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  • April 2020
  • Teaching Note

Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature

By: Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Teaching Note for HBS No. 620-024. Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Supply Chain; Social Enterprise; Product Development; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Digital Platforms; Science-Based Business; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Mandatory information disclosure regulations seek to create institutional pressure to spur performance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January–February 2018
  • Article

The New CEO Activists

By: Aaron K Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
Though corporations have been lobbying the government and making campaign donations for a long time now, in recent years a dramatic new trend has emerged in U.S. politics: CEOs are taking very public stands on thorny political issues that have nothing to do with their... View Details
Keywords: Government Policy; Rights; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Sustainability; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Policy; Social Issues; Communication Intention and Meaning; United States
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  • 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9

global scale. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711492-PDF-ENG Carbon Footprints: Methods and Calculations Michael W. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21

Firms Greenwash? Corporate Visibility, Civil Society Scrutiny, and Environmental Disclosure Authors:Christopher Marquis and Michael W. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

currently designed may not have been seen as a source of economic value for outside investors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-072.pdf The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private... View Details
  • 17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

Laurence B. Siegel, and Rodney N. Sullivan, 1-14. Charlottesville: CFA Institute, Research Foundation Publications, 2009. (Monograph.) Book link: http://www.cfapubs.org/toc/rf/2009/4   Cases & Course MaterialsGenzyme Center (A) View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

paper: http://www.whatworksforamerica.org/ideas/inflection-point-new-vision-new-strategy-new-organization/ Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices Authors:Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

challenges facing Moleskine, an Italian-based consumer products company known for its oilcloth-covered notebooks once used by Ernest Hemingway and Vincent van Gogh. CEO Arrigo Berni View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Creating sustainability transitions will require more than companies taking proactive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 6

carefully assess the firm's many opportunities and tightly manage its growth. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812049-PDF-ENG Trucost: Valuing Corporate Environmental Impacts Michael... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2010
  • Article

How Firms Respond to Being Rated

By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we investigate how these ratings also influence the companies being rated. We hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms... View Details
Keywords: System; Information; Decisions; Cost; Opportunities; Performance; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economics; Theory; System Shocks; Rank and Position
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  • 13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13

software and IT service firms will likely have an inward focus over the next five years and will, therefore, only slowly emerge onto the global market.   Working PapersThe Role of Organizational Scope View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing? Authors:Christopher Marquis and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Despite the increase in corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48909 The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring By: Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Several innovative regulatory programs are encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

Organizational Response to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box Authors:Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7

Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

Up: Is Voluntary Self-Reporting a Signal of Effective Self-Policing? Authors: Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short Abstract Administrative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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