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  • February 1994 (Revised May 1999)
  • Case

Manville Corp. Fiber Glass Group (C)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Sarah Gant
Manville Corp.'s senior managers are surprised when Japanese government officials advise them not to go forward with their plan to add a cancer warning label to diatomaceous earth (DE) products sold in Japan. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has ruled... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Ethics; Conflict of Interests; Health; Safety; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Japan
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  • Web

Tools | New Venture Competition

Starting a Social Enterprise Experts from Foley Hoag LLP address high level legal issues that New Venture Competition business plan entrants might have, and practical advice for starting a business. Legal... View Details
  • 03 Jan 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, by Warren Bennis and Noel Tichy warrants attention if for no other reason than the range of experiences that they bring to the topic. The event coincides with an issue that has arisen in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 11 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

The world’s refugee population has exploded over the last decade, straining the resources of international resettlement agencies as staff struggle to keep up with manually matching millions of refugees and asylum seekers to host countries. Artificial intelligence and... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan
Many companies are now attempting to achieve triple bottom line performance on financial, environmental, and societal metrics. Successful strategies for such performance, however, generally require new relationships among multiple players in multiple sectors across a... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Adaptation; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Performance; Strategy
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  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

This Is What I Do

“Economic development became my passion. I never really imagined going to business school — I visited HBS almost on a lark. But after walking around the campus and talking to students who were interested in development issues and in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • Fall 2011
  • Article

Leveraging Tribal Sovereignty for Economic Opportunity: A Strategic Negotiations Perspective

By: Gavin Clarkson and James K. Sebenius
Indian tribes and U.S. states often find themselves at the bargaining table, often negotiating "compacts" to govern gaming operations on tribal lands. The operational success of the Pequot gaming operation in Connecticut, Foxwoods, and the substantial revenue shared... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Ethnicity; Negotiation Tactics; Race; Social Issues; Relationships; Government and Politics; Economics; United States
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  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

dedicated to creating and advancing solutions to the core issues driving climate change Matthew Commons (MBA 2007) FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation Waltham and Wilbraham, Massachusetts Wind turbine manufacturer Patricia A. Connolly (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

Fostering a Supportive Community

Admissions, Financial Aid, and Career & Professional Development, worked to address the issue and to surface related tensions in the community. One issue that arose during discussions with students was the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
  • 07 Jun 2016
  • Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

rather than be about Trump. A successful brand is owned by its consumers. It delivers benefits that speak to their needs and aspirations. If brand Trump can project convincing superiority on those issues like jobs and national security... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting
  • March 2025 (Revised May 2025)
  • Case

Primetime Partners: Investing in Healthspan, Wealthspan, and Workspan

By: Rembrand Koning, Nicole Tempest Keller and Susan Wilner Golden
In the fall of 2024, Abby Miller Levy (HBS ’01), co-founder and managing partner of Primetime Partners, was preparing to raise a second fund. Founded in 2020 with veteran investor Alan Patricof, Primetime was a horizontal fund focused on early-stage companies serving... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Age; Social Issues; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • December 1996
  • Supplement

Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action

By: James E. Austin, Jaan Elias and Andrea L Strimling
Consists of three separate parts. Part 1, The Cleveland Turnaround, describes Cleveland's decline until its bankruptcy in 1978. This is followed by the remedial actions taken by community leaders, starting with the election of a new mayor, the formation of new... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Business Cycles; Development Economics; Urban Development; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Cleveland
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  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Reforming Company Boards

straight line, it will reduce the huge valuation swings that we’ve seen in the last three years. Greater transparency does not mean that all issues can or should be disclosed — otherwise a company could forfeit competitive advantage. Is a... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Making a Difference

Three stories in this issue will introduce you to remarkable individuals who work in strikingly different fields but who share a common passion — the pursuit of ideas that are changing the way others think and act. Gayle Lemmon (MBA ’06),... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta
  • October 2020
  • Case

PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India

By: John J-H Kim and Malini Sen
Pratham is a non-governmental organization, focusing on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the Indian education system. Co-founder Madhav Chavan is interested in using technology for education but differed in the way it is used in... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Information Technology; Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; Education Industry; India; Asia
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  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Q&A: Andrew Kendall

with New Hampshire Audubon to work on global conservation issues in Costa Rica. What are the keys to success in working on environmental issues in a developing country? Costa Rica is known for its... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Li & Fung's Global Footprint

Issue Focus: Leadership To keep pace with a fast-changing global business environment, “You’ve got to institutionalize the process of reinvention,” says William Fung. Photo courtesy Li & Fung Ltd. Issue... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade
  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Outside Voices

forever.” Getting there won’t be easy, Xydi cautions. “The crisis happened for many reasons, and what it showed the world was that there are a lot of institutional and foundational issues in Greece. There are no easy fixes for that.”... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Pete Ryan; immigration; repatriation; innovation; public policy; Greece
  • 01 Oct 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

and Hardin? What do you think? Reference: Juliet Chung and Dawn Lim, “Yale’s David Swenson Puts Money Managers on Notice About Diversity,” The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2020, wsj.com Original post The Business Roundtable, comprising 181 corporate leaders, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

The View from the Pit

are all experiencing HBS from the other side of the educational equation. Representing the areas of finance (Baldwin) and general management (Barrett, Hightower), they bring a potent mix of skills and expertise to the classroom - and even View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross