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- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
Cars negated the ability to interact with people on the streets. As it turned out, cops did a better job fighting crime when they sought input from the public. That had happened organically when they walked their beats. And by sharing... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Deep Responsibility and Irresponsibility in the Beauty Industry
By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper employs the concept of deep responsibility to assess the social responsibility of the beauty industry over time. It shows that many of today’s problems with the industry have deep historical roots. Products have carried too many health hazards.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Jones, Geoffrey. "Deep Responsibility and Irresponsibility in the Beauty Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-058, March 2023.
- Article
Making Sense of Accountability: Conceptual Perspectives for Northern and Southern Nonprofits
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Making Sense of Accountability: Conceptual Perspectives for Northern and Southern Nonprofits." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 14, no. 2 (Winter 2003): 191–212. (
Winner of Editors' Prize for Best Scholarly Paper in Nonprofit Management and Leadership presented by Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
.)- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
makes it necessary to reform care delivery organizations and processes,” says Richard Bohmer (above). “Our current systems date back to the early 20th century.” At Emory, Dr. Bryce Gartland, medical director... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
this important undertaking. “Good accounting rules are to good capitalism what good plumbing is to your home,” Ramanna says. No one thinks much about them until disaster strikes. “Tech startup culture and health View Details
- 04 Apr 2005
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?
that "those companies that are in the hands of accountants will shrink from ... [preserving deep smarts] because they will not be able to quantify the benefits in business terms." C. J. Cullinane elaborates on this in commenting... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Michael Farias
meetings with students in the MD/MBA program. They raised so many socioeconomic factors: Can our patients afford to see us? Or get the medicines they need? Caring for a patient isn't as simple as creating a treatment plan. We need to... View Details
Frederick W. Smith
ever since. Smith has achieved success at FedEx by creating strategic partnerships with merchandisers and by becoming a key player in other unique industries, most notably the transport of organs and other time sensitive health View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
vital to solving current economic troubles and explain what minority firms must do to take their place in major value chains. They then examine what governments, corporations, and support organizations ought to be doing to foster minority... View Details
- Web
Managing Service Operations - Course Catalog
depends upon it. Yet, service organizations are often designed and managed in a way that prevents us from realizing our potential. Service organizations are complex and diverse, and they continue to grow in... View Details
- June 2007
- Article
The Speed-Reading Organization: Revving up Finance with Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Steven R. Anderson
Kaplan, Robert S., and Steven R. Anderson. "The Speed-Reading Organization: Revving up Finance with Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing." Business Finance (June 2007), 39–42.
- 10 Sep 2012
- News
What's the Big Idea?
- Web
Departments | Employment
around the world in every industry including for profit and not for profit. Culture Our Executive Education staff are very dedicated and care deeply about the quality and success of our programs. They have a great sense of pride in the... View Details
- Profile
Zihan Lin
"lifted us out of a provincial, engineering-focused viewpoint. How do we form our company? Where? What's the accounting process, and who do we talk to about creating licensing agreements?" By the time Zi completed his... View Details
- September 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Southwest Airlines One ReportTM
By: Robert G. Eccles, Beiting Cheng and Susan Thyne
In 2009, Southwest Airlines produced its first integrated annual report, the Southwest Airlines One Report, combing financial and nonfinancial performance information. This case examines Southwest's environmental and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Financial Reporting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Eccles, Robert G., Beiting Cheng, and Susan Thyne. "Southwest Airlines One ReportTM." Harvard Business School Case 411-042, September 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
with Urban Water Partners RelayRides explanatory video FashionStake-Reuters story An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The “Skype”... View Details
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
Building Hope
a doctor’s office for a dose of ketamine and remains under the care of medical professionals for about an hour while the ketamine does its thing. Ketamine can induce out-of-body experiences, so a safe setting is an important part of the... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Morrell
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest
Plan, Drake is leading a comprehensive strategy for inclusive excellence throughout the HBS community of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and other constituents. Organized by HBSAAA copresidents Sara Clarke (MBA 1997) and Lewis Long (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
Robert A. Chesebrough
Chesebrough organized the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company in 1875, of which he was president until 1908. Chesebrough’s firm began with the production of kerosene, but after 1881 focused solely on the manufacturing of Vaseline.... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
fact-filled breakout sessions designed to help organizations become more successful in achieving their philanthropic goals. “To our knowledge, there has never been such a gathering of top nonprofit executives,” said Bruce Marcus (MBA... View Details