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  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Short Takes

Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a... View Details
  • 2021
  • Case

Leading Through Challenging Times: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

By: Michael Norris, Rawi Abdelal and Kimberlyn Leary
Keisha Lance Bottoms took office as Mayor of Atlanta in 2018 with a progressive agenda and hopes to “keep Atlanta moving forward, leaving no one behind.” She was an Atlanta native, had previously served as a local judge and city councilor, and came into office with... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; City; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Social Issues; Economy; Atlanta; United States
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  • November 2010 (Revised May 2012)
  • Teaching Note

Driving Sustainability at Bloomberg L.P. (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis, Daniel Buenza, Fabrizio Ferraro and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 411025. View Details
Keywords: Performance; Employees; Innovation and Invention; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance; Financial Services Industry
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  • Web

Alumni Forums - Alumni

LGBTQ New York N. California Singapore S. California Social Enterprise Initiative South Florida Toronto Washington DC Why choose Forums? “We believe that most people–and certainly many leaders–can benefit from being in a confidential... View Details
  • 29 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

farmers. The company is operating at reduced capacity to ensure social distancing in its factory and contributing to food drives in several Nigerian states. “AACE also is leading a drive to provide its Soyamaize product, which is a... View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 19 Mar 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

start to be addressed. Is that even possible in a market economy? Research Papers The Environmental Legacies of The North Face's Doug Tompkins and Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard Shareholder Activism on Sustainability Issues What do you think... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy
  • 07 Jun 2019
  • Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

numbers, a way of mobilizing support and negotiating from a position of greater influence. [ ] Few organizations decide issues by vote, but every senior leader understands the risks of acting in opposition to many voices speaking in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • May 2010
  • Article

Elections and Discretionary Accruals: Evidence from 2004

By: Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury
We examine the accrual choices of outsourcing firms with links to U.S. congressional candidates during the 2004 elections, when corporate outsourcing was a major campaign issue. We find that politically connected firms with more extensive outsourcing activities have... View Details
Keywords: Political Economy; Accounting Information; Accruals Management; Campaign Contributions; Discretionary Accruals; Election Outcomes; Political Currency; Political Process; Social Issues; Political Elections; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Motivation and Incentives; Earnings Management; Welfare; United States
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  • 13 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

underutilize these functions," Gulati says. "For years there have been arguments regarding whether they should be centralized or decentralized, but the larger issue is, how do you leverage these people to maximize their... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Fast Answer

Historical Research - India

the world (46679 results for India). Reports with translations are issued for eight world regions daily and cover such topics as military affairs, politics, the environment, societal issues, economics, and science and technology. Readex... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

future. Gerald Nanninga, for example, commented that "If we deplete resources too quickly, the shortage of supply ... will make conservation issues more financially viable." Some felt that the free market might need some help.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 07 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President

of the paper’s authors. The main reason is that party and candidate positions on key issues subtly or not-so-subtly change from election to election in reaction to shifts in voter sentiment, undercutting the demographic trends. Political... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • January 2024 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

Equal Justice Initiative: Mercy, Truth and Dignity

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Gerald Chertavian and Brittany Logan
In 1989, the Equal Justice Initiative was established as a non-profit, public interest law firm by Harvard Law School graduate, Bryan Stevenson.

EJI provides legal assistance to condemned prisoners, people wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced, children in... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Nonprofit Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Issues; Race
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  • October 2019
  • Case

Street Symphony: Making Human Connections Through Music

By: Rohit Deshpandé
To Vijay Gupta, music was sacred. A highly accomplished and renowned violinist with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gupta believed the act of making and performing music was a deeply spiritual practice — one that had the power to heal audiences and musicians... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Music Entertainment; Human Needs; Music Industry; Los Angeles; California; United States
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  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

adviser to the International Finance Corporation, institutions directly intersect with issues of culture and national identity and, therefore, ownership. When Africans walk on a path that they themselves define, they will move much... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

    Academic Excellence

    course gave me a hands-on experience of the HBS case method. The discussion of topical business issues from a truly global and historical perspective was fascinating, and I'm now trying to draw inspiration from it in my courses in Osaka.... View Details
    • 23 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

    work seriously. Still, we need more researchers, more doctoral students, doing case and survey research on many topics. In particular, not enough has been done to compare the issues and performance of family versus non-family companies.... View Details
    Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
    • February 2018 (Revised March 2018)
    • Case

    Kickstarting Tomato Jos in Nigeria

    By: Sophus A. Reinert and Risa Kavalercik
    In the spring of 2016, Mira Mehta (HBS 2014), faced a difficult decision. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and winning the second place in the HBS New Venture Competition—Social Enterprise Track, she had moved to Northern Nigeria, where she founded the... View Details
    Keywords: Nigeria; Entrepreneurs; Import Substitution; China In Africa; Killer Tomato Paste; Mira Mehta; Tomato Jos; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government Legislation; Business History; Emerging Markets; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria
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    • April 2000 (Revised June 2001)
    • Case

    DoubleClick Buys Abacus (A)

    By: John A. Deighton
    By acquiring Abacus, DoubleClick won the power to serve ads with unprecedented precision, because it brought together Web surfers' online and offline identities. Several competitors had developed advanced systems for serving ads on the web, but DoubleClick had the... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Rights; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Competitive Advantage; Social Issues; Customer Focus and Relationships; Digital Marketing; Advertising Industry
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    • 01 Jun 1998
    • News

    Diversity and Community

    Not so long ago in the business realm, diversity and social justice issues were consigned to a dim, neglected area somewhere at the corporation's farthest perimeter, or locked outside the company gates... View Details
    Keywords: Garry Emmons