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- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
superior to those with darker skin colors, are marketers crossing a line? Cream makers say they are merely meeting a market need, but social activists argue that these companies have an ethical responsibility to avoid marketing products... View Details
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
Ten years before Harvard Business School published its first case study, activists across Europe celebrated the first International Women’s Day. They demanded, among other things, the right for women to hold public office and an end to... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- Web
Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
announced the launch of a new fund Jana Impact. The basic premise is that the fund will be able to generate superior returns by using Jana’s activist approach with companies that are underperforming on ESG metrics. The case examines the... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do TV Debates Sway Voters?
world, the best place to change the minds of voters, especially disenchanted voters, is on their doorsteps, Pons says. Voters who dismiss the canned responses of a well-groomed candidate might listen to an activist from the same town or a... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Web
Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society
issues over his career. He led Open For Business, where he worked with business leaders and activists to collectively advocate for LGBT+ equality in challenging regions. He has also worked on developing new approaches for companies to... View Details
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
or as an effort of managers to massage metrics. The salutary effects of activist investors can be appreciated, just as one also appreciates the information and incentive problems that plague their money management industry. The channeling... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
were in dire need of such assistance. There was much support among politicians and activists for this initiative. Not surprisingly, however, there were also certain special-interest groups that opposed this legislation. Here's what was... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
five types of followers: isolates (completely detached), bystanders (observers only), participants (engaged), activists (who feel strongly and act accordingly, both with and against leaders), and diehards (deeply devoted). Dismissing the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Research Summary
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By: Vincent Pons
Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.
He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
of the much harsher consequences. India’s fight against HIV provides a good example to follow: Cipla, the maker of generic drugs, provided a simple message: Its low-priced drugs treated life-threatening conditions, and this message was amplified through View Details
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
fellowship, EDF’s Climate Corps for a 10-month climate fellowship, and 776 Foundation Climate Fellowship for a 2-year fellowship for 18-24 year old climate activists and founders To continue learning about the intersection of climate... View Details
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
political dissidents and Falun Gong activists whom they attempt to track as equivalent. Q: It was interesting that no other companies backed Google in this dispute. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called it "Google's problem." A:... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Cofounder and activist in residence, B Lab UK Kim Coupounas (MBA/MPA 1995) Global Ambassador, B Lab and Head of Impact, B Lab US & Canada Business as a Tool for Activism BIO BIO As the recent IPCC report made clear, this is a “Code Red”... View Details
Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty
Best-Selling (MOST POPULAR) Cases:
1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
to name the building Madikizela, in honor of the late South African political activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a symbol of Black female resilience.) The upper floors will contain well-appointed rentals, whose target market includes... View Details
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
making them a more influential lever in many cases than states." Also intriguing is the "passion and tenacity with which NGO members and activists pursue their interests. They dedicate (and, in certain cases, risk) their lives... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Once a Fulbright…
dream come true for a young girl who learned early to listen to my instincts — to pursue the seemingly impossible.” Active on several boards and a frequent speaker on corporate governance, Owades, who also founded Gardener’s Eden (later sold to Williams-Sonoma), was... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
information about large stock trades to their best, most lucrative clients. When a savvy activist investor submits a trading order through a brokerage firm, for example, the brokers will exploit this information by telling their favorite... View Details
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Harvard Business School
May 1970, they held a strike protesting the killing of two Black students in Jackson, Mississippi. AASU invited speakers such as civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson to campus. Working groups within AASU also addressed issues like... View Details
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
Athenahealth Taps Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt as Chairman
August. The search for a new chairman was prompted in mid-2017 after activist investing firm Elliott Management bought a 9 percent share of the company. That move also triggered about $100 million in cost-cutting changes, including 400... View Details