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Seema Aziz

19 Nov 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Lessons from IBM in Nazi Germany

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones; Information Technology

13 Nov 2020
News

Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

provides capital from a pool of donations to a portfolio of curated organizations whose ethos align with four pillars of purpose: justice system reform, education parity, health and wellness access, and community outreach and social... View Details

16 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

Should eco-conscious investors support a company that’s developing innovative solutions to climate change—even if that company is also a major polluter? The market’s answer to this question has been a resounding “no,” as evidenced by the investment policies that... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

May 2024
Article

Selfish Corporations

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Niels Gormsen and Timothy McQuade

We study how perceptions of corporate responsibility influence policy preferences and the effectiveness of corporate communication when agents have imperfect memory recall. Using a new large-scale survey of U.S. citizens on their support for corporate bailouts, we... View Details

Keywords: Public Opinion; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Policy

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01 Oct 1996
News

The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

James A. Henderson (MBA '63) is chairman and CEO of Indiana-based Cummins Engine Company, one of America's most respected industrial corporations. Prior to joining Cummins, where he has worked for more than thirty years, Henderson, who graduated from HBS with high... View Details

07 Jul 2020
Blog Post

The JD/MBA Seminar: The Perfect Practice Ground

program—some focus more on the law and its effects on how business is conducted, while others approach their topics from a business-first standpoint, analyzing how businesses are impacted by the positive or negative externalities of the... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

with each other. Azrah interacts more frequently with my sectionmates than I do. In fact, my sectionmates now reach out straight to Azrah whenever they want to make plans with us.” Rishon Benjamin (MBA ’22, Section E) remarked that his wife Ina brings another dimension... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

It’s the Economy

order of appearance, they begin with an overview of the big impact the crisis has already had on HBS cases, courses, and faculty research. see article Challenge magazine editor Jeff Madrick’s (MBA ’71) new book, The Case for Big... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

Narayanan Vaghul

Keywords: Finance

13 May 2016
News

Making Big Donations to Change the World

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

easier to achieve in a for-profit organization than in a comparable nonprofit," he writes in a recent working paper, "Philanthropic Social Capital Markets and Performance-Driven Philanthropy," and the most important reason is capital. "It... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

December 1996
Background Note

Environmental Behavior And Corporate Reputation

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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01 Jun 2012
News

In Brief

global strategy, a new position. More Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world, affecting nearly 250 million people. Yet most can't afford... View Details

Keywords: meta; contests; awards

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

bonds are relatively highly taxed, and shifting high-tax assets into the pension plan maximizes the value of the tax subsidy from the government and increases the value of the firm. In principle, the impact... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao

Keywords: Real Estate; IT; Banking

01 Mar 2009
News

Health Care a Top Priority at HBS

The HBS Healthcare Initiative is one of five interdisciplinary areas of interest that is a priority of the School (along with the Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Enterprise, and Global initiatives). Its director, Cara Sterling, who... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

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impact. Social Responsibility and Sustainability Explore insights on social responsibility and sustainability—from climate finance to AI in refugee resettlement and impact... View Details

11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

experimentation ex-post and one that funds experimental projects ex-ante. In equilibrium it is possible that all competing financiers choose to offer failure-tolerant contracts to attract entrepreneurs, leaving no capital to fund the most radical, experimental projects... View Details

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

offering assistance to academics whose work has been impacted by Russia's war on Ukraine. The program, founded in 2001, is dedicated to helping scholars, artists, writers, and public intellectuals from around the world escape persecution... View Details

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