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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Records an “Excellent” Year
Program income. And an “extraordinary” jump in unrestricted giving accounted for $5 million in new revenue. In his summary statement, Melnick noted that “unrestricted current gifts are the School’s major source of funds for strategic...
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- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
Delmar Cengage Learning, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=+4294922452+11&Ntk=P_Isbn13&Ntt=9781435488182#mainTab_1 Accounting Scholarship That...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating a mathematical method to understand consumer behavior in a digital world
homophily—the “birds-of-a-feather” tendencies of like-minded people? Only by understanding the relative impacts of these factors can companies develop effective marketing strategies. Studying the adoption of a mobile app in Japan, Gupta...
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- January 2024 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
PortageBay and ESG Analytics
By: Vikram S. Gandhi and Radhika Kak
In 2023, sustainable investors faced several challenges. The first was the lack of access to standardized and vetted environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, and equally, the interpretation of this data into investment-useful insights. Reducing reliance on...
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ESG Ratings;
Investment Funds;
Governance;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Gandhi, Vikram S., and Radhika Kak. "PortageBay and ESG Analytics." Harvard Business School Case 324-065, January 2024. (Revised May 2024.)
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
in the bank, that’s what counts / Money in the bank in large amounts.” The selling cycle is usually the biggest driver of cash out and cash in: Accounts payable accrue during selling, and accounts receivable...
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by Frank V. Cespedes
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
Press) Drawing from residents’ reminiscences, newspaper accounts, company newsletters and histories, and local records, Carlson looks at towns in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and the impact that companies have had on them. Restructuring...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
development, we strongly believe that the delivery of water and sanitation services to the city of Manila significantly affects the quality of life of the public, especially those in marginalized communities. This opportunity to have a developmental View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
holding its own; in fact, Clorox has adopted many of its sustainability practices. “The idea that Burt’s Bees could in fact have a huge impact on Clorox’s culture is something that students find intriguing,” he says. “I think they were...
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- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
it may become part of a larger debate in 2006 about added pressures on managers to produce short-term earnings regardless of the impact on the long-term health of the business. In his annual year-end letter to directors, Martin Lipton, a...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Balanced Scorecard and Beer Game Go High-Tech
Narayanan, the Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration and chair of the Accounting and Management Unit. Called the Balanced Scorecard Game, the complex simulation was the result of intensive research, development, and...
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- Fall 2016
- Article
The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring
By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Government agencies are increasingly turning to private, third-party monitors to inspect and assess regulated entities’ compliance with law. The integrity of these regulatory regimes rests on the validity of the information third-party monitors provide to regulators....
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Regulation;
Compliance;
Compliance Policies;
Conflict Of Interest;
Independent Third Party;
Inspection;
Audit Quality;
Auditor;
Audit;
Environment;
Safety;
Conflict of Interests;
Working Conditions;
Labor;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Governance Compliance;
Accounting Audits
Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring." Administrative & Regulatory Law News 42, no. 1 (Fall 2016): 22–25.
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
country and the world to recognize the opportunity that exists to have a material positive impact on the problems taxing our system by using their skills to build profitable businesses. We’re not talking about charity. We want them to see...
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by Martha Lagace
- Fall 2020
- Article
Climate in the Boardroom: Struggling to Reconcile Business as Usual and the End of the World as We Know It
How does one witness to businesspeople about climate change? Climate change is a problem for the collective and the long term, whereas business often requires a ruthless focus on the individual and the quarter. Climate change is an ethical catastrophe whose solution...
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Sustainable Business;
Climate Change;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability
Henderson, Rebecca. "Climate in the Boardroom: Struggling to Reconcile Business as Usual & the End of the World as We Know It." Special Issue on Witnessing Climate Change. Daedalus 149, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 118–124.
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Donella Rapier to Head External Relations
School. Our growing technology capabilities will enable us to broaden our offerings to alumni in ways that have never been possible before. In addition, as we move ahead with initiatives to expand our impact worldwide, our alumni will...
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- 10 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Prospective Students Steer Clear of Schools Rocked by Scandal
in applications, although just how many students shy away from applying depends largely on how widely the incident is reported in the media. The June research paper The Impact of Campus Scandals on College Applications shows that a...
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- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
board, their past professional experience, and their political contributions vary with the degree to which the accounting standards they propose are perceived as increasing accounting "relevance"...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Simon Belsham
I can choose to buy flowers from Kenya and create jobs in a poor country. Or I can buy flowers from Holland and put less harmful plane emissions in to the environment. I want to take responsibility for making trade-offs where there is no clear right or wrong answer,...
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- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
The contributions made by immigrant scientists and engineers for developing new U.S. technologies have been formidable—but not always well described. What we do know: While the foreign-born account for just over 10 percent of the U.S....
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- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
and rewarding more participatory, more sincere, and less directive marketing styles. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-017.pdf The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Financial Reporting and Compensation: The Case of...
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Martha Lagace
- June 2022
- Case
Michelin’s Green Gold Bahia Program: Leaving With Grace
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Shalene Gupta and Susan J. Winterberg
In 2015, the top management of French tire-maker Michelin, was evaluating Michelin’s approach to divesting its rubber plantations ten years after incorporating a novel strategy.
In 2004, Michelin had a Brazilian rubber challenge. Its Bahía plantation had been hit...
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Divestment;
Supply Chain Management;
Natural Resources;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Rubber Industry;
Auto Industry;
Brazil;
France
Sucher, Sandra J., Shalene Gupta, and Susan J. Winterberg. "Michelin’s Green Gold Bahia Program: Leaving With Grace." Harvard Business School Case 322-132, June 2022.