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- November 1996
- Case
Del Webb Corporation (C), The
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Dion and the other Del Webb directors were open to having Industrial Equity Pacific (IEP) and Webcott Holdings representation on the board. The IEP representative was perceived as reserved and lacking in sophistication. Cotter of Webcott, however, struck the directors...
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Keywords:
Crisis Management;
Management Succession;
Strategic Planning;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Horizontal Integration;
Conflict Management
Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Del Webb Corporation (C), The." Harvard Business School Case 497-019, November 1996.
- January–February 2015
- Article
Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence
By: Benjamin Edelman and Ian Larkin
We examine how unfavorable social comparisons differentially spur employees of varying hierarchical levels to engage in deception. Drawing on literatures in social psychology and workplace self-esteem, we theorize that negative comparisons with peers could cause either...
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Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian Larkin. "Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence." Organization Science 26, no. 1 (January–February 2015): 78–98.
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices...
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by Lane Lambert
- 2023
- Working Paper
What Do Impact Investors Do Differently?
In recent years, impact investors – private investors who seek to generate simultaneously financial and social returns – have attracted intense interest and controversy. We analyze a novel, comprehensive data set of impact and traditional investors to assess how the...
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Keywords:
ESG;
Socially Responsible Investing;
Investment Decisions;
Public Goods;
Impact Investment;
Investment;
Private Equity;
Venture Capital
Cole, Shawn, Leslie Jeng, Josh Lerner, Natalia Rigol, and Benjamin N. Roth. "What Do Impact Investors Do Differently?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-028, November 2023. (Reject and Resubmit, Journal of Financial Economics.)
- 29 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability
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by George Serafeim
- 2016
- Working Paper
Managing Reputation: Evidence from Biographies of Corporate Directors
By: Ian D. Gow, Aida Sijamic Wahid and Gwen Yu
We examine how corporate directors manage reputation through disclosure choices in biographies in proxy statements filed with the SEC. Directors are more likely to withhold information about directorships at firms that experienced adverse events. Withholding such...
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Gow, Ian D., Aida Sijamic Wahid, and Gwen Yu. "Managing Reputation: Evidence from Biographies of Corporate Directors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-029, October 2016.
- March 2014
- Article
Information Environment and the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations
By: Nemit O. Shroff, Rodrigo S. Verdi and Gwen Yu
This paper examines how the external information environment in which foreign subsidiaries operate affects the investment decisions of multinational corporations (MNCs). We hypothesize and find that the investment decisions of foreign subsidiaries in country-industries...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Multinational Firms;
Cross-border Frictions;
Agency Frictions;
Transparency;
Financial Reporting Quality;
Information Quality;
Information;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Investment
Shroff, Nemit O., Rodrigo S. Verdi, and Gwen Yu. "Information Environment and the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations." Accounting Review 89, no. 2 (March 2014): 759–790.
- May 2012
- Technical Note
Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing
Social Impact Investment is a rapidly expanding field, but terminology in the field is poorly defined and imprecise. This note suggests frameworks that help to clarify important dimensions of SII projects, distinguishing and clarifying key differences in approaches to...
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Keywords:
Development Stage Enterprises;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Financial Instruments;
Performance Measurement;
Balanced Scorecard;
Investment Funds;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Research;
Framework;
Entrepreneurship;
Financial Services Industry
Leonard, Herman B. "Dutch". "Frameworks for Dialogue and Research about Social Impact Investing." Harvard Business School Technical Note 312-091, May 2012.
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
The Risk And Opportunity For America's Corporate Pension Plans
- July 1998 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Jollibee Foods Corporation (A): International Expansion
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Jamie O'Connell
Noli Tingzon, newly-appointed international division VP at Jollibee, the Philippines-based hamburger chain, is faced with the challenge of expanding fast food operations in Asia in the face of stiff competition. The case describes Jollibee's six-year international...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Expansion;
Global Range;
Global Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Philippines
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Jamie O'Connell. "Jollibee Foods Corporation (A): International Expansion." Harvard Business School Case 399-007, July 1998. (Revised December 2001.)
- 31 Oct 2013
- News
Have corporate and government leaders lost accountability?
- 2020
- Article
Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability
By: George Serafeim
Combining corporate sustainability performance scores based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data with big data measuring public sentiment about a company’s sustainability performance, I find that the valuation premium paid for companies with strong...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Investment Management;
Investment Strategy;
Big Data;
Machine Learning;
Environment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Governance;
Performance;
Asset Pricing;
Investment;
Management;
Strategy;
Human Capital;
Public Opinion;
Value;
Analytics and Data Science
Serafeim, George. "Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability." Financial Analysts Journal 76, no. 2 (2020): 26–46.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Social Safety Net
By: Gareth Olds
This paper explores the role of public health insurance in small business ownership among immigrants, a group with high rates of entrepreneurship. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 created a five-year “waiting period” for legal...
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Olds, Gareth. "Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Social Safety Net." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-142, June 2016.
- September 2013 (Revised June 2014)
- Supplement
Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety in Bangladesh (B)
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza building collapse, a group of international retailers and labor unions partnered to create a proposal for more stringent inspections and enforcement of safety standards in Bangladesh garment factories. The proposal was met by...
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Keywords:
Retail Trade;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Apparel;
Bangladesh;
Worker Safety;
Government And Business;
International Business;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Bangladesh
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety in Bangladesh (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 514-035, September 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
- Research Summary
The New Social Contract: Contractors, Firms, and Agencies
The emergence of a 'new social contract' linking employees and organizations - perhaps most notable for the absence of a promise of lifelong job security - has been widely remarked. A related trend, less noted but potentially important, has been the emergence of a...
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- 30 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?
response to last month's column suggests both a conclusion and a question: It will be different, but will it be more effective? First, the differences. Corporate governance in the future will, according to...
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by James Heskett
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social...
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- 03 Jan 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Financing the Response to Climate Change: The Pricing and Ownership of US Green Bonds
- 29 May 1997
- Lecture
Responsibility in an Age of Interdependence." Seminar leader. "Executive Workshop
By: Lynn S. Paine