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- 23 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules
Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a...
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- 21 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?
Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well...
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by Kristen Senz
- 20 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses
information from Bankruptcydata.com, Bloomberg Law, Moody’s Investors Service, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Antill studied 503 nonfinancial companies, each carrying more than $50 million in debt at the time of default...
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by Rachel Layne
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
Materialist Fallacy, The New York Times, February 14, 2012. Andy Grove, How America Can Create Jobs, Bloomberg Businessweek, July 1, 2010. Michael Spence, The Next Convegence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World, Farrar,...
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- 30 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?
in introducing a fabric into the Company’s athletic garments that, when stretched, became transparent. He went on to explain on Bloomberg TV that “Some women’s bodies don’t work for the pants.” Employee behaviors began reflecting this...
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by James Heskett
- 17 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter on America’s Historic Energy Opportunity
A new report from experts Michael E. Porter, David S. Gee, and Gregory J. Pope at Harvard Business School and The Boston Consulting Group outlines a strategic approach for improving United States competitiveness while reducing environmental impact and making progress...
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- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers...
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- 06 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Art of American Advertising
posters, broadsides, circulars, brochures, souvenir publications, and novelty items along with trade journals and other publications. It will be on display in the north lobby of Baker Library | Bloomberg Center at Harvard Business School...
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- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
time. Is B Lab's tripartite strategy its secret sauce or its albatross? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411047-PDF-ENG Driving Sustainability at Bloomberg L.P. Christopher Marquis, Daniel Beunza, Fabrizio Ferraro,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
The Harvard Business School Initiative on Social Enterprise is embarking on a new intellectual endeavor to understand a fast-changing and fertilearena — the Social Capital Markets. For years, money given to nonprofits has been thought of as charity, saysJed Emerson,...
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by Anne Kavanagh
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
agreements, that support relative-value strategies. Careful attention is paid to the bond math calculations that support the protagonist's analysis and decision. All quoted prices in the case are real and historical, and corresponding View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
at the number of times investors accessed environmental and social data on Bloomberg terminals and ranked countries based on the number of "hits," accounting for the size of each country's capital market. We also developed a call to...
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by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
number of for-profits that are focusing on problems in areas such as education and welfare-to-work? According to Bloomberg Senior Lecturer in Philanthropy Allen Grossman, the answers to these kinds of questions must take into...
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by James E. Aisner
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
excellent model. The business community should embrace this model to help solve its long-standing, unresolved issues with health care costs, quality, and access. A version of this commentary was first published by Bloomberg and adapted...
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- 20 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability
case's protagonists, Communication Manager Marilee McInnis. Participants recently published an e-book around themes that emerged at the workshop, The Landscape of Integrated Reporting. The School's Baker Library | Bloomberg Center has one...
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- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
Ammunition Sales and Discourage ‘Open Carry’ of Guns in Stores, The New York Times, September 4, 2019, pp. B1 and B4. Alfred Rappaport, “How CEOs Can Forge a New Kind of Shareholder Value,” Bloomberg Opinion, September 4, 2019,...
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- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
first big-city innovation offices in the United States. In April 2013, he helped guide the mayor’s office’s response to the attacks on the Boston Marathon. At HBS, he has helped build the Young American Leaders Program and is an adviser to the View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the...
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- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
the current economic expansion just hit 122 months, an all-time record? Are overlooked economic forces shielding us from severe cycles? What do you think? Reference: Justin Fox, “The Problem When Inventory Is Not a Problem,” Bloomberg...
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- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
inventory without the use of technology," says John Jong-Hyun Kim, a senior lecturer and William Henry Bloomberg fellow at Harvard Business School. "And yet, schools have been slow to adopt and integrate technology in the...
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