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Kala Valli Viswanathan

Kala Valli Viswanathan

Doctoral Student

Doctoral Student

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Kala Viswanathan is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, she worked on environmental policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council and received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University and Stanford University, respectively. Her main research interests are in corporate sustainability, firm strategy, and innovation. 

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Publications

Journal Articles
Journal Articles

  • DesJardine, Mark R., Jody Grewal, and Kala Viswanathan. "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Effects of Common Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Published online October 21, 2022.) View Details
  • Flammer, Caroline, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan. "Shareholders Are Pressing for Climate Risk Disclosures. That's Good for Everyone." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 22, 2021). View Details
  • Flammer, Caroline, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan. "Shareholder Activism and Firms' Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks." Strategic Management Journal 42, no. 10 (October 2021): 1850–1879. (Featured in Harvard Business Review.) View Details

Working Papers
Working Papers

  • Viswanathan, Kala, Matthew S. Johnson, and Michael W. Toffel. "Do Safety Management System Standards Indicate Safer Operations? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-042, December 2021. (Revised November 2022.) View Details
  • Flammer, Caroline, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan. "Shareholder Activism and Firms' Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-049, October 2019. (Revised March 2021.) View Details
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Kala Viswanathan is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, she worked on environmental policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council and received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University and Stanford University, respectively. Her main research interests are in corporate sustainability, firm strategy, and innovation. 

Journal Articles
  • DesJardine, Mark R., Jody Grewal, and Kala Viswanathan. "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: The Effects of Common Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Published online October 21, 2022.) View Details
  • Flammer, Caroline, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan. "Shareholders Are Pressing for Climate Risk Disclosures. That's Good for Everyone." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 22, 2021). View Details
  • Flammer, Caroline, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan. "Shareholder Activism and Firms' Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks." Strategic Management Journal 42, no. 10 (October 2021): 1850–1879. (Featured in Harvard Business Review.) View Details
Working Papers
  • Viswanathan, Kala, Matthew S. Johnson, and Michael W. Toffel. "Do Safety Management System Standards Indicate Safer Operations? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-042, December 2021. (Revised November 2022.) View Details
  • Flammer, Caroline, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan. "Shareholder Activism and Firms' Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-049, October 2019. (Revised March 2021.) View Details
Area of Study
  • Technology and Operations Management
  • Innovation
Areas of Interest
  • corporate social responsibility
  • environment
  • innovation
  • strategy

Area of Study

Technology and Operations Management
Innovation

Areas of Interest

corporate social responsibility
environment
innovation
strategy
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