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- July 2004
- Supplement
World Vision International: The AIDS Initiative
Management discusses the organizational and governance challenges of operating a global network of partner organizations. Then key managers reflect on the decision World Vision must make on the AIDS Hope Initiative--a new strategic direction that challenges many of the...
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Health Care and Treatment;
Goals and Objectives;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Problems and Challenges;
Core Relationships;
Welfare;
Value;
Health Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "World Vision International: The AIDS Initiative." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 305-701, July 2004.
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Geographic Society (Abridged) David A. Garvin and Annelena LobbHarvard Business School Case 312-120 In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Catching the Entrepreneurship Bug at HBS
Maker Scholar was born! Now I’m selling greeting cards, custom art, and really a whole lot of other stuff I make with my hands and some art supplies via Shopify View Details
- February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors...
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Business Model;
Business Startups;
Business Organization;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Health Pandemics;
Innovation Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Network Effects;
Digital Platforms;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Social Issues;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Value Creation;
United States;
China
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dan Maher, and Dan O'Brien. "TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?" Harvard Business School Case 821-087, February 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
- Web
Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Motor Co. United Fruit Co. Smaller Collections Yousuf Karsh Portraits Margaret Bourke-White Farm Security Administration 1934 Art and Industry Exhibition Early Aviation Electric Railway Jones & Laughlin...
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- 2023
- Working Paper
Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information
By: Gunther Glenk
Companies are increasingly viewed as crucial drivers for timely decarbonization. Current accounting practices for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, however, often leave corporate carbon disclosures and abatement obscured. Here I introduce a taxonomy for assuring the...
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Carbon Emissions;
Decarbonization;
Carbon Accounting;
Net-zero Emissions;
Greenhouse Gas Emissions;
Environment;
Environmental Impact;
Management;
Sustainable Cities;
Corporate Disclosure;
Environmental Accounting;
Environmental Management;
Climate Change;
Accounting Industry;
Consulting Industry;
Energy Industry;
Auto Industry;
Construction Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Steel Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Europe;
North America;
South America;
Africa;
Asia
Glenk, Gunther. "Toward Decision-Useful Carbon Information." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-026, September 2023. (TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency Working Paper Series, No. 121, May 2023.)
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
what was going on in American society at the time. And when they did, these brands took off. Many other brands could have done the same if their managers understood how culture share worked. Take Ford View Details
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by Manda Salls
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
marketing has undergone immense changes over the past decade, and those changes are driving an increasing need for data analysis. Marketing today combines both art and science:...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the patent and the extent of disclosure (prior View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
in places with greater poverty and lower levels of economic development. Violence is higher in locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests. We find weaker evidence that caste divisions in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
approach thus runs counter to the idea that globalization is a homogeneity-producing process and the view that society is moving from particularism to universalism. With globalization, not only has the local...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?
Summing Up The question of the relative societal effects of the Enron case and the September 11 attacks elicited some of the most heated responses received to date. But where there was heat, there was not necessarily fire—that is, if...
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by James Heskett
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
For many years, Americans have shown their generosity to myriad nonprofit organizations. And 1999 was no exception, as charitable giving in this country reached a record high of just over $190 billion. At the same time, however, there is...
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by James E. Aisner
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
struggling with the decision of how to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi people. Despite daily assassination attempts, tribal warfare, growing violence, and political pressure—at home in Washington, D.C. View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
just simply that it exists, and that society needs to understand how it works. Ultimately, she concludes, government has a regulatory role to play in the baby trade. We asked Spar to discuss her research....
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- 1998
- Working Paper
Some Evidence on the Optimal Welfare State Based on Subjective Data
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
It is often difficult to evaluate all the costs and benefits of the welfare state. This paper suggests an alternative approach based on surveys of citizen satisfaction with welfare programs. In the first part of the paper we estimate the level of unemployment benefits...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
jeans, for instance, will get more eyes on social media. For brands like red-carpet favorite Marchesa, it’s a useful new tool in that never-ending quest to predict what consumers want next week, next month, next season. It turns out there’s a science View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
6 Lessons I learned from HBS Peek
though there are still many people who are against diversity and inclusion, there are also forces out there that fight to create equal opportunities for all. Harvard is one of those forces. 5. Perspectives from All Industries Half of my...
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- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
The patient is weak, the situation is serious, but a cure is on the horizon—if we think differently about the underlying problem. Specifically, we need to innovate in health care just the way it is done in any other industry, by tackling the simplest problems first...
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- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
short-term profits and returns to shareholders at the expense of worker safety and health, the environment, and society in general. In this...
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Sean Silverthorne