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- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
says, it will create a new asset class for socially minded investors, providing them with a reliable ROI that will advance the investing effort. He also believes that changing from a charity-based model of giving has a huge impact on the...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
“What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” – Johnny Bowman
alternative. Here at HBS I have two years and a mountain of resources to focus on answering this question: “What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” There are centuries-old business, political, and social obstacles to creating more effective View Details
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Technology
- 08 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Hands-on Experience in Hospitality
During my time in Barcelona, I was able to see the operations of the hotels, understand the financial model of the hospitality industry, get to know their marketing strategies and see how crucial HR is to attracting and retaining the...
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Hospitality
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Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study - Course Catalog
review their playbooks and experts in specific go to market functions will speak to the class. Grades are based 80% on the final project deliverable, which is a sales playbook for your startup and 20% on class participation. Course objectives include: 1. What is the...
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Climate Action Now - Course Catalog
leadership skills and tactics that can accelerate climate action. The course will explore business models and stakeholder coalitions that can produce solutions quickly while building markets and constituencies for change -- the “demand”...
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- 16 Feb 2022
- News
Holding Business to Account
realized, and they had a say in how a company ran and the ability to influence everything from labor practices to environmental policies. It would be years before the model Aiyer envisioned would be christened “impact investing,” but she...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Great Expectations
Moon Investing in HBS Model Teamwork Donor Spotlight Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech FIELD 2: Global Intelligence FAQ Innovation is hard. But it is also what drives progress. So while it would be easy to just stay the...
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- 22 Sep 2020
- News
Balancing Act
women role models and mentors in business, being in charge came with the responsibility of fostering other women, starting with a gender-balanced executive team. The first step was sharing her plan with her employees and listening to...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Living Social
at the forefront of testing new models of high-impact philanthropy. The new trend is midcareer and late-career professionals who have had great success in business and are now looking for a more impact-driven career. People will take a...
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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Male Consumers as Man-of-Action Heroes
be like the man–of–action heroes they find everywhere in the mass media. For the white working– and middle–class men in the study, these are the most potent role models — heroic figures who defy institutions but, in the end, actually...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do!
Their work drives our educational programs, fuels Harvard Business Review, and informs HBS cases used worldwide. Our unique funding model makes this possible. Because research is funded internally, faculty enjoy greater academic freedom....
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- 22 Feb 2017
- News
Funding Solar’s Future
later stages, with a model that rewards in the longer-term. The article also lays out the current challenges for solar, including the falling price of fossil fuels and the potential lack of political appetite for clean energy. But the...
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- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
objective function from government in that sense." Ferri points out that when the economy was doing well, for example, shareholders had a healthy appetite for the sort of risk-taking that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis. View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
is filling a market need, and the first-year revenue response is confirmatory. Since many events like weddings are planned far in advance, I suspect that Clay can still deploy a consignment model until it builds up the needed inventory by...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
revenue for economic assistance and conversion to cleaner energy. While the group hasn’t attached an exact figure to the amount of the tax, they estimate that it should start between $30 and $40 per ton, an amount that reflects the social cost of carbon and that View Details
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Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
Education reunion attendees and found that while only subtle changes were needed to improve the MBA reunion experience, the Executive Education model should be addressed more closely. The committee’s recommendation was to undertake a full...
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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
carriers. NYNEX later merged with Bell Atlantic—a fellow "Baby Bell"—and Haberkorn became president of Consumer Sales & Services in 1998. At the end of her career she was leading 30,000 employees. Retired since 2000, Haberkorn continues to be a role View Details
- July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Timberland: Commerce and Justice
By: James E. Austin, Herman B. Leonard and James Quinn
When Jeffrey Swartz became the third generation in his family to lead the Timberland Co., he pursued a strategy in which commerce and justice were "inextricably linked." Community involvement, environmental management, and global labor standards became not addenda to...
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Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership Development;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Programs;
Opportunities;
Alignment;
Business Strategy;
Value
Austin, James E., Herman B. Leonard, and James Quinn. "Timberland: Commerce and Justice." Harvard Business School Case 305-002, July 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
- January 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
By: James E. Austin and Kim Slack
Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) is a $74 million nonprofit social enterprise that combats poverty by helping community development organizations build affordable housing and create economic development opportunities through public-private partnerships. Poses a...
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Business Model;
Development Economics;
Education;
Capital;
Investment Funds;
Taxation;
Growth and Development;
Partners and Partnerships;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Segmentation;
Service Industry
Austin, James E., and Kim Slack. "Local Initiatives Support Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 301-124, January 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
million. International sales were up nearly 15 percent, comprising 36 percent of HBP’s total annual revenues. After three consecutive years of zero growth, Harvard Business Review (HBR) group sales were up nearly 6 percent from fiscal 2017, when the subscription View Details