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  • July–August 2019
  • Article

Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier Labor Practices: The Role of Internal Structural Conditions

By: Yanhua Bird, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Exploitive working conditions have spurred companies to pressure their suppliers to adopt labor codes of conduct and to conform their labor practices to the standards set forth in those codes. Yet little is known about whether organizational structures such as codes... View Details
Keywords: Organization Theory; Economic Sociology; Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Auditing; Process Improvement; Organizational Structure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain; Labor; Working Conditions
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  • 23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract—Transnational business regulation is increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

management practices using an original survey and archival data obtained for nearly 500 facilities. We find support for these hypotheses. The Causes and Consequences of Industry Self-Policing Authors:Jodi L. View Details
  • 06 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 6, 2007

Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel Abstract As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

reaping the benefits of FDI (which relate to when FDI will generate growth) and (2) the mechanisms by which FDI creates positive externalities (which relate to how FDI generates growth). Technology and Innovation Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

find support for these hypotheses. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2480097 Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 May 2010
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First Look: May 18

  PublicationsTechnology Manager's Journey: An Extended Narrative Approach to Educating Technical Leaders Authors:Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Academy of Management Learning & Education 8, no.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51341 Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains By: Hugill, Andrea R., Jodi L. Short, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

Promoting Political Mobilization By: Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Codes of conduct indicate that working conditions are improving overall at the factories being monitored by multinational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

Communicating Frames in Negotiation Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn and Markus Noth Publication:." In The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, edited by Gary E. Bolton and Rachel T.A. Croson.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

environment. HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?In a recent field study seminar, Professor Forest L. Reinhardt discussed the case "Woolf Farming & Processing," which illustrates how access to water—a basic building block of... View Details
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

world. The Great Qing Empire ruled China and dominated East Asia by a combination of power and cultural prestige. China's economy was the world's largest. China seemed without peer. Decline came fast. By... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

years, unit members have studied numerous organizations, ranging from Taco Bell to Intuit, to determine what maximizes profit and growth in service organizations. In so doing, they have formulated a key business dynamic that they term the "service-profit chain,"... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

Organizations By: Lee, Julia J., and Francesca Gino Abstract—Competition for resources, recognition, and favorable outcomes are all facts of life in professional settings. When one falls short in comparison to colleagues or subordinates,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

their increased tendency to behave fairly. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/shaw et al.pdf Robust Enforcement Should Complement Voluntary Regulation Authors:Jodi L. Short and Michael W.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

New Releases

exaggerated." by James E. Aisner (Adapted from the Winter 1999 edition of Working Knowledge, a publication of the HBS Division of Research.) The Real Estate Game by William J. Poorvu with Jeffrey View Details
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Systems Leadership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

project from the Dean’s Office and the Social Enterprise Initiative, the Systems Research Working Group continues its efforts with support from the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS). Why a systems approach matters in today’s world: In an era defined View Details
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Capitalism and the State (CATS) - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Capitalism and the State (CATS) Course Number 1120 Professor Debora L. Spar Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Weekly seminar Paper Enrollment by application only. Students should submit their... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

their industry and not be seduced in the short term by the extreme competitiveness of the investment banking and securities marketplace. I've seen firsthand how that competitiveness can undermine the best... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons