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- October 1998 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Newman's Own, Inc.
By: James E. Austin
Describes the creation and evolution of this food marketing corporation. All its after-tax profits are donated to charity by Paul Newman, the distinguished actor and social entrepreneur. The company has grown into a $100 million enterprise and donated cumulatively $89...
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Social Entrepreneurship;
Food;
Organizations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Problems and Challenges;
Competitive Advantage;
Food and Beverage Industry
Austin, James E. "Newman's Own, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 399-052, October 1998. (Revised November 1998.)
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
fiduciary responsibilities. A second approach, by economist Paul Portney, considered whether firms can do CSR without getting hurt competitively, and whether or not they should. He concluded that they could,...
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by Manda Salls
- 02 Feb 2007
- What Do You Think?
Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?
that could not transition from a passion-driven enterprise to an execution-oriented enterprise." Paul Kohn pondered whether a sense of purpose wanes as an organization reaches a certain size. He commented: "It would be an...
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by Jim Heskett
- 04 Mar 2015
- What Do You Think?
Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?
Summing Up When Is It In An Employer's Self-Interest to Voluntarily Raise All Wages? A laissez-faire approach to fixing labor market inequality has widespread appeal, judging by responses to this month's column. For some it is an ideal,...
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- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
heroes of these large successful corporations, in spite of their dysfunctional 'leadership'." Today's leadership heroes, however, stimulated debate about just what constitutes leadership. It is an important discussion, as several pointed out. View Details
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by James Heskett
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
work also provides insights into how firms can create employment contracts that are in step with company goals. This e-mail interview is based on two working papers by Autrey and colleagues Shane Dikolli and D. View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require...
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- 13 Jun 2019
- News
Making Sense of Ads
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
theory" as advanced in the classic by Paul Lawrence and Jay Lorsch, Organization and Environment. This extraordinarily rich heritage has exercised an impact around the world and continues to inform the...
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- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
perhaps history’s greatest leader in crisis, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson as well as Ryan Holiday’s instant classic The Obstacle is the Way. I have also been ramping...
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- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
fantasy but as a horror movie. "This season's biggest holiday extravaganza, 'The Polar Express,' should be subtitled 'The Night of the Living Dead,' " groused CNN reviewer Paul Clinton. "If I were a kid, I'd have nightmares," wrote Geoff...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
(people who experience no hormonal change and cannot adapt) leave or are forced out." While ignoring the question of chemical change, dependencies that were posed by several respondents may suggest opportunities for future research....
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by James Heskett
- 27 Jan 2020
- News
Think Outside the Building
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
can actually use." Paul Hamilton-Smith opined that software companies "mostly subsist from their renewal revenue stream. That stream is generated by 'new and improved' software versions." And...
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- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
went to Washington, I saw a tremendous need for fact-based analysis to inform policymaking” Last spring, Toffel sought to change that by taking the unusual step of convening academics and government regulators in the same room for a...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 May 2022
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- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
rejiggering to compete in our ever-more-mobile, Internet-dependent society. Recovering from crisis requires more than a push-button response. Source: Olivier Le Moal Margolis, who co-wrote a Harvard Business Review article called How to Bounce Back from Adversity with...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
average winds, Cape Wind will provide three quarters of the Cape's and Islands' electricity needs." As the case details, however, before Cape Wind could realize its ambitions it first had to weather multiple regulatory, legal, and public relations hurdles, including...
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- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
Summing Up This month's column appears to have struck a chord with those who lament the continuing loss of implicit knowledge buried inside the heads of experienced leaders (termed "deep smarts" by Dorothy Leonard and Walter...
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by James Heskett
- 02 Dec 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?
are totally different. They control access to leadership positions, yet those positions are often filled by those most familiar—that is, those who most resemble men.” She went on to suggest that as male leaders observe their daughters...
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by James Heskett