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- 21 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
With an election looming and the economy continuing to struggle, the effectiveness of government regulation has become a political football. While advocates hold regulations up as necessary to protect public health and safety, critics see them as arbitrary and costly...
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by Michael Blanding
- May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)
By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Traces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Moral Sensibility;
Policy;
Employment;
Contracts;
Supply Chain Management;
Organizational Culture;
Natural Environment;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Social Issues
Bartlett, Christopher A., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-414, May 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- September 1986 (Revised February 1991)
- Case
Graves Industries, Inc. (C): Consumer Hardware Division
Describes events occurring over a three-year period in a division of Graves Industries. The division is being squeezed for profit, and managers in the division get involved in some fraudulent financial reporting schemes involving revenues and capitalization of...
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Merchant, Kenneth A. "Graves Industries, Inc. (C): Consumer Hardware Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-047, September 1986. (Revised February 1991.)
- 22 Sep 2014
- News
How to Focus Your Sales Team on the Right Effectiveness Metrics
- September 2016
- Article
Monitoring Global Supply Chains
By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill
Firms seeking to avoid reputational spillovers that can arise from dangerous, illegal, and unethical behavior at supply chain factories are increasingly relying on private social auditors to provide strategic information about suppliers' conduct. But little is known...
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Keywords:
Monitoring;
Transaction Cost Economics;
Industry Self-regulation;
Auditing;
Codes Of Conduct;
Supply Chains;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Supply Chain;
Globalization
Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill. "Monitoring Global Supply Chains." Strategic Management Journal 37, no. 9 (September 2016): 1878–1897. (Video abstract (4 minutes). Working Knowledge article for practitioners.)
- 16 Jun 2015
- News
Michael Porter on America's Historic Energy Opportunity
- 29 Oct 2018
- News
Why you should spend more time in bookstores
- 29 Jan 2018
- News
In 2018, Trump must be the small-business champion he claimed to be
- 26 Sep 2016
- News
Political system retarding US economy, Harvard survey finds
- 01 May 2015
- News
May Day: Job Outlook Grim For Younger Generation
- 21 Mar 2011
- News
Japan, Libya, and Why Leaders Should be Paranoid
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Artificial Intelligence: It's Getting Real
- 21 Jun 2017
- News
Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down
- 2022
- Working Paper
Exploring the Relationship between Team Diversity, Psychological Safety and Team Performance: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Drug Development
By: Henrik Bresman and Amy C. Edmondson
Breakthrough performance in teams requires pooling diverse perspectives and expertise. To realize the potential of diversity, communicating and translating across differences is essential. However, left to their own devices, diverse teams tend to underperform, in part...
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Keywords:
Teams;
Psychological Safety;
Groups and Teams;
Diversity;
Interpersonal Communication;
Performance
Bresman, Henrik, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Exploring the Relationship between Team Diversity, Psychological Safety and Team Performance: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Drug Development." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-055, February 2022.
- 2014
- Working Paper
SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review
By: John C. Coates and Suraj Srinivasan
We review and assess research findings from 120 papers in accounting, finance, and law to evaluate the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We describe significant developments in how the Act was implemented and find that despite severe criticism, the Act and institutions...
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Keywords:
Laws and Statutes
Coates, John C., and Suraj Srinivasan. "SOX after Ten Years: A Multidisciplinary Review." John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business Discussion Paper, No. 758, May 2014.
- Sep 2016
- Survey
Problems Unsolved & A Nation Divided
America retains and enjoys many strengths. However, various economic indicators show that the U.S. economy has failed to deliver strong growth and shared prosperity for nearly two decades. These structural issues pre-date the Great Recession and are compounded by...
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- 16 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
On The General Relativity of Fiscal Language
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by Jerry Green & Laurence J. Kotlikoff