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- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (forthcoming)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
ratings are not optimally using publicly available data. We discuss the implications of our findings for advocates and opponents of corporate social responsibility as well as...
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Martha Lagace
- January 1998 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Sideco Americana S.A. (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
This case focuses on a decision the Sideco management team faces when customers of its newly acquired and privatized water and sewer company neglect to pay its bills. Describes the effort to transform an old-style Argentine construction and engineering company into a...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Transformation;
Business or Company Management;
Values and Beliefs;
Argentina
Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Sideco Americana S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 398-081, January 1998. (Revised February 1998.)
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
"The study of e-commerce has unfolded in much the same way that e-commerce thrust itself on the business world—with a great deal of overstatement," says Marc J. Epstein, Visiting Professor and Wyss Visiting Scholar in Social...
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by Marc J. Epstein
- September 2010 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Aspen Skiing Company (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities...
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Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Supply Chain Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Climate Change;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Aspen
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "Aspen Skiing Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 611-002, September 2010. (Revised April 2017.)
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
almost certainly not changing for the better” At the root of the issue are a series of questions: What is the problem? Who is responsible for it? And who is responsible for fixing it? Coming up with answers...
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- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
framework that has significant corporate applications as well. The concepts in this book are grounded in a historically significant case study on how the American President deals with foreign policy. We are highly critical of much...
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by Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
address: how to split the equity of the new company, how far to go in their efforts to be a "green" and socially responsible brand, and an unexpected potential product quality issue. Purchase this...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
were essential, and radical corporate social responsibility concepts were pursued by some firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53419...
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
Moyo,International Finance Corporation Yet over the course of the hour-and-a-half long panel session, the conversation kept circling back to the question of true ownership: Who creates these institutions, and for whom? How can African...
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by Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
only responded to globalization but also driven and framed it. The study of particular industries over the long term, employing deep archival research on individual firms, has generated unique insights on evolving corporate structures,...
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by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- November 2017
- Case
The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Tom Nicholas and Matthew Preble
In the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children...
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Business and Community Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Product Marketing;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business History;
Health;
Government Legislation;
Corporate Accountability;
Ethics;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States;
United Kingdom;
Australia;
Germany;
Europe
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Tom Nicholas, and Matthew Preble. "The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies." Harvard Business School Case 818-044, November 2017.
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
Summing Up Responses to this month's column raise questions about whether Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, requiring that senior managers certify the integrity of the processes by which their companies' financial reports are...
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by James Heskett
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
corporate governance. “When you think of the factors that have made capitalism such a successful model for economic growth, the separation between management and ownership, with the ability to disperse ownership and risk over many...
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- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
Too often corporations decide to locate facilities based solely on cost savings. And that's shortsighted, argues Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter. Instead, business leaders should look for locations that gather...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
with the responsibility to enforce rules may penalize transgressors more harshly when they are faced with a conflicting motivation to be lenient. Specifically, we test how transgressors are punished when it is their birthday: a day when...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment of truth. The...
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- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
their research, public firms invest less than half as much as private firms of similar size and industry—and private firms are 3.5 times more responsive to changes in investment opportunities. The authors argue that this is largely due to...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
interests of shareholders alone or, those of all stakeholders, including employees and customers? Moris Simson (HBS ISMP 91) Mitel Corporation Those taking issue with these premises generally saw the company's leadership with the support...
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by James Heskett
- March 2018 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Morgan Stanley: Building Long-Term Sustainability
By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Lynn Schenk
This case focuses on the 10-year journey of one of the world's largest global financial institutions developing a sustainability strategy and integrating it across all of its business units. The case provides a deep dive into the challenges and successes of trying to...
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Finance;
Sustainability;
Green Bonds;
ESG;
Environmental Sustainability;
Strategy;
Business Units;
Integration;
Financial Institutions
Gandhi, Vikram S., and Lynn Schenk. "Morgan Stanley: Building Long-Term Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 318-103, March 2018. (Revised April 2018.)