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- 8 AM – 9:15 AM EDT, 22 Sep 2020
- Virtual Programming
Driving Impact: A Dialogue on Capitalism, Climate, and Social Change | Sept 22
Join Professor Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985) and Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969) as they explore whether and how managers and investors can lead and invest differently in order to drive positive changeeven amidst a pandemic and climate crisisand the timing for government... View Details
- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
This article was originally published by MBAGRADSCHOOLS, a leading source of information for prospective MBA students. Climate change is not a problem for the future generation, it’s here and now. As the... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
racial inequities, the murder of George Floyd, and the growing movement for justice and change with panelists from organizations on the front line. They included Omar Blayton, CFO of Sunwealth, a solar impact fund that invests in solar... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
achieve price parity with diesel trucks in 2023, five years sooner than previously forecasted. This is leading to big investments by EV battery manufacturers in the US, as well as fleet electrification investment opportunities. While most... View Details
- February 2021
- Case
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir Desai, Ruth Page, Suzanne Antoniou and Leanne Fan
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
Keywords: Costs And Consequences; Decisions; Judgment And Decision-making; Lawsuit; Leading Change; Conflict Resolution; Perspective Taking; Prejudice; Bias; Reparations; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost vs Benefits; Judgments; Race; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Conflict Management; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Government Legislation; History; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Motivation and Incentives; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Oklahoma; Tulsa; United States
Desai, Mihir, Ruth Page, Suzanne Antoniou, and Leanne Fan. "The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 221-707, February 2021.
- 03 Aug 2021
- News
Leading Maryland’s Only Black-Owned and -Managed Commercial Bank to Be a Pandemic Resource
The Baltimore Sun recently highlighted the work of John Lewis (MBA 2004), President and Chief Operating Officer of Harbor Bank of Maryland, which the newspaper notes became a vital pandemic-era resource for businesses looking to obtain federal Paycheck Protection... View Details
- 1995
- Book
Leading Product Development: The Senior Manager's Guide to Creating and Shaping the Enterprise
By: S. C. Wheelwright and K. B. Clark
Wheelwright, S. C., and K. B. Clark. Leading Product Development: The Senior Manager's Guide to Creating and Shaping the Enterprise. New York: Free Press, 1995.
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In “UBS and Climate Change — Warming Up to Global Action?” Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest... View Details
- Web
3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog 3 Technologies that Will Change the World Course Number 1632 Professor of Management Practice Shikhar Ghosh Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Paper ‘The real problem of humanity is that we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval... View Details
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety
will tend to become more inclusive as a result. Learn More: In this Harvard Business Review article, 4 Steps to Boost Psychological Safety at Your Workplace, Amy C. Edmondson offers best practices for driving the culture changes that... View Details
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
focused on climate change organized by the BEI, leading up to the BEI Alumni Conference at HBS set for the fall of 2019. Dallas Alumni Get a ‘Taste of Forum’ The HBS Club of Dallas hosted a Taste of Forum... View Details
- 2020
- Chapter
The Group Malleability Intervention: Addressing Intergroup Conflicts by Changing Perceptions of Outgroup Malleability
By: Amit Goldenberg, J. J. Gross and Eran Halperin
Precise shifts in the ways people make sense of themselves, others, and social situations can help people flourish. This compelling handbook synthesizes the growing body of research on wise interventions—brief, nonclinical strategies that are "wise" to the impact of... View Details
Goldenberg, Amit, J. J. Gross, and Eran Halperin. "The Group Malleability Intervention: Addressing Intergroup Conflicts by Changing Perceptions of Outgroup Malleability." Chap. 15 in Handbook of Wise Interventions: How Social Psychology Can Help People Change, edited by Gregory M. Walton and Alia J. Crum. New York, NY: Guilford Press, 2020.
- 07 Mar 2017
- News
From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World
Chamber of Commerce of the value and the opportunity of such a project. Quickly, the question of the leadership emerged: who to coordinate the construction work and eventually lead this new institution? It was clear from the beginning... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- January 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Transformation at ING (A): Agile
By: William R. Kerr, Federica Gabrieli and Emer Moloney
In December 2017, Vincent van den Boogert, CEO of ING in the Netherlands, was reflecting upon the company’s “agile” transformation, a reorganization of work that had been critical to respond to and exceed rapidly changing customer expectations. Launched in 2015 at the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change; Organizational Management; Workforce; Agile; Change Management; Leadership; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Leading Change; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banking Industry
Kerr, William R., Federica Gabrieli, and Emer Moloney. "Transformation at ING (A): Agile." Harvard Business School Case 818-077, January 2018. (Revised May 2018.)
Climate Change is Going to Transform Where and How We Build
As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. Mortgages written on homes in exposed locations are being shed by banks and absorbed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,... View Details
- January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Inside GPIF's Embrace of ESG
By: George Serafeim
In the fall of 2018, Hiro Mizuno, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of GPIF, the Japanese Government Pension Fund, was reflecting on his efforts to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio. His efforts ranged... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment Funds; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance; Leading Change; Economy; Performance Improvement; Japan
Henderson, Rebecca, George Serafeim, Josh Lerner, and Naoko Jinjo. "Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Inside GPIF's Embrace of ESG." Harvard Business School Case 319-067, January 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
to the benefits of being in the midst of the country’s leading public-policy thinkers, Moret will be near his mother — his “inspiration,” as he calls her — who worked her way from small-town Mississippi pharmacist to COO of the American... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
subtle shifts in abstract judicial doctrine will affect the amount they pay for new products. Even CEOs are not apt to give these arcane issues the same kind of attention as something like tax policy, which affects a corporation's bottom line in a direct and... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for... View Details
- Winter 2022
- Article
Leading Disruption in a Legacy Business: A Compelling Growth Ambition Is a Critical Enabler for New Ventures
By: Andy Binns, Michael Tushman and Charles O'Reilly
Leading innovation in established corporations is difficult. Active inertia and dynamic conservatism are real. Still, leaders can drive disruptive ventures from inside large corporations. These leaders ideate, incubate, and scale innovations, much as an entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model
Binns, Andy, Michael Tushman, and Charles O'Reilly. "Leading Disruption in a Legacy Business: A Compelling Growth Ambition Is a Critical Enabler for New Ventures." MIT Sloan Management Review 63, no. 2 (Winter 2022).