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- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
over the next decade or so, where more and more things that are considered creative breakthroughs will be made by people whose names are never going to be known as famous individuals,” says Amabile, a Baker Foundation Professor and the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
external watchdogs—security analysts, credit-rating agencies, and regulatory agencies—fail to bark? What actions can prevent Enron-type breakdowns in the future? Innovation Corrupted addresses each of these questions. A Sense of Urgency Author:John P. Kotter...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
Philanthropy in US Communities, which was published in the March issue of Administrative Science Quarterly. The study adds to a growing line of academic research highlighting the importance of a firm's main location, even in an era of...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
PublicationsHow Will You Measure Your Life? Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon Publication:HarperBusiness, forthcoming Abstract In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 2012
- Working Paper
A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting
By: Karthik Ramanna
This paper provides an accounting-based conceptual framing of the phenomenon of corporate accountability reporting. Such reporting is seen as arising from a delegator's (e.g., a citizenry) demand to hold a delegate (e.g., shareholders) to account. When effective,...
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Integrated Corporate Reporting;
For-Profit Firms;
Framework;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Research;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues
Ramanna, Karthik. "A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-021, September 2011. (Revised July 2012, October 2012.)
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
take-charge author, the publishing industry, and the business of book clubs to analyze the success of various modes of marketing. Patterson, a former chairman of J. Walter Thompson, published his first mystery novel in 1976 and made...
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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
http://www.people.hbs.edu/liyer/BCCI_JEBO_Final_Sept2013.pdf August 2013 Contemporary Accounting Research The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers By: Bouwens, Jan, Margaret A. Abernethy,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate
Harvard Business School professors Richard S. Tedlow and Rawi Abdelal, who provided a historical perspective on Levitt's work at the Globalization of Markets colloquium held May 28-30. The twentieth-year anniversary of the article has...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Supplement
Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)
By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal
The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The...
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Dairy Industry;
Earnings Management;
Environmental Accounting;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decisions;
Voting;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Green Technology;
Pollution;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Financial Strategy;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Food;
Geopolitical Units;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Cooperative Ownership;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Evaluation;
Problems and Challenges;
Natural Environment;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercial Banking;
Cooperation;
Corporate Strategy;
Motivation and Incentives;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
European Union;
Denmark;
Sweden;
Luxembourg;
Belgium
Parzen, Michael, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney, and Amram Migdal. "Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 624-036, August 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities (TN)
By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
Teaching Note for 709007.
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- February 2004 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Fuel Cells: The Hydrogen Revolution?
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Ryland Matthew Willis
The challenges faced in establishing hydrogen fuel cell-powered transportation in the United States, which promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on imported oil is examined. Foremost among these challenges is a "chicken-and-egg" dynamic: consumers...
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Taxation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Infrastructure;
Government Administration;
Energy Sources;
Business and Government Relations;
Network Effects;
Transportation;
Green Technology Industry;
Energy Industry;
European Union;
Japan;
United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Ryland Matthew Willis. "Fuel Cells: The Hydrogen Revolution?" Harvard Business School Case 804-144, February 2004. (Revised March 2004.)
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-049.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAbsolute Return for Kids Harvard Business School Case 309-036 Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support—what are the...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
departure of high-impact businesses and high-value taxpayers, disputes over dwindling resources, and disabling levels of obligations to pensioners and other contracts. Unfortunately, Detroit isn't alone. Stockton, California, and...
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- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
have worked on" —Max Bazerman A recent collaboration between Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) reveals that you're much less likely to stereotype by gender if you apply an "evaluation nudge"—an...
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by Maggie Starvish
- December 2023 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
Boortmalt: The Master Maltster
By: Forest Reinhardt, Jose B Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Lena Duchene and Emer Moloney
By May 2023, Boortmalt was the world’s leading producer of malt, with a production capacity of 3 million tonnes, 15% of global market share, and 27 malting plants across five continents. It had recently acquired a major competitor and had sustained an EBITDA growth of...
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Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Talent and Talent Management;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Values and Beliefs;
Financing and Loans;
Employee Relationship Management;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Leadership;
Knowledge Sharing;
Leadership Style;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Management Style;
Resource Allocation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Strategic Planning;
Environmental Sustainability;
Organizational Culture;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Belgium;
Europe
Reinhardt, Forest, Jose B Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Lena Duchene, and Emer Moloney. "Boortmalt: The Master Maltster." Harvard Business School Case 724-021, December 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
Working PapersFrom Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark Authors:Sylvain Lenfle and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Kim Clark occupies a unique place in management scholarship. As a member of the Technology and Operations Management unit of...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
executives at a major multinational corporation, and with participants in an open-enrollment program at a major business school. Student course feedback and a follow-up survey administered about one year after the course suggest that the...
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Martha Lagace
- 2008
- Report
Survey Questionnaire on Environmental Management Practices: Summary of Results by Industry and Practices
By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
This document provides a summary of the results of a survey on Environmental Management Practices (EMP) conducted by the University of California at Santa Barbara during October and November 2003. The survey was sent to 3255 facilities in 8 industrial sectors: pulp,...
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Economic Sectors;
Surveys;
Management Practices and Processes;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Non-Governmental Organizations
Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Survey Questionnaire on Environmental Management Practices: Summary of Results by Industry and Practices." Report, 2008. (2008. University of California, Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research.)
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
What if the way we work could be a catalyst for solving huge problems like inequality and climate change? In the new book Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy, Harvard Business School Professor Julie Battilana and a...
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by Avery Forman
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
“People think, ‘It would be wonderful if every morning I went for a run at 7 a.m. and then was showered and ready to work at 8 a.m.,’” says John Beshears, the Terrie F. and Bradley M. Bloom Associate Professor of Business Administration...
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by Danielle Kost