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• Article | Boston Review | May–June 2013

  Can Global Brands Create Just Supply Chains? Promoting Political Mobilization

  Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel

  Codes of conduct indicate that working conditions are improving overall at the factories being monitored by multinational corporations, and that these the codes of conduct also create possibilities for political mobilization that can improve labor conditions more broadly.

  Keywords: regulation; auditing; Labor relations; occupational safety; Environmental Operations; environmental regulation; Employees; Labor; Labor and Management Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; China; Bangladesh; India; Honduras; Nicaragua; Pakistan; Guatemala; Malaysia; Viet Nam;

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  Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "Can Global Brands Create Just Supply Chains? Promoting Political Mobilization." Boston Review (May–June 2013).

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• Conference Presentation | May 2013

  Which Suppliers Better Adhere to International Labor Standards? Evidence from Codes of Conduct Audits

  Michael W. Toffel

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  Toffel, Michael W. "Which Suppliers Better Adhere to International Labor Standards? Evidence from Codes of Conduct Audits." Paper presented at the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Annual Research Conference, Berkeley, CA, May 2013.

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | 2013

  Konys, Inc. (TN)

  Deishin Lee and Tunay Tunca

  This case describes the sourcing policy for a consumer electronics company. The company must decide how to structure contracts with their supplier—using a purchase contract, an option contract, or combination of the two. The company can also buy from the spot market. The students use a spreadsheet model with Monte Carlo simulation to analyze the contracting options.

  Keywords: supply chain; contracts; option contract; uncertainty; sourcing; supplier relationship; Supply Chain;

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  Lee, Deishin, and Tunay Tunca. "Konys, Inc. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 613-094, April 2013.

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