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- November 2021 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place
By: Paul M. Healy, Debora L. Spar and Amy Klopfenstein
In 2020, Amazon, the $386 billion online retail behemoth, built an eight-story shelter for women and families experiencing homelessness on its expanding headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The shelter, operated in partnership with a non-profit organization known as...
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Business Ethics;
Homelessness;
Business And Society;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Corporate Accountability;
Urban Development;
Society;
Information Technology;
Ethics;
Technology Industry;
Seattle;
United States;
North America
Healy, Paul M., Debora L. Spar, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place." Harvard Business School Case 122-017, November 2021. (Revised November 2023.)
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded...
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by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
rate of 37% is fairly close to the model's estimated welfare-maximizing taxation rate of 42%. Reducing corruption provides the largest potential impact for welfare gain through its impact on the uses of tax...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
of The Bridgespan Group, a not-for-profit strategic consulting firm dedicated to nonprofits. Bradach spoke to an audience at Harvard Business School on January 21, 2004 as part of the Social Enterprise Faculty Seminar Series. Today's business climate demands View Details
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by Manda Salls
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
In states with Republican-controlled legislatures, mass shootings lead to a significant increase in the number of laws that loosen gun restrictions. That’s one of several key findings in the study “The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Password Managers | Information Technology
impacts existing LastPass accounts that were obtained through Harvard can also be found on Harvard University's Knowledge Base . Privacy Notice: Please be aware that this offering will require you to create...
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Clubs and Associations
completed phase one of a three-part impact evaluation study and as a result, are making critical decisions around some sacred cows.” Such an impact is just what HBS alumni clubs hope for when they select...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
engineering institute. And in 2004, he gave $25 million to support the HBS Doctoral Programs. Wyss has also endowed several professorships at Harvard.) Last December, Wyss figured prominently in what news accounts hailed as the largest,...
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- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
impact on the accounting standards under which the investee firms present their financial information; the only change is in the investor's familiarity with these standards. This suggests that differences in...
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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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- 29 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Pursuing Independent Projects
because there were also courses that I wanted to take, so I ended up taking 16.5 credits my fall semester to be able to do both. I got to know Professor Serafeim during my RC year, which is how I learned about his Impact Weighted View Details
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
Publications August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Accounting for Crises By: Nagar, Venky, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We provide one of the first empirical evidence consistent with recent macro global-game crisis models, which...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
from college than middle-class and affluent kids. PELP demonstrates the immediate impact of a class gift. Funded by the 40th Reunion gift from the HBS Class of 1963, PELP was launched in 2003 to see if HBS could help narrow the urban...
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- January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water...
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Balanced Scorecard;
Measurement and Metrics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues;
Strategy;
Construction Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Latin America;
Brazil
Kaplan, Robert S., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 107-038, January 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- Profile
Evan Rachlin
targets—companies, drugs, and licenses—while applying game theory to improve the way Pfizer makes decisions. Satisfying as it was, the job whetted Evan's appetite for a larger role. "I believe I can make a difference if I work hard," says Evan. "But I...
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- 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
- 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.)
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
problem where many actors must collaborate together, including companies, investors, accounting firms, sell-side analysts, regulators and standard setters, and NGOs and civil society itself. We all have a responsibility for making...
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by Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Working PapersContracting in the Self-reporting Economy (revised) Authors:Romana L. Autrey and Richard Sansing Abstract This paper examines the effect of accounting on the use of intellectual property. We analyze the licensing of...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
the decision,” she says. “There were those who were quite concerned about the environmental impact and others with experience on the ground in rural India who spoke of the need for electricity in reducing poverty and bringing about...
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