Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

"The study of e-commerce has unfolded in much the same way that e-commerce thrust itself on the business world—with a great deal of overstatement," says Marc J. Epstein, Visiting Professor and Wyss Visiting Scholar in View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

March 2025
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Hurtigruten: Sea Zero

By: Christian Kaps and Michael W. Toffel

Hurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessel's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to be charged on the ship's multi-day voyage along the Norwegian coast. Before making such a $250 million investment, the... View Details

Keywords: Energy Sources; Alternative Energy; Ship Transportation; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Management; Green Technology; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Shipping Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Battery Industry; Norway; Europe

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09 Mar 2021
News

Bridging the Gap

limited student access to technology, and lack of family support and essential services all have had an impact on the world’s children and those... View Details

Shinta Kamdani

Keywords: Consumer Products, Energy

21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

rated. We hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms that receive poor ratings, and especially those that face lower-cost opportunities to improve or that anticipate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

May 2017
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Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund

By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley

Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at conferences around the world and typically holding court wherever she went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street... View Details

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30 Aug 2004
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Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

In the aftermath of such highly public and grossly damaging business debacles as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, much attention and plenty of criticism have been directed at those... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

10 Mar 2021
News

In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension

Thoren believes there doesn’t need to be a divide between for-profit and nonprofit missions. In December 2020, she joined outdoor-clothing brand Patagonia as director of Environmental Action and Initiatives,... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51552 forthcoming Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm By:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position lacks the inherent power View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

08 May 2019
Blog Post

In the Business of Flexibility

level of talent within their budget. The firm is simultaneously mobilizing a part of the workforce—those with a need or a desire for flexible arrangements due to childcare responsibilities or other factors—that might otherwise be left on... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government

13 Dec 2010
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Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

Last year, Harvard Business School professor Ranjay Gulati met with the marketing department of a large American corporation and posed a seemingly simple question: What do marketing people actually do?... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Oct 2007
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context of an unsolved managerial and academic problem, we develop a review of existing literature, a description of current managerial challenges, and a sketch of future research opportunities. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

innovation and the opportunity to participate in the "white coat" economy and life sciences revolution of the 21st century. Writes a new social contract based on real... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

form of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a sustainable business model that also generates superior financial performance. Read the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18

used in the literature. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46750 Speaking of Corporate Social Responsibility By: Liang, Hao, Christopher... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jul 2013
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Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

performance and succession, corporate strategy, and executive compensation. In a recent interview at Harvard Business School, governance expert Jay Lorsch, the School's Louis... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

29 Oct 2012
News

Private equity guru's mission to show big business can do altruism

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

17 Sep 2024
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

lives. The course inspired me to consider an entrepreneurial path in frontier markets, and to abide by a set of core values that would allow me to be a responsible global citizen, in addition to being a... View Details

December 2022 (Revised February 2023)
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Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas

Marfrig, one of the world’s leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The company also pledged to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the guidelines set by the... View Details