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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
be paid for that social performance at a rate that enables it to give a satisfactory return to the investors,” says Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969), a cocreator of the idea. Cohen has emerged as the public face of social investing in the UK... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
"make the numbers work." Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/busse-place-b-marisa-s-dilemma/an/214104-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-496 Babcock International Plc. In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
diversity of professional experiences and personal stories created a great environment for learning and helped me expand my network.” Now a senior partner and the managing partner of McKinsey’s UK and Ireland offices, Hunt has used the... View Details
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Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change
cleantech). Includes ESG ratings. Industry/Market Research IBISWorld - covers a wide range of industries in the US, China, the UK and Australia. BCC - in-depth market research reports on many sectors within health... View Details
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
advertising budget to online ads on YouTube? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/youtube-for-brands/an/514048-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-453 J Sainsbury Plc, Road to Recovery In 2012, J Sainsbury Plc (Sainsbury's), the number three supermarket... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
(one student invited me to his event on Sustainable Organizations, another student from an UK b-school and I collaborated to promote his climate pledge initiative, and many online follow-up etc.). Thank you BEI team to provide this... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
Supermarkets in Australia, and the media company ITV. Unsuccessful: The Conservative Party, where he served as an MP from 1996 to 2005. “While I was there, we became very good at losing elections, and politics in the UK is binary. Either... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
Reading The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs What do you think of tariffs and the US-China trade war? Share your... View Details
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Subsidiaries in another country
How can I find subsidiaries of companies headquartered in a different country, for example, Chinese subsidiaries of UK based companies? Subsidiaries of companies can be found using the following databases: Orbis: Select Location and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
Pandemic project: When COVID-19 hit, Thoren led a pitch to the UK government to create jobs for unemployed and disadvantaged young people, in restoring the UK’s depleted natural infrastructure, based on the US Civilian Conservation Corps.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Portrait Project
Sadiq Gillani
millions of jobs. I have been fortunate enough to travel to almost 80 countries on 6 continents and I am passionate about enabling others to share in the beauty of travel. I believe one day minorities in the UK and the US will reach the... View Details
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
Fariha Ansari Javed (PLDA 18, 2014). In the spring, Desai made a stop in London for a book presentation with the HBS Club of London. More than 150 HBS alumni from around the UK and Europe gathered to hear Desai’s “wisdom of finance,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Finding Success in the Middle of the Market
dealers and consumers alike. The other products in the line—and their relative prices—hinge on the midfield entry. “Midfield is a moving target.” A company controls midfield by fielding a complete product line that includes backs and forwards. In its supermarkets,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
product managers spent on average only three percent of their time in contact with end consumers. Terry Leahy, CEO of Tesco, the UK supermarket chain, spends two days a week in stores interacting with employees and customers. But how far... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Generosity Multiplied
there’s £20,000 in the pot to match public donations. Hopefully they’ll raise the full amount, for a total of £40,000.” There’s another bonus: a UK tax rebate called Gift Aid, which adds another 25 percent to the public donations. In this... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
http://hbr.org/product/winning-in-emerging-markets-a-road-map-for-strateg/an/13216-HBK-ENG?N=4294958505%204294934481 The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard Publication:Chap. 2 in Platforms, Markets and Innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 8, 2006
M. Ketels Publication:In Productive Partnerships: The Role of Employment Relations in Growing the UK Economy, edited by Tony Pilch, pp. 12-23. London: The Smith Institute, 2006. Publishers link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
mandate that private sector employers auto-enroll their employees in a pension plan. In the span of six years, the number of people with pensions in the UK jumped by 10 million. But just opening the accounts isn’t enough to ensure they... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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Companies: small or private
Global Data and InfoGroup. UK private company financials can be pulled at Companies House News aggregator Factiva is useful to uncover articles on... View Details
- 02 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Need a Say on Pay
objective function from government in that sense." Ferri points out that when the economy was doing well, for example, shareholders had a healthy appetite for the sort of risk-taking that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis. Modeled after the View Details