by Michael Toffel - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

temperatures will likely increase 6 degrees C by 2100, "which would have devastating consequences for the planet." This means more super droughts, floods, storms, fires, crop failures, sea-level rise, and other major... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

is no villain here. Poor public-policy choices have contributed to the problem, but so have the bad choices made by health plans, hospitals, and the employers who buy their services. Decades of "reform" have failed, and attempts... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

12 Feb 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel; Education

07 Oct 2011
Working Paper Summaries

What Environmental Ratings Miss

Keywords: by Auden Schendler & Michael Toffel

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

competitive advantage in an ever-growing rankings industry. And, at a greater level, these more accurate and comprehensive rankings might also encourage a new wave of corporate activism and contribute directly toward the ultimate goal: helping to solve the climate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

05 Jan 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel & Jodi L. Short; Manufacturing; Public Administration; Accounting; Service

02 Nov 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

While some lessons can be learned by watching—a parent’s reaction after touching a hot stove can be a good lesson for a youngster on dangers in the kitchen—other lessons are harder to learn through observation alone. No matter how many... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

Book Review

Review of The Chinese Connection, by Michael A. Goldberg

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: China

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18 Aug 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring

Keywords: by Lamar Pierce & Michael W. Toffel

14 Dec 2021
Op-Ed

To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

insulted and angry. But Twitter hasn’t backed down from the idea and has even promoted Davis. Employee dissatisfaction, the company said, is sometimes the cost of shaking things up. "Culture gets changed by doing real work in line with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

this strategy actually worked, up until now. “LEED [adoption] is not just something to pay attention to when there's a bid to rebuild city hall.” In a new paper, Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings, authors Timothy Simcoe and View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

04 Jun 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Coming Clean and Cleaning Up: Is Voluntary Disclosure a Signal of Effective Self-Policing?

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel & Jodi L. Short

19 Aug 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Michael W. Toffel

02 Nov 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Organizational Response to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box

Keywords: by Magali A. Delmas & Michael W. Toffel

February 2017
Comment

Comments on "Parenting Strategies for Multibusiness Companies" by Michael Goold (June 1996)

By: David J. Collis

Review of earlier publication on corporate strategy that includes lessons and current research agenda. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Headquarters; Parenting Advantage; Diversification; Corporate Strategy

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20 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening

When former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced earlier this year he was thinking about running for president of the United States, it wasn’t a new idea. Past CEOs seeking the White House have included Carly Fiorina, Ross Perot, Herman Cain, Steve Forbes, Mitt... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding