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- February 2006 (Revised November 2008)
- Teaching Note
Banco Real: Banking on Sustainability (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ryan Raffaelli
- July 1997
- Background Note
Sustaining Superior Performance: Commitments and Capabilities
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Gary P. Pisano
Presents evidence on the unsustainability of many competitive advantages, reviews the typical threats to the sustainability, and discusses ways in which those threats can be combatted. View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Gary P. Pisano. "Sustaining Superior Performance: Commitments and Capabilities." Harvard Business School Background Note 798-008, July 1997.
- January 1995
- Teaching Note
Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development TN
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Jackie Prince Roberts
- 2019
- Book
Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation
By: Gary P. Pisano
Creative Construction tackles the myth that larger enterprises are inherently incapable of transformative innovation and are doomed to be disrupted by nimble start-ups. If larger enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Creativity; Leading Change
Pisano, Gary P. Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation. New York: PublicAffairs, 2019.
- December 2014 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Muñoz Group: Sustaining Global Vertical Integration Through Innovation
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Annelena Lobb
Muñoz Group, which supplied supermarket chains and food distribution chains around the world with fruit, flowers, juice and ice cream, was at a strategic crossroads in 2014. CEO Alvaro Muñoz had to choose the best way to achieve profit goals and provide his company... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Supply Chain; Retail; Agribusiness Industry; Globalized Firms and Management; Supply Chain Management; Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Profit; Innovation and Invention; Retail Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; North and Central America
Alvarez, Jose B., and Annelena Lobb. "Muñoz Group: Sustaining Global Vertical Integration Through Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 515-011, December 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
- 07 Dec 2017
- News
Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?
- 11 May 2015
- Video
HBS Professor Ray Goldberg on the History of Sustainable Agribusiness
- March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000
Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Capital Markets; Management Teams; Business and Community Relations; Trade; Electronics Industry; Switzerland
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000." Harvard Business School Case 701-082, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- 23 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Impact: Business in an Age of Sustainability
What is the role of business in addressing climate change? How should asset managers weigh the social impact of their investments? What steps should a company take to ensure transparency in management and compensation? Climate change and View Details
- 21 Jun 2016
- Other Presentation
Defining Innovative Approaches to Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth
Nestle's CSV global forum entitled 'Investing in Sustainable Development in Africa,' brought together business, civil society and government leaders from Africa and beyond to discuss a range of key topics affecting the African continent. This video clip highlights some... View Details
Keywords: Society; Africa; Shared Value; Côte D'Ivoire; Civil Society or Community; Environmental Sustainability; Economic Growth; Africa
Porter, Michael E. "Defining Innovative Approaches to Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth." In Investing in Sustainable Development in Africa. Creating Shared Value Global Forum, Nestlé, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, June 21, 2016. (Video clip.)
- 03 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series
Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series Cover image features Prof. Geoffrey Jones (left) and Prof. Tarun Khanna (right). The Business and Environment Initiative is excited to bring our readers the View Details
- November 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Teaching Note
Driving Sustainability at Bloomberg L.P. (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis, Daniel Buenza, Fabrizio Ferraro and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 411025. View Details
- February 2013
- Article
Sustaining Innovation When Outsourcing Components in Multi-technology, Multi-component Systems
By: Ian Mackenzie and Casimer DeCusatis
Firms producing multi-technology, multi-component systems are increasingly outsourcing selected components to achieve both reduced cost and enhanced innovation benefits. Given typical inter-dependence between innovation at the system and component levels, an important... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Alignment; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry
Mackenzie, Ian, and Casimer DeCusatis. "Sustaining Innovation When Outsourcing Components in Multi-technology, Multi-component Systems." Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice 15, no. 1 (February 2013).
- 03 Mar 2021
- News
What Biden’s Sustainability Agenda Means for Business
- 01 Jan 2021
- News
How to Talk to Your CFO About Sustainability
- September 2014
- Article
The New Heretics: Hybrid Organizations and the Challenges they Present to Corporate Sustainability
By: Nardia Haigh and Andrew J. Hoffman
Corporate sustainability has become mainstream; reaching into all areas of business management. Yet despite this progress, large-scale social and ecological issues continue to worsen. In this article, we examine how corporate sustainability has been enacted as a... View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose
Haigh, Nardia, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "The New Heretics: Hybrid Organizations and the Challenges they Present to Corporate Sustainability." Organization & Environment 27, no. 3 (September 2014): 223–241.