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- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
pharmaceutical companies — what the authors call downstream social capital — had a direct impact on the size of the startup's IPO. "Downstream social capital was essential... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts
activities and to facilitate new work that will enhance our understanding of this important field.” “Our main goal is to increase our critical mass in this field by fostering a community of faculty, researchers, students, and alumni that will have an View Details
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Preview the Harvard Business School Online Learning Experience
but aren’t sure where to start, this guide is for you. Download for Free Your Guide to Preparing for Business School Gain the knowledge and tools to decide whether an MBA is right for you, how it could impact your career, and how to... View Details
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Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners - Recruiting
questions about climate impact and financial viability, set against the backdrop of a fast-evolving sector. Why This Path? I came to HBS with the goal of transitioning from advisory roles into investment roles, particularly in sectors... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
with Urban Water Partners RelayRides explanatory video FashionStake-Reuters story An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The “Skype”... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
publicized predictions of 50-100 municipal defaults have caused anxiety among municipal bond investors. While there is some chance that negative investor sentiment will lead to further spread widening, the probability of the kind of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa
intended to support students who want to make an impact specifically in Africa. About Karibu HBS alum, Karibu Nyaggah, graduated from Harvard Business School in the class of 2010. Born in Kenya, but living in the United States, Karibu had... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
the foundations of our social safety net—making it easier, for example, for people to apply for food assistance or for probation officers to communicate with their parolees. On today's episode of Skydeck, Ingersoll talks with contributor... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
Limited Accountability and Awareness of Corporate Emissions Target Outcomes
By: Xiaoyan Jiang, Shawn Kim and Shirley Lu
Firms are increasingly announcing targets to reduce their carbon emissions, but it is unclear whether firms are held accountable for these targets. Here we examine emissions targets that ended in 2020 to investigate the final target outcomes, the transparency of target... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Environmental Sustainability; Public Opinion
Jiang, Xiaoyan, Shawn Kim, and Shirley Lu. "Limited Accountability and Awareness of Corporate Emissions Target Outcomes." Nature Climate Change (forthcoming). (Pre-published online January 21, 2025.)
- 2017
- Article
Natural Environmental Responsibility in Indian Corporations: A Mixed Method Study
By: Shashank Shah
The world is going through unprecedented environmental crisis. The type of destruction and dissolution of natural resources and elements by individuals and institutions that has been witnessed in the last century is much more than that witnessed in the previous... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Environment; Management Practices and Processes; Research; Framework; India
Shah, Shashank. "Natural Environmental Responsibility in Indian Corporations: A Mixed Method Study." Journal of Human Values 20, no. 2 (October 2014): 129–151.
- 28 Jan 2014
- News
Income Inequality as a Sustainability Issue
- Web
The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society
role of U.S. industrial policy in shaping national success. The full report offers key takeaways on the consensus around strategic policies and their impact on addressing major national challenges. For context, the background report... View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic
co-founder. Once the team was formed, we shifted our focus to grant-raising which was when we discovered the many resources that HBS provides for this. To start, we applied and received grants from Harvard Social View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
linked to the regulatory discount curve. When regulators reduce the dependence of the regulatory discount curve on a particular security, P&I demand for the security falls and its yield increases. We describe settings in which pension discount rules can have a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
But I’m very much aware that if we’re in recession at the end of the crisis and companies are even more focused on the short term, business leaders may choose to reduce their commitment to environmental and even social sustainability.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- March 2015 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Putting the Guiding Principles into Action: Human Rights at Barrick Gold (A)
By: Rebecca Henderson and Nien-he Hsieh
In 2010, Human Rights Watch, a well-regarded international NGO, approached Barrick Gold asserting that members of the company’s security force at the Porgera Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea had on multiple occasions raped women who were trespassing onto the mine’s waste... View Details
Keywords: Human Rights; Business And Society; Rights; Policy; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations
Henderson, Rebecca, and Nien-he Hsieh. "Putting the Guiding Principles into Action: Human Rights at Barrick Gold (A)." Harvard Business School Case 315-108, March 2015. (Revised August 2020.)
- 2010
- Dictionary Entry
Civil Society - Business Relations
By: James E. Austin and Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: Civil Society or Community; Business and Community Relations; Business Ventures; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Austin, James E., and Alnoor Ebrahim. "Civil Society - Business Relations." In International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler. New York: Springer, 2010.
- 01 Mar 2020
- News
Becoming a Better Corporate Citizen
- 15 Jul 2020
- News
Making Corporate Boards More Effective - Virtual
- August 2021
- Article
(Un)sustainability and Organization Studies: Towards a Radical Engagement
By: Seray Ergane, Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee and Andrew J. Hoffman
In this essay, we trace the evolution of the field of sustainability in management and organization studies and narrate its epistemological twists and turns. Concerned by the current trajectory that tends to diminish a focus on political concerns, we propose a new... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Perspective; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Ergane, Seray, Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "(Un)sustainability and Organization Studies: Towards a Radical Engagement." Organization Studies 42, no. 8 (August 2021): 1319–1335.