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24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

We've heard that Eskimos have 100 words for snow—a common way of expressing how language affects the way we see the world. Whether or not that particular example is true, cultural linguists have long theorized that the words a particular... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets

study. One question managers could ask themselves is whether they are providing sufficient information for various market participants to assess them in the course of their business. For example, companies View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

own credibility and discerning the interests of other key players. Their three stories illustrate different elements of the process of building... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

includes technological innovations and changes in consumer sentiment, both of which affect the value of assets and liabilities. Physical and transition risks will likely... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

has been interested in this age-old question since graduate school. In order to answer it, he looked around for some kind of hard data that would allow him to make an apples-to-apples comparison View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities

10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

then they want to do something interesting and new with it. And so the work of a string quartet playing at this level becomes an entirely new creation, a new version of one... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

July 2022 (Revised February 2024)
Teaching Note

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-055. When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique... View Details

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March 2019 (Revised April 2021)
Case

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

By: Ayelet Israeli

When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially struggled to gain legitimacy and convince retailers to carry their unique product. Fifteen years later, the... View Details

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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

21 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

assistance, the Treasury should contribute capital by purchasing common shares. As a result, the Treasury is likely to hold a majority ownership of the bank's common shares, while the ownership interests... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

13 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

effect of balance is noteworthy in that it creates considerable support for proposals even when survey respondents are told that a majority of Israelis and Palestinians oppose the deal. Leveraging View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2018
Case

Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Inakshi Sobti

After the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Group, a billion-dollar conglomerate in Nepal, decides to play a pivotal role in rebuilding the country. The Group's philanthropic arm (Chaudhary Foundation) works with stakeholders and develops a blue print for short- and... View Details

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11 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Four Ways to Create Lasting Change

very interesting way. They asked senior managers to "mystery shop" the stores. This exercise opened many eyes, as people saw the customer service problems affect their own shopping experience. Before this exercise, some senior... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

Fitbit’s suite of products allowed users to track the number of steps taken, calories burned, and heart rate activity. Fitbit devices were marketed to individual consumers as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

This relationship between the tax preferences of institutional shareholders and firm payout policy could reflect dividend-averse institutions gravitating to low-dividend paying-firms or managers adapting their payout policies to the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

In this uncertain economic climate, downsizing and layoffs are a sadly frequent occurrence. Although bad news is always painful to deliver and to hear, the process of conducting "necessary evils"—such as layoffs or firings—can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

providing funds for such a large contract asked Last Mile to give up its community training piece as part of the proposal. In the end, Panjabi turned down that contract, but ended up consulting on community training anyway. “It’s an View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

14 Jun 2016
First Look

June 14, 2016

parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to be economically substantial, and the optimal rule to not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

Corporate Transparency Improves For Foreign Firms in U.S. Markets

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth

Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

First Look: October 13, 2010

Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal

Four Ways to Create Lasting Change

New Research and Ideas, May 9

First Look: August 7, 2007

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

June 14, 2016

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