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- March 1996
- Article
Does it Pay to be Green? An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Emission Reduction and Firm Performance
By: Stuart L. Hart and Gautam Ahuja
Evidence can be marshalled to support either the view that pollution abatement is a cost burden on firms and is detrimental to competitiveness, or that reducing emissions increases efficiency and saves money, giving firms a cost advantage. In an effort to resolve this... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Performance Efficiency; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy
Hart, Stuart L., and Gautam Ahuja. "Does it Pay to be Green? An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Emission Reduction and Firm Performance." Business Strategy and the Environment 5, no. 1 (March 1996): 30–37.
- 30 Apr 2018
- HBS Seminar
Aparna Joshi, Penn State Smeal College of Business
- Program
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports
group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Talent in the entertainment sector (film, television, music, nightlife, fashion, publishing, sports, View Details
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details
- September 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
STARZPLAY: Shooting for the Stars
By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini and Alpana Thapar
In mid-2021, Maaz Sheikh, cofounder and CEO of STARZPLAY, a Dubai-based subscription video on demand (SVOD) provider that catered to the Middle East and North Africa region, was wrestling with how to find the right balance between continued subscriber growth and... View Details
Keywords: Pricing; Growth; Profitability; Subscription Business; Business Model Innovation; Fintech; Subscription; Performance Measurement; Promotions; International Marketing; Streaming; Competition; Marketing; Price; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Business Model; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Middle East; North Africa
Ofek, Elie, Marco Bertini, and Alpana Thapar. "STARZPLAY: Shooting for the Stars." Harvard Business School Case 522-005, September 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
- 29 Mar 2013
- News
Rehiring Retirees as Consultants Is Bad Business
- 5 Nov 2005 - 8 Nov 2005
- Conference Presentation
New Perspectives on the Business Value of IT
By: David James Brunner, Bradley R. Staats and Marco Iansiti
We sought to unravel the link between IT investment and firm performance by examining deployed IT functionality (ITF). First, ITF appears to be an important link in the IT spend to business value chain. Second, ITF does not seem to be a commodity and has... View Details
- 16 May 2020
- News
Businesses are proving quite resilient to the pandemic
- August 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative at the Ten-Year Mark, The
By: James E. Austin, Stacey M. Childress and Cate Reavis
In mid-2003, as the 10-year anniversary of Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative approached, the group's faculty and staff decided to analyze its past performance and to formulate its future strategy. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Evaluation; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise
Austin, James E., Stacey M. Childress, and Cate Reavis. "Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative at the Ten-Year Mark, The." Harvard Business School Case 304-042, August 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
ensuring the physical well-being of the library’s priceless treasure of business books and records. “No other business school has a historical collection to rival HBS,” Anderson proclaims. The raw numbers... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 20 Mar 2019
- HBS Online
HBS Online Business Analytics
Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies.
Program Dates: March 20, 2019 - May 15, 2019 View Details
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Business History - Faculty & Research
; Governance Compliance ; Governance Controls ; Policy ; Political Elections ; Business History ; Information ; Law ; Legal Liability ; Laws and Statutes ; Management ; Marketing ; Advertising ; Media ; View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
business figures, such as John D. Rockefeller — gave many observers pause. The reaction was increased oversight and antibig business sentiment. I think such moments are part of something very important in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest
The School’s eighth annual Business Plan Contest proved that entrepreneurship is alive and well at HBS: Close to forty teams entered plans to be judged by a panel of experts. This year’s traditional track winner was Extend Fertility,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
Despite increased attention to public education in recent years, today’s schools are still not producing graduates equipped to meet the demands of the 21st-century economy, many business leaders contend. Most Americans seem to agree.... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Business of K-12 Education in China
By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
This working paper examines the evolution of K-12 education in China, especially between 1985 and the present day, drawing extensive interviews with participants in the educational sector. China has been hugely successful in reaching almost 100 percent literacy,... View Details
Keywords: K-12 Education; China; Real Estate; Early Childhood Education; Performance Evaluation; Teaching; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Nonprofit Organizations; Private Sector; Education Industry; Real Estate Industry; China
Jones, Geoffrey, and Yuhai Wu. "The Business of K-12 Education in China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-022, October 2021.
- March 2022
- Supplement
Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)
By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
Bernstein, Ethan, and Cara Mazzucco. "Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-046, March 2022.
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries, available October 4 from MIT Press. Evans is Managing Director of the Global Competitive Policy Practice at LEGC LLC. Hagiu is a professor in the Strategy unit at Harvard View Details
- 27 Feb 2020
- News