Faculty & Research
Faculty & Research
- October 2021
- Strategic Management Journal
Shareholder Activism and Firms' Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks
By: Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel and Kala Viswanathan
| This paper examines whether—in the absence of mandated disclosure requirements—shareholder activism can elicit greater disclosure of firms’ exposure to climate change risks. We find that environmental shareholder activism increases the voluntary disclosure of climate...
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- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Workforce Impact at Scale
By: Katie Panella, Ethan Rouen and George Serafeim
| Using new data on workforce composition and wages, we systematically measure the employment impact at U.S. firms from 2008 to 2020, including 2,518 unique firms and 20,764 firm year observations. We document significant variation across industries and firms within each...
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- 2021
- Working Paper
Saving for a Dry Day: Coal, Dams, and the Energy Transition
By: Michele Fioretti and Jorge Tamayo
| Renewable generation creates a tradeoff between current and future energy production as generators produce energy by releasing previously stored resources. Studying the Colombian market, we find that diversified firms strategically substitute fossil fuels for...
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- 07 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.
by Kristen Senz
| Think only coastal states bear the costs related to rising seas? Research by Ishita Sen and colleagues shows how homeowners everywhere pay for climate change, regardless of location.
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- September 2021
- Teaching Material
CPE and SUS Environmental: You've Got to Know When to Hold 'Em (A) and (B)
By: Josh Lerner
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- September 2021
- Management Science
Innovation in the 21st Century: Architectural Change, Purpose, and the Challenges of Our Time
| Understanding the process of innovation has been a central concern of management researchers, but despite this progress, there remains much that we do not understand. Deepening our knowledge is critically important given the enormous environmental and social challenges...
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- August 2021
- Case
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
| Emmanuel Faber became CEO of Danone SA, the French food and beverage company, in 2014. Right from the start, he ran the company with a dual commitment to both profit and purpose (i.e., ESG objectives). In fact, in 2018, he said, “It’s time to make sustainable business...
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- August 2021
- Teaching Material
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
| Describes the events that took place in the first six months after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company).
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- August 2021
- Teaching Material
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
| Describes the events that took place in the first year after Danone became France’s first “entreprise à mission” (mission-driven company).
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- August 2021
- Teaching Material
Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigawars in the Offing?
By: John R. Wells
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