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- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
most recently-precisely the individuals who would recognize it is a gift. The effects of the gift are higher for workers with lower historical wages, and in fact it increases productivity more than it increases cost for this group. Our findings show that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
prevailing research norm. The Role of Finance and Private Investment in Developing Sustainable Cities Author:John D. Macomber Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 23, no. 3 (summer 2011) Abstract Three trends will drive urban... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
ratings play an important role in the financial system, but investors and regulators who use ratings cannot easily verify their quality, and ratings are paid for by the firms whose bonds are rated. The provision of quality ratings is at least partially View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A United Front
Sustaining peak performance over not just years but decades may be the single most difficult challenge for executives, which makes Sir Alex Ferguson's 26-year run as manager of England's legendary Manchester United soccer club so... View Details
- 07 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree
after HBS? I spent the summer at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) working on an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) project on how a company was going to achieve their net zero targets while also growing as a business, and how to use... View Details
- Web
Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog
consultants engaged in stewarding brand strategy; and Venture capital or private equity investors seeking to identify brand asset potential. Educational Objectives: In the consumer/retail space, brands are often companies’ most valuable assets and sources of their... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
available materiality classifications of sustainability topics, we develop a novel dataset by hand-mapping sustainability investments classified as material for each industry into firm-specific View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
conflict between the old and the new. Successful CEOs first develop a broad, forward-looking strategic aspiration that sets ambitious targets both for innovation and core business growth. They then hold the tension between innovation unit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
heartbreaking events, watching alongside the rest of the world as Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Cooper, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade were targeted in public places for the color of their skin. These were not the first... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Web
Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting
(SELP—India 4, 2019) Satpal Singh 22 Jan 2025 Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) Paige Arnof-Fenn 15 Jan 2025 Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
itself and the public sector can piggyback on it, that’s a pretty efficient and sustainable model” The Blue Origin case focuses on the aerospace engineering company Jeff Bezos began in 2000, just six years after founding Amazon. As his... View Details
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
Innovations eventually spread quickly, but only after achieving some momentum. Success was built on the sustained efforts of dedicated citizens who formed groups, disseminated information, pushed through initiatives, and lobbied... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com By: Zhu, Feng, and Qihong Liu Abstract—Platform owners sometimes enter complementors' product spaces to compete against them directly. Prior studies have offered two possible explanations for such entries: platform owners... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
of (systemic) invention. The opportunity, therefore, is to start reinventing the future health care delivery system that will sustainably deliver prevention and sick care in a post-COVID world. Amy C. Edmondson (@AmyCEdmondson) is the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
Academy: Getting in the Game Harvard Business School Case 807-122 Urban Video Game Academy was founded to enhance the academic and career prospects of urban youth. How will its founder grow it into a sustainable business? Provides an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
targeting behavior. When individuals earn money for a charity, higher wages instead lead to lower effort with substantial targeting behavior. A reference-dependent theoretical framework suggests an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
loans to fight poverty around the globe since the end of World War II, nearly half the world's six billion people still live on less than $2 a day; a fifth get by on less than $1. At times, foreign aid has even worsened the plight of the poor, by View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
income rather than to maximize the capital value of the savings. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/07/the-crisis-in-retirement-planning/ar/1 July-August 2014 Harvard Business Review Sustainability in the Boardroom: Lessons from Nike's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
phase; it simply doesn't represent a sustainable solution for consumers. Yet employers are the natural gatekeepers for retirement plans, he believes. For example, when focus groups were presented with a new retirement product, individuals... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Africa, Nike has decided to change its target market focus and to use digital and social media platforms to connect more extensively with consumers. In addition, Nike plans to launch innovative new boots and engage in corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne