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- December 1969
- Article
A Golden Golden-Rule for Welfare-Maximization in an Economy with a Varying Population Growth Rate
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "A Golden Golden-Rule for Welfare-Maximization in an Economy with a Varying Population Growth Rate." Western Economic Journal 4 (December 1969): 307–318. (Chapter III of Ph.D. dissertation.)
- January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
- Background Note
Note on Conflict Diamonds: Why Are Civil Wars, Like Diamonds, Forever?
Discusses the role of diamonds in Angola's civil war.
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Huang, Yasheng. "Note on Conflict Diamonds: Why Are Civil Wars, Like Diamonds, Forever?" Harvard Business School Background Note 702-027, January 2002. (Revised April 2002.)
- Article
Multinational Corporations as the Key to Global Poverty Reduction
By: George C. Lodge and Craig Wilson
Lodge, George C., and Craig Wilson. "Multinational Corporations as the Key to Global Poverty Reduction." Challenge 49, no. 3 (May–June 2006): 68–82.
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
important topic of integrated reporting. As the dean of Harvard Business School, I find it a matter of great concern that society has lost so much trust in business. We live in a time in which business leaders are often trusted even less...
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- January 2000
- Article
Utility Functions for Wealth
By: David E. Bell and Peter C Fishburn
Keywords:
Wealth
Bell, David E., and Peter C Fishburn. "Utility Functions for Wealth." Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 20 (January 2000): 1–5.
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
help societies cope with aging, both by working in nursing homes and assisting older natives and by contributing to the pension system. But what about Europe? Besides economic...
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by Marco Tabellini
- September 3, 2020
- Article
How to Measure a Company’s Real Impact
By: Ronald Cohen and George Serafeim
Impact transparency will reshape capitalism. By shifting the pursuit of profit away from negligently creating problems to purposefully creating valuable solutions for the world, it will redefine success, so that its measure is not just money, but the positive impact we...
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Keywords:
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
Impact Investment;
Impact Investment Funds;
Accountability;
Accounting Information;
Corporate Performance;
Sustainability;
Social Impact;
Capitalism;
Accounting;
Corporate Accountability;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Social Enterprise;
Society
Cohen, Ronald, and George Serafeim. "How to Measure a Company's Real Impact." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 3, 2020).
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
to financial performance, a long-term approach towards maximizing inter-temporal profits, and an active stakeholder management process. Societal concern about sustainability, at both the level of the firm View Details
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by Staff
- 10 Apr 2013
- Other Presentation
Social Progress Index
By: Michael E. Porter, Scott Stern and Roberto Artavia Loria
Social Progress Index 2013 Launch
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Porter, Michael E., Scott Stern, and Roberto Artavia Loria. "Social Progress Index." Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Foundation, Oxford, England, April 10, 2013.
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209138 Fighting Malnutrition and Hunger in the Developing World Harvard Business School Note 909-406 The millennium objectives of reducing poverty View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
and that they needed to commit themselves to the dual goal of producing benefits for society and their firms' bottom lines-to creating "shared value." But the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- October 2, 2010
- Book Review
The Wealth of an Intellect
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Keywords:
Wealth
Koehn, Nancy F. "The Wealth of an Intellect." New York Times (October 2, 2010). (Book Review.)
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
conventional optimal tax theory because it eases the classic tradeoff between efficiency and equality. But tagging is used in only limited ways in tax policy. I propose one explanation: conventional optimal tax theory has yet to capture...
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Carmen Nobel
- December 2012
- Supplement
Jefferson County (D): February of 2008
By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
Jefferson County, Alabama, faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow?
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Keywords:
Local Government;
Political Process;
Bankruptcy;
Debt Management;
Financial Planning;
Urban Development;
Environmental Sustainability;
Infrastructure;
Government and Politics;
Borrowing and Debt;
Alabama
Bergstresser, Daniel, and Randolph B. Cohen. "Jefferson County (D): February of 2008." Harvard Business School Supplement 213-059, December 2012.
- September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Supplement
Charles Veillon, S.A. (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Howard Reitz
Supplements the (A) case.
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Rights;
Organizations;
Working Conditions;
Social Issues;
Management Practices and Processes;
Service Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Howard Reitz. "Charles Veillon, S.A. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 398-010, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
of society depends on trust. So the zone of sustainable action for a business should be the overlap between ethics and economics. The role of the organization is to ensure that all activity occurs within...
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by Harvard Management Update
- 2001
- Working Paper
Refugees in Arua District: A Human Security Analysis
By: Lucy Hovil and Eric D. Werker
Hovil, Lucy, and Eric D. Werker. "Refugees in Arua District: A Human Security Analysis." Refugee Law Project Working Paper, No. 3, September 2001.
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
advertising he likes so much? Sunil Gupta: Advertising is a right-brain activity, the art of creating something from scratch. Also, advertising is all about understanding and connecting with people. He seems...
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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
individual's portfolio to his or her age (young investors should take more risk with stocks) and attitudes toward risk (conservative investors should hold more cash). Research done by Harvard Business School finance professor Luis M....
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by Ann Cullen
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/215020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-055 Power and Influence in Society No abstract available. Purchase this case:...
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Sean Silverthorne