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Hamilton Hall | About

savings were installed. Hamilton Hall achieved LEED Gold certification in 2007, and the following year was named one of Boston’s greenest buildings by the American Institute of Architects and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. For more on the... View Details

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

can anyone garner from a 40-cent fee that customers pay once a week, if that? "Students first take a look at M-PESA and think, 'This is CSR [corporate social responsibility]! Where's the double bottom-line?" Rangan says. “Why... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Contagion By: Hal S. Scott MAY 2016 Systematic runs on financial institutions were the main culprits of the financial meltdown of 2008, not over-exposure in connected balance sheets. Hal Scott argues this insight in his new book,... View Details

01 Sep 2021
News

Harvard Business School Announces 2021 Goldsmith Fellows

27 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 27

generations to come. Publisher's Link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9261.html The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Publication:Best Paper Proceedings... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

performance. The Balanced Scorecard approach has evolved into a tool that can be used to help companies create greater value at the business unit level, the corporate level, and the board level. This is done through three Balanced Scorecards that are linked and work... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

liberating, creatively and personally. “We had this charismatic appeal, this raw authenticity, but we didn’t have the cultural or social capital to access those worlds and people weren’t exactly excited about opening the doors for us, for... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

Organizations with great reputations can draw large and loyal followings. Source: iStock In developed countries, the best friends of businesses are the legal, political, and social institutions—banks, courts, intellectual property... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 28

are deciding whether to refinance their home less than two years after taking out an initial mortgage and a subsequent home equity line of credit. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209043-PDF-ENG How Institutional... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

Credit: Martin Barraud Here’s a tip for persuading people to finish more tasks, buy more products, or donate more money: Simply present assignments, requests, or items as arbitrary sets, rather than as individual units. New research reveals that people are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Frequently Asked Questions - Health Care

internship positions, please contact Career and Professional Development . Are there other Initiatives at HBS? Yes, we have several other Initiatives such as: Business and Environment , Entrepreneurship , Global , Leadership , and Social... View Details

28 Oct 2022
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HBS Announces New RISE Career Fellow Program

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

develop, and integrate smart minds governs how prosperous you will be.” Studies on whether immigrants to the United States take jobs away from Americans or constitute a drain on social welfare are mixed, says Kerr, with some research... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

Research Summary

Overview

My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law

Research Summary

Overview

My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

annual salary offer of $115,000 is unfair on its own. They might be perfectly happy with that salary if it weren't for the information that it's below average." And it's not just a matter of money. In several studies of social comparison... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Apr 2019
Blog Post

How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience

I was lucky to be supported by the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship, without which I likely would not have taken the leap. My decision to pursue entrepreneurship, often referred to as a lonely path,... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

his tenure provided a continuing base for research and teaching in entrepreneurship. Another venture McArthur nurtured was the Social Enterprise Initiative, launched in 1993 with a gift from the late John C.... View Details

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

left But an agenda that increases the rewards of work, encourages stable, engaged families and promotes healthy community institutions could be a shared political enterprise." Is wealth distribution a problem cause or symptom? What... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2022
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Drivers of Philanthropic Foundations in Emerging Markets: Family, Values and Spirituality

By: Valeria Giacomin and Geoffrey Jones

This article discusses the ethics and drivers of philanthropic foundations in emerging markets. A foundation organizes assets to invest in philanthropic initiatives. Previous scholarship has largely focused on developed countries, especially the United States, and has... View Details