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

27 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

while he was in Congress. DeLay’s portfolio between 2004 and 2006 was allocated 100 percent to stocks, Minor says. Lessons for the boardroom The implications extend beyond the Senate or House floor to the boardroom. “Whether it’s entrepreneurship or traditional... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

01 Dec 2000
News

Books

have implemented balanced scorecards, the performance management system that the pair developed in 1992. In The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment, the authors delve into... View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

added. Witnessing the hidden work performed on their behalf makes customers more satisfied, more willing to pay, and more loyal. It can also make employees more satisfied by demonstrating to them that they are serving their customers... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

distance where he could perform surgery. The consequences can be equally severe in technology companies: for instance, in 2001 Doron Kempel was forced to resign as the CEO of SANgate Systems after just three months when a judge determined... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

Let's face it: in most cases, the stock market knows what it's doing. With millions of people performing their homework and investing money in stocks they hope will pay off, it's hard for any one person to beat the market in a big way.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

demonstrated the negative effects on decision-making under distress. We are conducting a series of experiments to better quantify the impacts on service operations and to identify ways that the operating design could improve both the customer’s experience and the... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

focused on the phenomenon of bankruptcy. A consultant to or board member of numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies over the years, Hayes expressed his aversion to Chapter 11 proceedings for companies trying... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf

how to develop sustainable processes for finding great ideas, driving them toward commercial success, and tracking their impact in the market and on the firm's resources. Your factory needs four building blocks, the authors tell us: a growth blueprint, production... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Business and government officials arrived in force to talk up India’s growth, exceeding an annual rate of 6 percent for the last fifteen years. GDP growth hit 7.6 percent in 2005... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

this point before. But we want to review the key differences briefly from the perspective of the CEO because the implications are crucial: for how the job of the senior leader is defined, and for what successful performance in the job... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

02 May 2018
Blog Post

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

lead to a different method in solving certain situations such as pay discrepancy " As Ali put it, "Why companies find it so difficult to talk salary when our government is so open on what each employee is paid is baffling. The... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Article

The Profits of Power: Commerce and Realpolitik in Eurasia

By: Rawi Abdelal

Although the energy trade is the single most important element of nearly all European countries' relations with Russia, Europe has been divided by both worldview and practice. Why, in the face of the common challenge of dependence on imported Russian gas, have national... View Details

Keywords: Performance; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Profit; Framework; Corporate Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Policy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; Energy Industry; Europe; Russia; France; Germany; Italy

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01 Dec 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

As he says, "Linking management fees/rewards to fund performance would be very attractive to investors: Who can argue with shared ambition?" The importance of these questions lies in the heavy reliance that so many people deep... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Mar 2021
News

Shattering Glass

bottom-line performance limits the conversation. The more helpful conversation to have—the more impactful one—is about the conditions under which we can leverage the benefits of having a diverse set of employees. BG: Diversity is about... View Details

Keywords: April White; gender equity; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jun 2006
News

CEO Compensation Troubles

pressure is the fear of losing an adequately performing CEO. To make sure this does not happen, compensation committees rely on surveys by compensation consultants about CEO pay in similar companies but without regard to company... View Details

Keywords: Jay W. Lorsch; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jun 2015
News

Higher Ground

than $50,000. Prieto would share conducting duties that night with the previous music director. “Carlos had the absolute right to walk,” says Hugh Long, president of the LPO governing board. Prieto’s contract stipulated that if either... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Health, Social Assistance

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Werker Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from India, we examine how governments respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

service program called Unis-Cite, in which youth, particularly from the disadvantaged immigrant population, volunteered nine months of their time to work on community projects. Based in Paris, France, Unis-Cite had begun to expand to other areas. With the announcement... View Details