Corporate Social Responsibility - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2007
News

Gore All Business at HBS

how business and governments worldwide had worked together to resolve the ozone-depletion problem by tightening regulations and by eliminating the use of CFCs through improved and cost-saving industrial processes. Indeed, companies that are not View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Dec 2003
News

Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2

Can white-collar corporate America do business with “green” environmentalists? Roger Ullman (MBA ’89) thinks so. Ullman, who worked in the mergers and acquisitions division of Merrill Lynch for twelve years, retired from his post as a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

09 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

subordinates, bosses, peers, and others, all of whom make relentless and often conflicting demands. "You really are not in control of anything," says one new manager. Another misconception is that new managers are responsible... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2020
Article

Exploring the Effect of Environmental Orientation on Financial Decisions of Businesses at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Evidence from the Microlending Context

By: Anton Shevchenko, Xiaodan Pan and Goran Calic

Existing research has accumulated substantial evidence on the effect that an environmental orientation has on businesses' economic performance. Yet this research does not cover small businesses from bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BOP) markets. In fact, despite increasing... View Details

Keywords: Micro-lending; Environmental Sustainability; Financing and Loans; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Small Business

August 2023
Supplement

Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (C)

By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh and Kerry Herman

In September 2021, Apple decided to delay updates to iOS and iPadOS that included features to fight child sexual abuse. While many—including prominent privacy and security experts—praised Apple, others were opposed. They saw Apple introducing features that risked... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs; Public Opinion; Applications and Software; Leadership

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11 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

Call it corporate alchemy. New research finds that multinational companies can spin gender bias into gold by recruiting and hiring well-educated female managers in countries that traditionally discriminate against women. Employing women... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

that can be applied to both corporate strategy and disaster planning. "I would advocate that risk managers should, and in some cases do, take responsibility for those kinds of questions," she says. "It's... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

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Wine & Cuisine Society | MBA

Wine & Cuisine Society The mission of the Wine and Cuisine Society (WCS) is to promote good living through the enjoyment of fine wine and cuisine. The WCS is focused on providing both educational and social activities in a convivial yet... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Nancy Hall (MBA 1974)

last year for a Social Enterprise Initiative event. Sitting at a table with several women who were current MBA students, I was surprised when they introduced themselves to each other. When I was at HBS, there were only fifty women on... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

accompanied by lower inflation and interest rates—that justify deficit spending to produce both economic growth and social programs designed to improve our quality of life and reduce social inequality”... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

career by learning to respond to external shifts, drive transformation, and lead change initiatives within your organization. "HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina... View Details

06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable by committing mistakes while learning something new. In Flying Without a Net, Thomas DeLong explains... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

the past ten years is summed up as "globalization enabled by technology." Looking forward, he anticipates more research into "applying management principles to addressing complex social problems." Many of these View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

Social networks matter for more than just efficient Internet communication. They're also crucial for the strong performance of stock recommendations by analysts, according to researchers at Harvard Business School and the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

17 Apr 2019
News

Two Alumnae Among Time’s Most Influential of 2019

Alumnae Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009) and Aileen Lee (MBA 1997) were selected for the Time 100—the magazine’s annual list of most influential people. Jennifer Hyman (photo by George Etheredge) Jennifer Hyman (photo by George Etheredge) Hyman is the cofounder and CEO of... View Details

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Danelle Radney

college, Danelle returned to Target where she invented her own position as coordinator and liaison with INROADS, a national organization that prepares minority youth for corporate and community leadership. “When I started,” Danelle says,... View Details

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

02 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

comment-letter reviews (CLs) on firms’ financial reporting. We exploit a major change in the SEC’s disclosure policy: in 2004, the SEC decided to make its CLs publicly available. Using a novel dataset of CLs, we analyze the capital-market View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

Working PapersDiffusing Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision Authors:Michael J. Lenox and Michael W. Toffel Abstract A key role of corporate managers is to encourage subsidiaries to adopt innovative... View Details