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Workplace:Harvard Business School, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC)
Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California-Berkeley, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2019

  1. Code Contingencies: Designing Monitoring Regimes to Promote Improvement in Supply Chain Working Conditions
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA
    Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2023) Downloads View citations (6) (2023)

2018

  1. CSR Needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics
    Post-Print, HAL Downloads View citations (20)
    Also in PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint), HAL (2018) Downloads View citations (20)

2016

  1. Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research, Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society (2016) Downloads View citations (12) (2016)
  2. Signaling without Certification: The Critical Role of Civil Society Scrutiny
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (2)

2015

  1. Monitoring Global Supply Chains
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Monitoring global supply chains, Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell (2016) Downloads View citations (51) (2016)
  2. Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing, Organization Science, INFORMS (2016) Downloads View citations (213) (2016)

2014

  1. Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Codes in context: How states, markets, and civil society shape adherence to global labor standards, Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons (2015) Downloads View citations (10) (2015)
  2. Government Green Procurement Spillovers: Evidence from Municipal Building Policies in California
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (44)
    See also Journal Article Government green procurement spillovers: Evidence from municipal building policies in California, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2014) Downloads View citations (49) (2014)
  3. Supply chain screening without certification: The critical role of stakeholder pressure
    Working Papers, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy Downloads View citations (1)

2012

  1. Competition and Illicit Quality
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, INFORMS (2013) Downloads View citations (72) (2013)
  3. How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article How firms respond to mandatory information disclosure, Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell (2013) Downloads (2013)
  4. Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc Downloads View citations (3)
  5. The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring, Organization Science, INFORMS (2013) Downloads View citations (11) (2013)

2011

  1. Managerial practices that promote voice and taking charge among frontline workers
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (1)

2010

  1. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Chapter Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2012) Downloads View citations (5) (2012)
  2. Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (15)
  3. Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (80)
    Also in Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (2008) Downloads View citations (1)

    See also Journal Article Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers, Management Science, INFORMS (2010) Downloads View citations (80) (2010)

2009

  1. Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (270)
    See also Journal Article Responding to public and private politics: corporate disclosure of climate change strategies, Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell (2009) Downloads View citations (267) (2009)

2008

  1. Extending Producer Responsibility: An Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies
    Harvard Business School Working Papers, Harvard Business School Downloads View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2023

  1. Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (4), 30-67 Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Improving Regulatory Effectiveness through Better Targeting: Evidence from OSHA, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series (2019) Downloads View citations (4) (2019)
  2. Introduction to the Special Section on Business and Climate Change
    Management Science, 2023, 69, (12), 7347-7351 Downloads View citations (1)

2022

  1. Diffusing Environmental Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision
    Sustainability, 2022, 14, (10), 1-18 Downloads View citations (7)

2021

  1. Shareholder activism and firms' voluntary disclosure of climate change risks
    Strategic Management Journal, 2021, 42, (10), 1850-1879 Downloads View citations (50)

2020

  1. How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food-Safety Inspections
    Management Science, 2020, 66, (6), 2396-2416 Downloads View citations (13)
  2. Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design
    ILR Review, 2020, 73, (4), 873-912 Downloads View citations (15)

2019

  1. Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier Labor Practices: The Role of Internal Structural Conditions
    Organization Science, 2019, 30, (4), 847-867 Downloads View citations (15)
  2. Management Science —Special Issue on Business and Climate Change
    Management Science, 2019, 65, (7), 3447-3448 Downloads View citations (5)

2016

  1. Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research
    Production and Operations Management, 2016, 25, (9), 1493-1505 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2016) Downloads View citations (8) (2016)
  2. Monitoring global supply chains
    Strategic Management Journal, 2016, 37, (9), 1878-1897 Downloads View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper Monitoring Global Supply Chains, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (5) (2015)
  3. Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing
    Organization Science, 2016, 27, (2), 483-504 Downloads View citations (213)
    See also Working Paper Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2015) Downloads View citations (7) (2015)

2015

  1. Codes in context: How states, markets, and civil society shape adherence to global labor standards
    Regulation & Governance, 2015, 9, (3), 205-223 Downloads View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (1) (2014)

2014

  1. Government green procurement spillovers: Evidence from municipal building policies in California
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2014, 68, (3), 411-434 Downloads View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Government Green Procurement Spillovers: Evidence from Municipal Building Policies in California, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2014) Downloads View citations (44) (2014)

2013

  1. Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
    Management Science, 2013, 59, (8), 1725-1742 Downloads View citations (62)
  2. Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change
    Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2013, 15, (4), 559-577 Downloads View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (10) (2012)
  3. How firms respond to mandatory information disclosure
    Strategic Management Journal, 2013, 34, (10), 1209-1231 Downloads
    See also Working Paper How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (12) (2012)
  4. The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring
    Organization Science, 2013, 24, (5), 1558-1584 Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2012) Downloads View citations (4) (2012)

2011

  1. Coming Clean and Cleaning Up: Does Voluntary Self-Reporting Indicate Effective Self-Policing?
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2011, 54, (3), 609 - 649 Downloads View citations (40)

2010

  1. How firms respond to being rated
    Strategic Management Journal, 2010, 31, (9), 917-945 Downloads View citations (144)
  2. Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers
    Management Science, 2010, 56, (6), 978-996 Downloads View citations (80)
    See also Working Paper Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2010) Downloads View citations (80) (2010)

2009

  1. How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?
    Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2009, 18, (1), 125-169 Downloads View citations (393)
  2. Responding to public and private politics: corporate disclosure of climate change strategies
    Strategic Management Journal, 2009, 30, (11), 1157-1178 Downloads View citations (267)
    See also Working Paper Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies, Harvard Business School Working Papers (2009) Downloads View citations (270) (2009)

2008

  1. Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2008, 24, (1), 45-71 Downloads View citations (31)
  2. Organizational responses to environmental demands: opening the black box
    Strategic Management Journal, 2008, 29, (10), 1027-1055 Downloads View citations (330)

2004

  1. Improving Environmental Performance Assessment: A Comparative Analysis of Weighting Methods Used to Evaluate Chemical Release Inventories
    Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2004, 8, (1‐2), 143-172 Downloads View citations (30)
  2. Stakeholders and environmental management practices: an institutional framework
    Business Strategy and the Environment, 2004, 13, (4), 209-222 Downloads View citations (344)

Chapters

2012

  1. Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States
    Chapter 11 in A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy, Second Edition, 2012 Downloads View citations (5)
    Also in Chapter 9 in A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy, 2005 (2005) Downloads

    See also Working Paper Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States, Harvard Business School (2010) Downloads View citations (5) (2010)
 
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