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- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
coauthors are Natee Amornsiripanitch, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; George Hu, a graduate student at Harvard University; Will Levinson, researcher associate at HBS; and Vladimir Mukharlyamov, an assistant... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
Wellesley College, and Kendall E. Smith, a doctoral student at London Business School. A congressman takes action Initial expectations for the group’s prospects were low. George Esper, who was Vietnam correspondent for the Associated... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
expect an equal contribution from your citizens, all citizens must be treated equally,” says Tabellini. “It reveals the costs for society as a whole if you don’t.” Despite the national reckoning in the United States after the killing of View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
It is hard to imagine a more difficult and tragic trial by fire for a new leader. On September 4, 2001, Robert Mueller started his new job as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A mere week later, on September 11,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
auto market in the 1950s. The industry leader, unbothered by competition and looming threats, began to coast on its former glory, however, and bypass such areas as consumer preferences and industry innovation. View Details
- 2022
- Book
Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World
By: George Serafeim
The roadmap and best practices to reap the enormous value that can emerge when your business prioritizes social and environmental goals—such as climate change, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability—right alongside the pursuit of profit.
We not only... View Details
We not only... View Details
Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Profitability; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Serafeim, George. Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World. New York: HarperCollins Leadership, 2022.
- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
excites, and pushes the team or, you could say, choreographs an output that (moves) the company towards the vision." The mix of control, delegation, and theater employed by successful leaders depends on the timing and circumstances... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Oct 2017
- News
The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017
- 20 Sep 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
George Floyd’s murder last year forced many people to recognize the systemic racism that pervades American institutions, from law enforcement to health care. Even so, identifying those inequities is different than fixing them. “I don’t... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
monitoring efforts as well as the syndication process. Working Papers The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting Authors: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Abstract : We examine the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
problem. Bottom line: By not dealing effectively with "too big to fail" and the funding issue, Dodd-Frank may actually raise the risk to the system. Luis M. Viceira, George E. Bates Professor: The... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
American history, yet descendants of residents harmed by the attack note that government officials have never made reparations for those killed or for homes and businesses that were destroyed. The killing of View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
by Nobel-prize winner in economics George Akerlof and economist Robert Sheeler of "irrational exuberance" fame. These authors cite the importance of what John Maynard Keynes once referred to as... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
other places." During the decision-making process, George explains, this means asking probing questions and insisting that managers present each situation in objective terms, rather than with a positive spin. "You must... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
provided by us willingly.” George Yurieff put it this way: “If you are concerned about your privacy and want to somehow protect yourself to some extent, start paying for services which you want to use stop... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
been a draw for innovators of a different sort—technology workers who began populating the suburbs of the South Bay, which came to be known as Silicon Valley, in the 1970s and '80s. In recent years, they have increasingly put down roots in San Francisco itself,... View Details