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- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Technological Eclecticism Could Help Journal of Applied Corporate Finance Amar Bhidé “Keynes thought it would be ‘splendid’ if economists became more like dentists. Disciplinary economics has instead become more like physics in focusing... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
Summing Up What Isn't Off Limits When it Comes to Transparency? The discussion of this month's column on corporate transparency to employees made it clear that we have reached a point at which disclosure of pay information in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- November 2011
- Article
The Role of the Board in Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting
By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
This report examines the concept of integrated reporting and its current state of adoption around the globe. It also discusses the benefits to both companies and society and recommends ways boards can help their organizations accelerate the implementation of integrated... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Social Issues; Global Range; Adoption
Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim. "The Role of the Board in Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting." Director Notes (The Conference Board) (November 2011).
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
client portfolio. The case enables a discussion of different types of clients in a global professional service firm in terms of relative revenues, profitability, and strategic significance. It also highlights the tensions between local... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
GlaxoSmithKline: Sourcing Complex Professional Services Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) uses an innovative new approach to procuring outside legal counsel: it replaces relationship-based selection and law firms' traditional time-based billing with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
economy and the history of ideas. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53906 2017 Advances in Strategic Management Capturing Value from Intellectual Property (IP) in a Global Environment By: Alcácer, Juan,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows
fellows—are offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. At the same time, the hiring organizations leverage the experience, energy, and View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
down on the outskirts of Moscow, and the Eastern Front proved to be the decisive theater in the defeat of the Third Reich. Ever since, historians have agreed that this was Hitler’s gravest mistake. In Hitler’s Great Gamble, James Ellman... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
state control to free enterprise in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe—more than 20 countries in all, including Zambia, Vietnam, and, most recently, Myanmar. “Reforming economic infrastructure and privatizing state corporations are rarely... View Details
- October 2010
- Teaching Note
Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success (TN)
By: David J. Collis
Teaching Note for 707497. View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Department to Leadership Now Daniella Ballou-Aares 29 Jun 2017 Five years ago I moved from New York to Washington to become an appointee at the State Department... Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Katie Rae Mulvey, Detroit Economic Growth View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
thing for our investors, our conservation partners, and our employees. One has to make tough judgment calls and strategic decisions and figure out how aggressive to be in negotiations. But the principle of... View Details
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
25-year business career that included 10 years in fashion retailing; 12 years in mutual fund and brokerage financial services; serving as a director on nonprofit and corporate boards; and chairing the Better Business Bureau here in... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
“Globalization, the Internet, and instant communications combine to subject every corporate action to scrutiny whether the company communicates or not.” There are two main reasons to use One Report, according to its originators, Robert G.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
really like niche products much. Elberse outlines the implications of her research for producers and retailers, and offers strategic advice to both groups. Can Research Committees Add Value for Investors? An Analysis of Lehman Brothers'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
treatment of corporate income appears to make the United States somewhat anomalous by international standards. By itself, this international experience is informative but hardly decisive as the United States... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
often see staged financing in new venture situations. The fourth is sources of financing. While traditional finance courses have focused on classic corporate financing options, we introduce venture capital, angel investors, View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
part-time and had gathered £40,000 of initial capital. Yet, making the decision to leave his corporate job and become an entrepreneur was not easy: Was Dinr a good business opportunity? Would it be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
too, says Groysberg. "Managers might want to think strategically about what positions they can hire a top-notch outsider for, and which ones they're better off developing talent for inside the organization." Groysberg and team recently... View Details