January 2018): 1–9. (Lead Article.)
- May–June 2014
- Article
Paradigm-Changing vs. Paradigm-Deepening Innovation: How Firm Scope Influences Firm Technological Response to Shocks
By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Vivek Tandon
We examine the direction of firms' research efforts as they respond to the shock of a sharp increase in the price of a key input. In terms of direction, firms can respond to this shock with paradigm-changing investments that develop technologies to use substitute...
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Keywords:
Technological Change;
Innovation;
Evolutionary Approaches;
Shocks;
Technological Innovation;
System Shocks;
Corporate Strategy
Ahuja, Gautam, Curba Morris Lampert, and Vivek Tandon. "Paradigm-Changing vs. Paradigm-Deepening Innovation: How Firm Scope Influences Firm Technological Response to Shocks." Organization Science 25, no. 3 (May–June 2014): 653–669.
- 1997
- Article
Are Computers Gender-neutral? Gender Stereotypic Responses to Computers with Voices
By: C. I. Nass, Y. Moon and N. Green
Nass, C. I., Y. Moon, and N. Green. "Are Computers Gender-neutral? Gender Stereotypic Responses to Computers with Voices." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 27, no. 10 (1997): 864–876.
- July 2023
- Article
Deep Responsibility and Irresponsibility in the Beauty Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones
This article employs the concept of deep responsibility to assess the social responsibility of the beauty industry over time. It shows that many of today’s problems with the industry have deep historical roots. Products have too many ingredients that are potential...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Jones, Geoffrey. "Deep Responsibility and Irresponsibility in the Beauty Industry." Entreprises et histoire 111, no. 2 (July 2023): 113–125.