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  • March 2010 (Revised March 2013)
  • Teaching Note

Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Women Initiative (TN)

By: Christopher Marquis, V. Kasturi Rangan and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for [509042]. View Details
Keywords: Programs; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Gender; Networks; Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Business Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions

By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This paper studies quality choice in a model where consumers expect firms to act altruistically. It is shown that, under plausible assumptions regarding this altruism and the reaction of consumers to firms that demonstrate insufficient altruism, existing firms (or... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Product Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Quality; Mathematical Methods
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  • 20 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

on the short-term movement of that money. Kanter: When that kind of intervention takes place, however, we hear cries that the tax system is being used for social engineering. But I certainly have the sense now that without some degree of... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • October 2023 (Revised May 2024)
  • Case

JSW Steel: Balancing Growth While Decarbonizing

By: Vikram S Gandhi and Radhika Kak
Sajjan Jindal, Chairman & Managing Director of JSW Steel, India's largest steel producer by market capitalization, was facing a dilemma. Steel demand in India was expected to grow exponentially over the next decade. However, given its traditional reliance on carbon,... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Environmental Sustainability; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pollutants; Pollution; Production; Steel Industry; India
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  • October 2021
  • Article

Shareholder Activism and Firms' Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks

By: Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel and Kala Viswanathan
This paper examines whether—in the absence of mandated disclosure requirements—shareholder activism can elicit greater disclosure of firms’ exposure to climate change risks. We find that environmental shareholder activism increases the voluntary disclosure of climate... View Details
Keywords: Transparency; Reporting; Shareholder Engagement; Shareholder Activism; Climate Change; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Management; Investment Activism; Corporate Disclosure; Communication Strategy; Information Publishing; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; United States
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  • January 2025
  • Case

Negotiating a Legacy at Sustainable Harvest (A)

By: Jillian Jordan, Julian Zlatev, Alicia Dadlani and Martha Hostetter
The specialty coffee importer Sustainable Harvest was the first certified B Corp in the coffee industry due to its investments in building coffee farmers’ capacity and livelihood. But in 2022, after coffee prices plummeted and the company’s bank declined to extend its... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Trust; Ethics; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Volatility; Futures and Commodity Futures; Social Enterprise; Valuation; Business Model; Credit; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Europe
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  • February 2007 (Revised February 2009)
  • Case

A Differentiation Strategy at ASDA

By: David E. Bell and Nitin Sanghavi
The Wal-Mart CEO has challenged his company to do more to help mankind. The British subsidiary, ASDA, is reviewing its activities in the environment/social arena. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Trends; Values and Beliefs; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry
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  • July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)

By: Lynn S. Paine
In September 2000, the president of Bridgestone-Firestone, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., was invited to appear before a U.S. congressional subcommittee investigating the August 2000 recall of more than 6.5 million tires made by the subsidiary. The... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product; Trade; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Auto Industry; United States; Japan
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  • 03 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 3

well) to the thoughtful adoption of social media technology. And they offer guidance on how to balance the benefits of open-ended talk with the realities of strategic execution. Drawing on the experience of leaders at diverse companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & 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 Research... View Details
  • Web

Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

and Organizational Renewal Exploit and Explore Organizational Renewal Personal Case Project Featured Exercises Categorize different innovation types and conceptualize innovation streams for your organization Diagnose why most organizations fail in View Details
  • 26 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

School Case 806-073 Follows the growth of an entrepreneur from his early startup activities. As the company evolves from 1998 to 2005, looks at key decisions and turning points as AtHoc's strategy adapts in response to changing market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

throughout your career to pursue your passions wherever they may lead. Eligible Loans To be considered for any of the three HBS loan reduction programs (Loan Reduction for Private Sector Employees, Rock Center Loan Reduction for Entrepreneurs, or View Details
  • 2018
  • Book

Business and the Natural Environment: A Research Overview

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Susse Georg
The fields of corporate environmentalism, green business and corporate sustainability have grown significantly over the past twenty-five years, such that the academic research domains of business decision-making, accounting, organizational behaviour, and the protection... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Regulation; Research
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  • 6 Jul 2021
  • Interview

Best Buy's Hubert Joly on Walking the Talk of Stakeholder Capitalism

By: Hubert Joly and Alison Beard
Hubert Joly, former chairman and CEO of Best Buy, says that now is the time for companies to get serious about operating to benefit not just shareholders but also employees, customers and broader society. In the face of environmental crisis, racial turmoil, and rising... View Details
Keywords: Stakeholder Capitalism; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mission and Purpose; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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  • June 12, 2019
  • Article

Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet

By: Mark R. Kramer, Rishi Agarwal and Aditi Srivinas
The United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) were explicitly designed to engage the private sector in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges. Four years into the UN’s 15-year timeline, the question is whether companies are advancing serious... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Development; Environmental Sustainability; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Planning
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  • 14 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781591841395,00.html The Costs and Benefits of Undoing Egocentric Responsibility Assessments in Groups Authors:E. Caruso, N. Epley, and M. H. Bazerman. Periodical:Journal of Personality... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 8

the unconscious thought condition compared to both conscious thought and mere distraction. As there were no differences in sequence memory for the film, it remains unclear what mechanism was responsible for this effect. These results... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society

Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at HBS, recently led a research study aimed at quantifying the economic and social contributions of Harvard University... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

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Environmental Management, Associate Professor Forest Reinhardt argues that managers should treat environmental management as an integral part of corporate strategy rather than merely as an exercise in public relations. "Social View Details