Publications

April 1991 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Levi Strauss & Co. and the AIDS Crisis

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Health Disorders; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Apparel and Accessories Industry

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Jessica Mbaeliachi

Jessica (HBS ’13, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ’05) is currently the Executive Director, Corporate Strategy at Bristol Myers Squibb - based in Princeton, NJ. In this role, she is responsible for... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Health Care

March 2025
Case

Calyx Global: Rating Carbon Credits

By: Michael W. Toffel and Adam Chen

This case describes how rating agencies and other organizations are seeking to improve the quality of carbon credits sold in the voluntary carbon market to organizations seeking to use them to supplement their internal decarbonization efforts to meet their net zero... View Details

Keywords: Service Design; Certification; Auditing; Auditor Reputation; Carbon Credits; Carbon; Rating Agency Disagreement; Ratings; Climate Change; Business Model; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict of Interests; Reputation; Business Strategy

September 2024
Supplement

Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (B)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Kenneth P. Pucker and Stacy Straaberg

The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (B) case encourages students to assess Allbirds’ product development and go-to-market strategies now that Allbirds is a publicly listed company. The (B) case provides a 2024 update on Allbirds including its initial public offering,... View Details

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

assured that they can defend their achievements—that they will be listened to if they feel aggrieved or abused. Jobs that reasonably fulfill all 4 drives are the building blocks of healthy organizations. It is also important to make sure that all other View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

field organizations was growing. The senior team was slow to make decisions, and no one took responsibility for the performance of the developing businesses. A lack of openness lies behind many failures to implement strategy. Camp... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

14 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

selection as an important, but understudied, element of organizational control systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-021.pdf The Impact of Corporate Social View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Online AI Course | HBS Online

represent a large multinational corporation or a small local business, we have a solution for your learning and development needs. Learn More Our Difference AI Essentials for Business will enable you to build leading, View Details

03 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 3

In a second study, we confirm this finding in two scenario-based experiments. Our results suggest that longer-tenured and more successful employees face a greater loss of self-esteem from negative social comparisons and are more likely to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2022
Case

Ceibal: Sustaining and Scaling Educational Innovation in Uruguay

By: John J-H Kim, Michael Chu and Mariana Cal

Ceibal was founded in 2007 in Uruguay, as an initiative to reduce the digital gap in the country. After playing an important role providing a smooth transition to remote learning during COVID, Ceibal in 2022 must now determine the best way to fulfill its mission to "be... View Details

Keywords: Digital Gap; COVID-19 Pandemic; Education; Teaching; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Social Issues; Transformation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Education Industry; Latin America; South America; Uruguay

March 2007 (Revised October 2007)
Case

Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kerry Herman

Deals with approaches to alleviating poverty and how firms, governments, and NGOs are able to work together to accomplish these goals. View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Nutrition; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Welfare

14 Dec 2022
News

How to Pay Executives in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism

01 Dec 2011
News

Li & Fung's Global Footprint

Plus, in many countries, government and businesses collude to change the framework, allowing companies to set their own boundaries. A new social contract needs to be developed, because especially in the last few years, business has made... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

organization. "HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Identify... View Details

August 2016
Supplement

HEINEKEN—Brewing a Better World (B)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, José Alvarez and Tonia Junker

This is a follow-up to the “HEINEKEN—Brewing a Better World (A)” case, with updated information on sustainability at HEINEKEN and some new initiatives. View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Corporate Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Food and Beverage Industry