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- 29 Jan 2011
- Other Presentation
Bloomberg Interview At Davos
By: Michael E. Porter and Tom Keene
Michael Porter, a professor at Harvard Business School, talks about corporate strategy and the need for companies to address social issues. Porter talks with Tom Keene at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday." View Details
"Bloomberg Interview At Davos." World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2011. (Interview by Tom Keene.)
- March 2005 (Revised May 2005)
- Background Note
Even Bigger Change: A Framework for Getting Started at Changing the World
Presents a framework for leading change in institutions or society, showing leaders how to manage political, economic, or social change by mapping their targets (policy, programs, or people/culture) and choice of action vehicle (single organizations or coalitions of... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Even Bigger Change: A Framework for Getting Started at Changing the World." Harvard Business School Background Note 305-099, March 2005. (Revised May 2005.)
- Video
Melek El Nimer
Melek El Nimer, founder of the Social Support Society and Unite Lebanon Youth Project in Lebanon, details the policies her organizations have put in place to shield them from corruption, which she describes as a pervasive problem in Lebanon. View Details
- 23 Nov 2021
- News
The Death of the Office Friendship
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
definition of profit by changing accounting rules. On one level, this corporate behavior embodies the capitalist spirit articulated by Milton Friedman: "The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits." But the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2010
- Book
Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock
The best way to select emerging markets to exploit is to evaluate their size or growth potential, right? Not according to Krishna Palepu and Tarun Khanna. In 'Winning in Emerging Markets,' these leading scholars on the subject present a decidedly different framework... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Emerging Markets; Organizations; Opportunities; Business Strategy
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- March 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Supplement
Blue Meridian Partners (B): Pivoting in a Crisis
The (B) case situated in 2020 describes the many quick decisions taken by the fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the calls for social justice, and raises the question of whether and how these decisions are aligned with the long range strategy of the fund. View Details
Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; COVID-19; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Venture Capital; Social Issues; Health Pandemics; Decisions; Strategy
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Blue Meridian Partners (B): Pivoting in a Crisis." Harvard Business School Supplement 521-091, March 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
- December 2018
- Case
Choosy
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2017, Choosy is a data-driven fashion startup that uses algorithms to identify styles trending on social media. After manufacturing similar items using a China-based supply chain, Choosy sells them to consumers through its website and social media pages.... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Algorithms; Machine Learning; Neural Networks; Instagram; Influencer; Fast Fashion; Design; Customer Satisfaction; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; Production; Logistics; Business Model; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Social Media; Technology Industry; Fashion Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
- Fall 2012
- Article
Enacting Our Field
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This keynote address, delivered to the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council at its 25-year "benchmark" conference, examines the pedagogical challenges facing the field of nonprofit management in American higher education. It interrogates four binary distinctions commonly... View Details
Keywords: Conferences; Higher Education; Teaching; Social Issues; Innovation and Invention; Programs; Management; Nonprofit Organizations
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Enacting Our Field." Keynote Address. Nonprofit Management & Leadership 23, no. 1 (Fall 2012): 13–28. (Keynote Address to the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council, 25 Year Benchmark Conference.)
- 28 Feb 2011
- News
Make money and do good is the new corporate buzz
- 18 Mar 2019
- News
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
The Right and Wrong Way to Do ‘CEO Activism’
- 26 Jan 2018
- News
Les entreprises doivent s’engager dans une transformation profonde
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej, Chair of the India-based Godrej Group, discusses the role of business and the importance of firms’ engaging in socially responsible projects. He discusses his company’s involvement in educational... View Details
- February 2012 (Revised July 2012)
- Background Note
The Promise of Impact Investing
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Sarah Appleby and Laura Moon
This note outlines the segments of a potential $500 billion social investment market; sectors such as housing, microfinance, health and education. The note sketches the roles of the various players and summarizes their investment perspectives. View Details
Keywords: Investment
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Sarah Appleby, and Laura Moon. "The Promise of Impact Investing." Harvard Business School Background Note 512-045, February 2012. (Revised July 2012.)
- 20 Aug 2013
- News
Authentic Leadership and the Defense of Marriage Act
- 09 Jan 2016
- News
Valuing your time over money may be linked to happiness
Ranjay Gulati
Ranjay Gulati is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and the former Unit Head of the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. His pathbreaking research, which focuses on unlocking organizational and unleashing... View Details
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Melek El Nimer
Melek El Nimer, founder of the Social Support Society and Unite Lebanon Youth Project in Lebanon, describes the state of Palestinian refugee camps when she first started visiting them in the 1980's. View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
now—at the dawn of the twenty-first century—it is hard to conceive of any more important or pervasive governmental function. The federal government now devotes a larger part of its budget to social insurance (such as unemployment and... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard