Publications

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

organizations are certainly economic instruments, but they also have an immense impact on human development and the well-being of society. Sustaining research attention on both the ethical and economic responsibilities of business, and on... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

09 Jun 2012
News

The Second Russian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility "Creating Shared Value: Inspiring Responsible Behavior"

Article

The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim

Using a large sample of publicly traded U.S. firms over 16 years, we investigate the impact of corporate socially responsible (CSR) strategies on security analysts' recommendations. Socially responsible firms received more favorable recommendations in recent years... View Details

Keywords: Public Ownership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Experience and Expertise; Value Creation; Public Equity; Markets; Investment; Perception; United States

2011
Module Note

Corporate Social Responsibility in Indian Public Sector Organisations: A Case Study of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.

By: Shashank Shah, Shashank Shah, Sudhir Bhaskar and A. Sudir Bhaskar

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Public Sector; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Energy Industry; India

Aug 27 2020
Brochure

Are You Responsible for Learning and Development?

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

relationships between those who regulate them, serve them, and invest in them. That’s a lot of substance among responses to this month’s column. As Ulrich Nettesheim put it, “It is an excellent time to be reexamining how we currently... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Capital Markets; Management Teams; Business and Community Relations; Trade; Electronics Industry; Switzerland

Educators

2023
Working Paper

Saving and Consumption Responses to Student Loan Forbearance

By: Justin Katz

How do households adjust savings and consumption in response to liquidity from debt relief? I study this question using policy variation induced by federal student loan forbearance in the 2020 CARES Act and an individual-level panel of daily financial transactions for... View Details

Keywords: Saving; Consumer Behavior; Borrowing and Debt; Interest Rates; Financial Liquidity; Personal Finance; Government Legislation

SSRN

12 Jun 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Resilience and Response During COVID-19

Keywords: by Alex Cheema-Fox, Bridget LaPerla, George Serafeim, and Hui (Stacie) Wang

Research Summary

Business Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Dutch Leonard

This project focuses on how business leaders can be most effective at creating better social outcomes and vibrant, successful businesses at the same time. What forms of leadership -- and in what venues (in the community, in the corporation, in politics, ...) -- turn... View Details

17 Apr 1997
Conference Presentation

Responsibility in an Age of Interdependence

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; System

Article

Can Corporate Social Responsibility Survive Recession?

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine Jocz

17 Feb 2015
News

Why corporate social responsibility is evolving

08 Apr 2012
News

When Profit and Social Responsibility Collide

August 2009
Case

SK Telecom: Pursuing Happiness through Corporate Social Responsibility

By: Christopher Marquis, Kwang Y. Ryu, Philip H. Mirvis and Bobbi Thomason

Since 2006, SK Telecom has worked to develop strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs that are aligned with its business operations and corporate mission. The case tracks the original assessment process the company went through and successive... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; South Korea

Educators

2022
Chapter

Responsible Leadership and Transformative Cross-sector Partnering

By: James E. Austin, M. H. Jaén, E. Reficco and A. Vernis

March 27, 2020
Other Article

Lessons from Italy's Response to Coronavirus

By: Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun and Michele Zanini

Policymakers in many parts of Europe and the United States are struggling to bring the rapidly spreading Covid-19 pandemic under control. In doing so, they are repeating many of the mistakes made in Italy, where the pandemic turned into a disaster. A major contributing... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; Decision Making; Italy

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spring 1986
Article

Delegating Pricing Responsibility to the Salesforce

By: R. Lal

Keywords: Price; Sales; Employees