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- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
Facility should rapidly deploy money in conjunction with the proposed WHO $100 million contingency fund for emergency outbreaks. Why not let the World Bank, with its broadening social mission under president (and former WHO executive) Jim... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
valuable source of differentiated value creation by PE funds,” says Srinivasan. “Smaller and mid-sized businesses have limited expertise to pursue a digital transformation strategy. On the other hand, their size and sophistication give PE... View Details
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
pursue economic development, and rewarding officials on that basis, the country as a whole has been transformed into an entrepreneurial and industrial powerhouse. Case in point: China's economy enjoyed a sustained growth rate of 10... View Details
- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Health-care reform is more than a political football. For twenty years it's been a ground-level topic of increasing importance for the administrators, physicians, nurses, and frontline employees who interact with patients every day.... View Details
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
escalate, the debate has focused on how to finance health care. Yet funding solutions can't address the underlying questions: Why have costs risen in the first place? And how can we improve the quality and affordability View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Then he began lobbying the administration of George W. Bush for additional funding to fight AIDS (in 2003, the US government pledged $15 billion toward... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
liquidating funds: at the beginning of the fire sale, they sell their holdings in the liquidated stocks, to then cover their positions once asset prices start recovering. The predatory trades generate at least 50 basis points over ten... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
Cecilie Arcurs BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s recent letter to all CEOs in the S&P 500 has reignited the never-ending debate of “shareholders versus stakeholders.” Titled “A Sense of Purpose,” Fink’s letter... View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon
managed to reduce their hospital visits by 40 percent and their hospital bills by 50 percent. Several hospitals, including Boston's Massachusetts General, are now using government funding to finance better management View Details
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
manage funds of half a billion dollars or more now face the challenge of creating processes that are appropriate for a large team rather than individual venture capitalists, as... View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
companies encouraging and funding ESG innovation. Dow Chemical has enormous energy consumption in their operations, but they've managed to save more than $10 billion through efficiency programs and are moving the world toward the adoption... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 06 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 6, 2007
incentives necessary to maximize shareholder value? The era of private equity is far from over—the top funds have become very large and are likely to play an influential role in future market cycles. Boards... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
funds and in angel networks. Q: How has all of this activity influenced the work of scholars? A: As it became clear that traditional theories did little to explain the behavior... View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
for a reduction in financial expenditures due to the subsidies accompanying loans. However, BNDES does not systematically lend to underperforming firms. Our results indicate that BNDES subsidizes firms that could fund their projects with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty
Reprinted with permission from CommonWealth Magazine, which first published this article. These are times that none of us have seen before. Amid the radical uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, fear has... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
support, delivered by a separate, independently funded staff, which builds public will, advances policy, and mobilizes resources. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51710 forthcoming Organization Science The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne