Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Nov 2021
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Weighing Big Tech’s Promise to Black America

cash holdings “in financial institutions and organizations that directly support Black communities.” As part of that effort, Netflix deposited $10 million in Hope Credit Union, a Black-owned bank. The pledge also included a call to... View Details

18 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 18, 2007

a social loss function. Purchase the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13622 New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30

https://archive.harvardbusiness.org/cla/web/pl/product.seam?c=25120&i=25122&cs=0b17ff7f3d16c64e4a6b72b71b876054 2013 pub Information and Subsidies: Complements or Substitutes? By: Ashraf, Nava, B. Kelsey Jack, View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 Apr 2016
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Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.

Surveying the panic and pressure of college admissions season in the New York Times, Abby Falik (MBA 2008), CEO and founder of Global Citizen Year, suggests that few involved in this cultural pressure cooker... View Details

04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to facilitate good government and (ii) an instrument of special-interest capture.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

this Action Plan will allow individuals to reflect on these critical areas and help them determine appropriate and impactful steps to help further their development. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

In theory, a board of directors protects the rights of shareholders. Independent directors are supposed to be just that—independent—free to dissent from a decision of the majority. The reality is more complex. Directors are tied to one another by business View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30

Publications September 2014 Social Entrepreneurship and Research Methods Building an Infrastructure for Empirical Research on Social Enterprise: Challenges View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-018 Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies Authors:Erin M.Reid, Michael... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

on bond risks. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2332106 Opting Out of Good Governance By: Foley, C. Fritz, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jonathan Greenstein, and Eric Zwick Abstract—Cross-listing on a U.S. exchange does not bond... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

for a while The technique of continuous forecasting was there, we just needed to adopt and tailor it. continuous forecasting/budgeting/planning requires more effort to think about the future than the former once-a-year event." The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008

enabling conditions required for each to work in practice. In the final section of the paper, we discuss how firms can "mix and match" multiple modes of collaboration into coherent "architectures" that lie at the heart... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

social entrepreneur," was born in 1963 and grew up in poverty, like virtually all non-white South Africans during apartheid. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

range and retailers who serve these categories are among the walking dead. Q: The book outlines three strategies for retailers to consider as responses to the online threat. What are those strategies?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

01 Dec 2021
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How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

accurately, your hologram or avatar) can, among other things, go to school, go to work, play games, watch concerts, and browse stores. For Facebook, or now Meta, its dominance in social networking combined... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

is currently provided by GAAP financial reporting. The purpose of this paper is to examine the optimal design of information intermediaries that can increase the impact of sustainability information on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Nov 2015
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Start-Up Leaders Embrace Lobbying as Part of the Job

A recent story in the New York Times that details entrepreneurs’ growing interest in shaping policy highlights the lobbying efforts of Hello Alfred, a personal butler service founded by Jessica Beck (MBA 2015) and Marcela Sapone (MBA... View Details

19 Apr 2021
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Confronting Climate Change

01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015

strategy beyond markets. Very few studies have shown that a firm’s strategy increases policy performance; almost none have demonstrated a link between policy and firm profitability. Third, the topical areas of analysis appear to be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne