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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

to building a portfolio of impact investments and was among the first family foundations to embrace ESG investing—despite the limited availability of robust metrics. McKnight recognized that sustainable investing did not equate to... View Details

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Social Impact Collaboratory

engaging with industry to accelerate practice. Impact Finance Research Consortium The Collab is a part of the Impact Finance Research Consortium, a partnership with Wharton’s ESG Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania and the Booth... View Details

12 Sep 2023
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Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

social, and governance issues at the heart of so-called “stakeholder capitalism.” Corporations that become too visible in support of stakeholder capitalism run the risk of losing public investors, such as pension funds in states in which View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Evidence from Global Supply Chains." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-061, June 2025. Are ESG Improvements Recognized? Perspectives from the Public Sentiments By: Shaolong Wu Summer 2025 | Article | Journal of Impact and... View Details

22 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

important sector.” You Might Also Like: ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed? As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Summer 2013
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A Tale of Two Stories: Sustainability and the Quarterly Earnings Call

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim

One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does not care about sustainability, either in general or because the time frames in which it matters are too long. The response of... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Communication; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Investment; Environmental Sustainability

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

challenges. ESG Amnesia in M&A Deals: The Case of Musk and Twitter Professor Guhan Subramanian (MBA 1996) + More Info – Less Info This session examines the legal and business issues raised by Elon Musk's recent acquisition of Twitter, now... View Details

09 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?

Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Green Technology

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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to avoid disruption costs, but we theorize that such res... Are ESG Improvements Recognized? Perspectives from the Public Sentiments By: Shaolong Wu Summer 2025 | Journal of Impact and ESG Investing While... View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

ESG Improvements Recognized? Perspectives from the Public Sentiments By: Shaolong Wu 01 JUN 2025 | Journal of Impact and ESG Investing 2023 Research (pdf) 2023 Research (pdf) July 2025 Article Personality... View Details

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Albert Shin and Charles C.Y. Wang. Ethan C. Rouen : Winner of the 2024 Best Paper Award at the Fox and Haskayne Accounting Conference for "Sustainability Meets Substance: Evaluating ESG Reports in the Context of 10-Ks and Firm... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

diversity targets, are positively associated with GPG improvement from 2017 to 2019. Collectively, these gender pay gap findings shed light on how voluntary ESG disclosure can be used to predict current and future View Details

21 May 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) reflects on how her experience at HBS shaped her career and inspired her to make a difference in her home region of Asia through impact investing. How has your education at HBS helped to shape your career in impact and View Details

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Company databases: which database to choose?

capital firms, funds, private companies, and deals. Subscription includes access to Preqin reports. LSEG Workspace HBS intranet; In-Library for Authorized Baker Visitors* Comprehensive platform including company financials, financial markets data, View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting

company. The Bridges Fund Management Recruiting Process A key way Bridges connects with prospective MBA interns is through the Turner MBA Impact Investing Network & Training (MIINT) Competition. The competition is a collaboration between Bridges Impact Foundation and... View Details

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Bloomberg: environmental social and governance (ESG)

What are some of the ESG commands and information available in Bloomberg? Type ESG <GO> to find ESG ratings by company. Type a ticker into the amber box to start your search. You can... View Details

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Companies: social responsibility

S&P Global ESG Scores: Provides environment, social and governance data and scores and TruCost data. Includes: Climate Analytics, ESG Scores, and Trucost Environmental. Sustainalytics:... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth

Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Mar 2024
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Counter Intelligence

When Pano Christou (AMP 195, 2018) was hired at Pret A Manger in 2000, the idea that he would one day run the entire company could not have been further from his mind. At the chain’s Carnaby Street shop, in London’s Soho district, the 22-year-old had enough work just... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

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