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- 20 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts
- 10 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Pay for Environmental Performance: The Effect of Incentive Provision on Carbon Emissions
- 21 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?
Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 20 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
What is the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program? A Q&A with Bill Anderson, Senior Lecturer on Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
a goal to change society for the better. It is unique in its interdisciplinary approach. We are adopting this model of ‘ethical entrepreneurship’ by not just having an occasional discussion here and there, but really making the science,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Making of a School
BRICK BY BRICK: Completion of the campus dormitories took place in sixteen months. BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS On a stroll through campus, it’s almost impossible to envision HBS without the iconic columns and bell tower of the... View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
Assistant Professor George Serafeim, coauthor of the working paper Short-termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk, with HBS doctoral candidate Maria Loumioti and Assistant Professor Francois Brochet. "We tend to make sweeping statements... View Details
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
that employer’s name on their curriculum vitae? “You have this great name on your CV, and suddenly it goes from being an asset to a liability,” says George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- News
HP Board Has Lost Its Institutional Memory
- 04 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Real Cost of Bribery
The World Bank estimates that the equivalent of $1 trillion is offered in bribes every year. In the age of globalization, it's easy to see how giving into bribery might be competitively advantageous. In fact, research by Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
but it will be up to the regulators themselves to use these tools wisely. Ideally, I would like to have seen more in the way of hard limits, including a tougher cap on leverage, written into the legislation to prevent backsliding by... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 02 Dec 2015
- News
Will Zuckerberg's donation trigger a philanthropic waterfall?
- 23 Oct 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Decarbonization Factors
- 10 Apr 2015
- News
Peltz not qualified for board, go after weak companies
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
a 2016 completion date. That project broke ground in April, just four months after the doors opened on Tata Hall [2], its neighbor to the east. To the north, along a sidewalk bordered by green-draped construction fencing, Baker Hall is... View Details
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
that believe their sustainability efforts are not being fully rewarded by the market. In particular, the research shows companies with overall good performance in their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs can increase... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
trip to Bermuda, and we're coming off a great summer in Colorado with our two sons, daughters-in-law, and two grandchildren, who live in Munich and San Francisco. There is nothing more fun or rewarding than the time we spend together. Excerpt: 7 Lessons for Leading in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace