When stakeholder protection is left to the voluntary initiative of managers, relations with social activists may become … increased by the institutionalization of stakeholder protection depriving incumbent CEOs of activists’ support. This finding … to stakeholder protection even in case of managerial replacement. Our theory also explains a recent trend whereby social …

-specific skills. But the threat of poaching means that it is the individual ‘stakeholder’, not the firm, who must bear the cost. We …

Detailed notes on weekly meetings of the sugar-refining cartel show how communication helps firms collude, and so …

, using rules and task guidelines, and ex post coordination, using communication and broad job assignments. It shows that: (i … communication and substantial employee discretion. (iii) Broad task assignments and intensive horizontal communication are … complementary. Hence, lower communication costs often result in less specialization. …

communication flows serve as important channels of diffusion. The analysis is based on examining the productivity effects of R …

in quantity and quality of output. We use data from a controlled field experiment that changed the communication of the …