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      • March 2023
      • Teaching Note

      Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change

      By: Debora L. Spar, George Serafeim and Julia Comeau
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 323-042. View Details
      Keywords: Batteries; Green Technology; Social Responsibility; Green Technology Industry; Sweden; Europe
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      Spar, Debora L., George Serafeim, and Julia Comeau. "Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 323-097, March 2023.
      • March 2023 (Revised November 2023)
      • Module Note

      The Social Purpose of the Firm

      By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
      The Social Purpose of the Firm (SPF) is a short module designed to explore how, and under what circumstances, business leaders can harness the power of capitalism and markets to “make a difference in the world” – that is, to address a significant societal problem as a... View Details
      Keywords: Social Accounting; Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Enterprise; Mission and Purpose; United States; Sweden; Kenya; Netherlands
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      Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "The Social Purpose of the Firm." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-051, March 2023. (Revised November 2023.)
      • November 2022 (Revised March 2024)
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      Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change

      By: George Serafeim, Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
      In 2016, Swedish entrepreneurs Carl-Erik Lagercrantz and Peter Carlsson founded an electric battery company called Northvolt with the dual goals of creating a company to address climate change and bringing battery manufacture to Europe. Northvolt, which succeeded in... View Details
      Keywords: Batteries; Climate Change; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Green Technology; Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Green Technology Industry; Battery Industry; Sweden; Europe
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      Serafeim, George, Debora L. Spar, and Julia M. Comeau. "Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change." Harvard Business School Case 323-042, November 2022. (Revised March 2024.)
      • November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
      • Case

      'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings

      By: Caroline M. Elkins, Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman and Julia M. Comeau
      Financial Inclusion. Dignity. Trust. These were the core principles driving James Mwangi’s transformation of Equity Building Society, insolvent in 1991, into what is, today, Equity Group Holdings, East and Central Africa’s largest retail banking institution. Raised in... View Details
      Keywords: Income Inequality; Micro Finance; Microcredit; Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Equality and Inequality; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Kenya
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      Elkins, Caroline M., Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman, and Julia M. Comeau. "'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings." Harvard Business School Case 323-048, November 2022. (Revised October 2024.)
      • November 2022 (Revised April 2024)
      • Case

      Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams

      By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
      In 1990, satellite expert and Sirius XM founder Martine Rothblatt was determined to save the life of her seven-year-old daughter, Jenesis, who was diagnosed with a terminal illness called Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). At the time, there was little medication... View Details
      Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Organ Donation; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States; District of Columbia
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      Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "Martine Rothblatt and United Therapeutics: A Series of Implausible Dreams." Harvard Business School Case 323-039, November 2022. (Revised April 2024.)
      • October 2022
      • Case

      Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South

      By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau
      The majority of vaccines used on the continent of Africa (99%) are produced offshore. This makes African nations reliant on the West for major health care needs, a problem which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Afrigen Biologics (in partnership with the WHO)... View Details
      Keywords: Vaccination; Vaccine; mRNA; COVID; COVID-19; Inequity; Hub-and-spoke; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Production; Social Issues; Business and Government Relations; South Africa; Africa
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      Spar, Debora L., and Julia Comeau. "Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South." Harvard Business School Case 323-030, October 2022.
      • July 2022
      • Case

      General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (A)

      By: Debora L. Spar and Alicia Dadlani
      Jeff Harmening, CEO of General Mills, one of the world's largest manufacturers of breakfast cereals and packaged foods, was deeply disturbed and instantly aware that he and General Mills would need to respond. George Floyd, an African-American man who had been accused... View Details
      Keywords: Race; Decisions; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States
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      Spar, Debora L., and Alicia Dadlani. "General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (A)." Harvard Business School Case 323-019, July 2022.
      • July 2022
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      General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (B)

      By: Debora L. Spar and Alicia Dadlani
      Jeff Harmening, CEO of General Mills, one of the world's largest manufacturers of breakfast cereals and packaged foods, was deeply disturbed and instantly aware that he and General Mills would need to respond. George Floyd, an African-American man who had been accused... View Details
      Keywords: Race; Decisions; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Consumer Products Industry; Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States
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      Spar, Debora L., and Alicia Dadlani. "General Mills: Responding to the Killing of George Floyd (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 323-020, July 2022.
      • June 2022 (Revised November 2022)
      • Case

      The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Sweden's Utopia at a Crossroads

      By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
      Sweden’s model of capitalism rests on a unique social contract, in which social welfare priorities can co-exist within a vibrant capitalist system. In 2022, however, contemporary pressures were growing on the traditional Swedish model, including mounting calls for... View Details
      Keywords: Capitalism; Social Welfare; Policy; Privatization; Immigration; Social Issues; Civil Society or Community; Government and Politics; Sweden
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      Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Sweden's Utopia at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 322-046, June 2022. (Revised November 2022.)
      • February 2022
      • Teaching Note

      Linda Oubré at Whittier College

      By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-057. View Details
      Keywords: Higher Education; Diversification; Board; California; United States
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      Spar, Debora L., and Julia Comeau. "Linda Oubré at Whittier College." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 722-048, February 2022.
      • 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... View Details
      Keywords: 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
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      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.)
      • June 2021
      • Case

      Linda Oubré at Whittier College

      By: Debora L. Spar and Haley P. Brown
      The case follows President Linda Oubré (HBS MBA Class of 1984) as she seeks to move Whittier College towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
      In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County,... View Details
      Keywords: Race And Ethnicity; Women And Leadership; Education; Higher Education; Diversity; Race; Leadership; Change Management; United States; California; Los Angeles
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      Spar, Debora L., and Haley P. Brown. "Linda Oubré at Whittier College." Harvard Business School Case 721-057, June 2021.
      • June 2021
      • Supplement

      Linda Oubré at Whittier College (B)

      By: Debora L. Spar and Haley P. Brown
      The case follows President Linda Oubré (HBS MBA Class of 1984) as she seeks to move Whittier College towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
      In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details
      Keywords: Women And Leadership; Racial Disparity; Higher Education; Education; Diversity; Race; Change Management; Gender; Los Angeles; California; United States
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      Spar, Debora L., and Haley P. Brown. "Linda Oubré at Whittier College (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-058, June 2021.
      • June 2021
      • Supplement

      Linda Oubré at Whittier College (C)

      By: Debora L. Spar and Haley P. Brown
      The case follows President Linda Oubré (HBS MBA Class of 1984) as she seeks to move Whittier College towards a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus.
      In 2020, the student body of Whittier, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles County, California,... View Details
      Keywords: Women And Leadership; Racial Disparity; Higher Education; Education; Diversity; Race; Change Management; Gender; Los Angeles; California; United States
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      Spar, Debora L., and Haley P. Brown. "Linda Oubré at Whittier College (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 721-061, June 2021.
      • March 2021 (Revised May 2021)
      • Case

      ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria

      By: Meg Rithmire and Debora L. Spar
      In 2020, Ndidi Nwuneli, founder and CEO of Sahel Consulting in Nigeria, faced a thorny set of problems. Her firm partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in a large project to develop the local dairy industry as a way to facilitate equitable growth and... View Details
      Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Food; Rural Scope; Growth and Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Equality and Inequality; Food and Beverage Industry; Consulting Industry; Nigeria
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      Rithmire, Meg, and Debora L. Spar. "ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 721-026, March 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
      • September 10, 2020
      • Editorial

      Today's Awkward Zoom Classes Could Bring a New Era of Higher Education

      By: D. L. Spar
      Keywords: Higher Education; Online Learning; Coronavirus
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      Spar, D. L. "Today's Awkward Zoom Classes Could Bring a New Era of Higher Education." EdSurge (September 10, 2020).
      • September 2020
      • Teaching Note

      Facebook Faces the Regulators

      By: Debora L. Spar
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-019. View Details
      Keywords: Regulation; Technology; Facebook; Social Media
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      Spar, Debora L. "Facebook Faces the Regulators." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 721-009, September 2020.
      • September 2020 (Revised December 2020)
      • Teaching Note

      Halftime for Heidelberg

      By: Debora L. Spar
      Keywords: Higher Education; Strategy; Ohio; United States
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      Spar, Debora L. "Halftime for Heidelberg." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 721-385, September 2020. (Revised December 2020.)
      • 2020
      • Book

      Work, Mate, Marry, Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny

      By: Debora L. Spar
      Covering a time frame that ranges from 8000 BC to the present, and drawing upon both Marxist and feminist theories, the book argues that nearly all the decisions we make in our most intimate lives—whom to marry, how to have children, how to have sex, how to think about... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation; Family; Women; Reproduction; Artificial Intelligence; Robots; Gender; Demography; History; Innovation and Invention; Relationships; Society; Information Technology; AI and Machine Learning; Biotechnology Industry; Computer Industry; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America
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      Spar, Debora L. Work, Mate, Marry, Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
      • June 2020
      • Supplement

      The New York Times Paywall Update (B)

      By: D. L. Spar and Sunil Gupta
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      Spar, D. L., and Sunil Gupta. "The New York Times Paywall Update (B)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 520-712, June 2020.
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