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- 28 Apr 2020
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The business of saving the world
- March 2017 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Walmart: Navigating a Changing Retail Landscape
By: Michael E. Porter and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo
As the largest company, by revenue, in the world, Walmart has been a lightning rod for criticism. However, in an attempt to stay ahead of traditional and digital retailers, and keep customers satisfied with evolving demands, the company is strengthening its competitive... View Details
Keywords: Shared Value; Strategy; Department Stores; Sustainability; Social Responsibility Of Business; Value Creation; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Retail Industry
Porter, Michael E., and Jorge Ramirez-Vallejo. "Walmart: Navigating a Changing Retail Landscape." Harvard Business School Case 717-474, March 2017. (Revised July 2019.)
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Electricity - Business & Environment
Jezmir HBS MBA 2013, Managing Director, Energy, CCM Group Nathan Nemon HBS MBA 2020 “Scalable business in coordination with robust policies are necessary to address the global challenges posed by climate change. I’m dedicated to building... View Details
- 2015
- Other Unpublished Work
Do Managers Have a Role to Play in Sustaining the Institutions of Capitalism?
By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they engage in the political processes that structure the institutions of capitalism? The... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Lobbying; Leadership; Economic Systems; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations
Henderson, Rebecca, and Karthik Ramanna. "Do Managers Have a Role to Play in Sustaining the Institutions of Capitalism?" Governance Studies, The Initiative on 21st Century Capitalism, No. 20, Brookings Institution, 2015.
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
commercial and scientific promise, sustaining legislation has to be put in place to allow the market to achieve its potential,” Spar commented. “The best technology in the world won’t help you if it’s illegal to use it.” Another... View Details
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
To succeed in today's fast-moving economy, traditional corporate structures are holding back companies, even great companies, from being creative enough and speedy enough to compete effectively. What's needed, argues Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 11 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Business and Environment Initiative
Business and Environment Initiative? We hope that prospective students know that BEI is working diligently to integrate the principles of sustainability into business... View Details
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
consequences of a range of alternative policies. 2015 Book Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective By: Rebecca Henderson , Ranjay Gulati and Michael Tushman The business case for acting... View Details
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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online
Renewal Leading with Finance Management Essentials Negotiation Mastery Organizational Leadership Power and Influence for Positive Impact Strategic Financial Analysis Strategy Execution Sustainable Business... View Details
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Engagement Opportunities - Business & Environment
professional skills and relationships that support their future careers. Program includes a weekend retreat at the Harvard Forest, dinners and workshops with leaders in the field, and a year-end event. Applications due in August. Harvard University Council of Student... View Details
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Business History - Faculty & Research
simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be highly creative and, at times, to exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the... View Details
- 21 Jun 2017
- Book
Meet the Oddball Entrepreneurs Who Invented Green Businesses
- 31 Mar 2017
- News
How Can Business Schools and MBAs Contribute Toward Climate Action?
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Continuing Education - Business & Environment
created by climate change. Sustainable Business Strategy Online Become a purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to catalyze system-level... View Details
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The Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
With the exception of New York University, HRPBA boasted the greatest number of female students in business administration. Individuals like Margaret Earhart, an activist for workers' rights as well as a faculty member, helped to View Details
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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment
support is available through this program to students who wish to explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. Reimbursement Grants: Where environmental View Details
- 23 Jan 2013
- News
Are Today's Business Leaders Too Afraid of Risk?
- 2012
- Book
The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment
By: Pratima Bansal and Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental issues now loom large on the social, political, and business agenda. Over the past four decades, "corporate environmentalism" has emerged and been constantly redefined, from regulatory compliance to more recent management conceptions such as pollution... View Details
Bansal, Pratima, and Andrew J. Hoffman, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment. Oxford University Press, 2012.
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
the opposite direction.” Gore and David Blood (MBA ’85) are founding partners of Generation Investment Management, a firm that makes long-term investments in companies adhering to sustainability principles. Earlier in the day, the pair... View Details
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
Much like how disruptive technologies can threaten established businesses, the growing epidemic of AIDS has the power to blindside and possibly topple companies who choose to ignore the threat, participants concluded at a Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace