Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2016
News

Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?

and deliver those dollars directly to people in need, no strings attached. The initial response to the idea was lukewarm. GiveDirectly and a handful of other groups... View Details

Keywords: April White

25 Feb 2020
News

Action Plan: Just Breathe

suffering—from chronic back pain, insomnia, and asthma. “My body was failing in response to the way I was approaching life,” he says now. “It was the cumulative impact of a... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 2001
News

Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments

careful allocation of risks and returns among the various parties so that they have incentives to manage efficiently. Also important is the possibility for adjustments in risk allocation and View Details

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

As much as some employees will crave the return of in-person social connections in the office, they have become accustomed to the flexibility that comes with virtual work—from less time to commute to more time with family View Details

Keywords: All Industries

24 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: sharing addresses impedes new Internet applications and does not seem to be scalable. A new numbering... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Mar 2008
News

HBS Blogs

Insider, http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/ (multiple authors; archived since June 2006) MBA 1986H Jules Pieri, http://julespieri.wordpress.com/ (“musings on design, social networking, cultural anthropology, startups, the... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

Profile

Fatou Bintou Sagnang

something that impacts people, but also draws me close to people. I just didn't see myself being in a lab all the time. I wanted to interact—business was a way for me to get to that." Connecting the dots, filling the plate After... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Tech

01 Jun 2023
News

The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

generate? Henry McGee: It comes from the framework that is used in LCA, which asks students to consider the responsibilities of corporations: to shareholders, customers, employees, and society. After all,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

impact on discriminatory behavior. Smart choices and transparent experimentation can create markets that are both more efficient and more inclusive. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

employees, and civil society, have made the case that better environmental performance can lead to better economic performance. One response on the part of corporations has... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

20 Dec 2024
News

Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

of large corporate databases. A management information systems specialist, Professor James I. Cash, Jr., focuses on how companies use information technology to improve organizational effectiveness and how... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2016
News

@Soldiers Field

by the African American Student Union, the conference also featured panel discussions on the business community’s response to social injustice as well as the challenges and... View Details

30 Sep 2014
News

Life Lessons on the Open Seas

management when Callahan became CEO. He left Goldman Sachs, confident “there was something more that I needed to accomplish that couldn’t be done inside a concrete building.” Today, he operates Sail to Prevail with two full-time and 11... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

that Al's research has moved from railroads to giant corporations and now to computers and consumer electronics underscores his eminent position as the historian of industries... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!

footprints and are empowered to reduce and sort waste at the source. Centralized waste processing and district heating provide economies of scale in a carbon-efficient urban... View Details

06 Nov 2000
What Do You Think?

Succession at GE: What’s Next?

concerning GE's choice of a possible successor to Jack Welch? In your responses there was little of the talk heard in the media about whether it will be possible for someone to successfully succeed Welch. The prevailing opinion was that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

kinwun Summing Up: What are the Earmarks of a “New Economy?” Responses to this month’s column rightly focused on the need for measures and standards before deciding whether we are entering an era of View Details