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  • October 2022
  • Case

Cost Plus Drugs

By: Alexander MacKay and James Barnett
In September 2022, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company CEO Alex Oshmyansky considered the future of the company. Cost Plus Drugs was a retailer for more than 340 generic oral medications, selling their drugs at significantly lower prices than typical pharmacies.... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Health; Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Business Divisions; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; Texas
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  • 18 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

addition, a well-understood ethical framework and an effective legal system are crucial. In other words, it is very hard to talk about corporate ethics without paying attention to the broader social and View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 15 Dec 2023
  • News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

and president of OceanCycle, a social enterprise focused on solving the ocean plastic problem by assisting businesses in making large volumes of products out of ocean-bound plastic. They work with companies... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 04 Mar 2019
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

Future at the New Frontier of Power, author Shoshana Zuboff identifies surveillance capitalism as the danger in our midst—not totalitarian government or even business institutions that practice surveillance capitalism. She presents... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products
  • 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
  • Web

4 Things You Need to Know About Independent Projects - MBA

Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged... View Details
  • Web

Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Recruiting

Inclusion, and Belonging at Harvard Business School, offered the following guidance to help organizations understand the metrics that serve as a baseline for diversity and inclusion initiatives and improve institutional processes,... View Details
  • Web

Case Protagonists at HBS - MBA

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  • Research Summary

Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting
  • September 2023
  • Case

Derek Aguirre

By: Leslie Perlow and Hannah Weisman
Derek Aguirre is the executive director of a nonprofit organization in Detroit, Michigan that uses the sport of squash as a vehicle to support young people in low-income urban areas. The case discusses his path to pursue meaningful work and his reflections on the... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Job Search; Happiness; Well-being; Work-Life Balance; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Enterprise; Business Startups; Sports; Education; Mission and Purpose; Education Industry; Sports Industry; Service Industry; United States; Boston; Detroit
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5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS - MBA

Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged... View Details
  • 15 Sep 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

From Bench to Board: Gender Differences in University Scientists’ Participation in Commercial Science

Keywords: by Waverly W. Ding, Fiona Murray & Toby E. Stuart; Biotechnology
  • 10 Apr 2023
  • News

Leading the Way

Illustration by Gisela Goppel Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. "I just really lacked direction, and needed to focus," says Trejo, who had a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 19 Apr 2023
  • News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. Even so, they were... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • Web

Video: Inspirational Women in Business - MBA

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  • Web

Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details
  • Web

Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Finance, Financial Innovation for Social Change Introduction: Ford Foundation, the Other 95% Show Hide Details Concepts Pay for Success Leveraging the Entire Institution for Change The Evolution of... View Details
  • 2000
  • Book

Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Management; Social Issues; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • 25 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

high-beta and high-volatility stocks have long underperformed low-beta and low-volatility stocks. This anomaly may be partly explained by the fact that the typical institutional investor's mandate to beat a fixed benchmark discourages... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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4 Tips for MBA Students with Families - MBA

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