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09 Nov 2021
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Weighing Big Tech’s Promise to Black America

As part of a recent cover story in WIRED about Netflix’s racial equity pledge, the magazine spoke to the company’s human resources director, Aaron Mitchell (MBA 2011), who led the project. The article notes that Mitchell helped craft the company’s approach, which... View Details

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Marco Crespo

education in Brazil and help children achieve their full potential. Through my experience at BCG, I realized the amazing impact I could have with the Senna Foundation, helping them become financially sustainable and continue to View Details

16 Feb 2018
Blog Post

Out of PE, Into Africa

course, there were practical obstacles to consider. As the founder of a small private equity firm, I was nervous about the impact on my career and the reaction of my partners, deal sources and investors. For my wife, it was even more... View Details

06 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

philanthropy because even global companies tend to focus corporate giving on local nonprofits. Charitable behavior is a key area of interest for Marquis, whose research and teaching focuses on businesses' social strategies and activities.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2019
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What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

Image by John Ritter Image by John Ritter An estimated $30 trillion in assets worldwide—including half of all professionally managed assets in Europe—are already evaluated through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) or impact... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

inequity inevitable. For example, an often-cited research finding is that woman can be viewed as competent or as likeable–but not both. True or not, believing it increases FOSO, as competent women face pressures, depending on their life and career stage: The beer after... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Jun 2018
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Disrupting India’s Dental Market

slotting into a job in an established business had little allure. He wanted to start something new, ideally a for-profit enterprise that would have a visible social impact. But when he thought about health care delivery, Singh found... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

November 2023 (Revised February 2025)
Background Note

Corporate Climate Targets

By: Willy C. Shih, Michael W. Toffel and Kelsey Carter

Companies that are addressing climate change by mitigating their greenhouse gas emissions often set reduction targets. This note describes several types of widely used carbon reduction targets, including carbon neutral, science based, net zero, real zero, and carbon... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Strategy; Climate Risk; Target-setting; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Accountability; Policy; Measurement and Metrics; Strategic Planning; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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05 May 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

and economics in developing countries, examining how distribution of power impacts policy and social groups. "I don't think we can understand the effects of economic policy without understanding the... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Aug 2001
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T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)

social causes that have played a prominent role in his life since the late 1960s, when he served briefly as a speechwriter in Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. It was in those turbulent years that Dunphy, with fellow members of... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Management

11 Sep 2018
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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

01 Mar 2016
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@Soldiers Field

China’s one-child policy might impact the real estate market, as well as his opinion on the American presidential race. (Dongik Lee) (Dongik Lee) In December, the Boston Redevelopment Authority officially approved plans for HBS’s new... View Details

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Ameel Somani

developing world and the types of investment products that have the greatest impact on the poor." To continue his education, Ameel plans on working in private equity after graduation "ideally for a globally focused fund.... View Details

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

executive suites, start-up firms, and even entire professions and industries. Within finance, in particular, decisionmakers’ political views influence investment returns, credit ratings, asset allocations, loan terms, and bond yields,... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

Demo Day Semifinalists from both tracks deliver pitches to early-stage investors. New Venture Competition (NVC) Demo Day is a showcase event hosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative . NVC Demo... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Creating a mathematical method to understand consumer behavior in a digital world

homophily—the “birds-of-a-feather” tendencies of like-minded people? Only by understanding the relative impacts of these factors can companies develop effective marketing strategies. Studying the adoption of a mobile app in Japan, Gupta... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

incredible source of opportunity for entrepreneurial activity.” SHIRLEY LU, Assistant Professor of Business Administration Shirley Lu conducts research on how companies communicate environmental and social information. Some of her work... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

March 2015 (Revised August 2020)
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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

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