Span Of Accountability - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Aug 2012
News

Trends in ESG Integration in Investments (pdf)

10 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

iPhoto In the blink of an instant, a corporate brand can turn from sterling to tarnished. Just ask Volkswagen or Wells Fargo—two prestigious names that have become associated with scandal in recent years, and now become synonymous with shady corporate practices. What... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

04 Jun 2020
News

ESG investors get their heads around social risks

24 Jan 2018
News

Economics in Central Banking Award 2018: BPP and PriceStats

24 Apr 2014
News

Creating a mathematical method to understand consumer behavior in a digital world

influence by controlling for those “birds-of-a-feather” tendencies. The findings show that social influence accounts for more than 25 percent of all mobile app adoptions. The research also highlights an... View Details

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

on human resource management. Most companies have viewed the ructions caused by COVID as an anomaly. They aren’t. COVID accelerated a number of trends that were latent in the labor market before the onset of... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

2022
Case

Interface: The Journey Toward Carbon Negative

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Interface has been a leading innovator in the carpet industry, specializing in the manufacturing of carpet tiles for commercial flooring. This case describes the history, context, and technology behind the company's development of its newest sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Innovation and Invention; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Accounting

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Purchase

05 Nov 2019
News

Bond mutual funds may hold riskier holdings than reported, NBER study finds

15 Apr 2015
News

Biogen, Danish company in patent spat worth billions

13 Aug 2021
News

New Child Tax Credit Should Be a Call to Action for Banks

20 Sep 2018
News

Did Entrepreneur Ernesto Tornquist Help or Hurt Argentina?

01 Mar 2024
News

The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown

Professors Eugene Soltes and Aiyesha Dey; image by John Ritter When Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted in 2023 of all seven charges against him related to the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the jury needed less than five hours to deliberate... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

10 Jul 2017
News

Capitalism the Apple Way vs. Capitalism the Google Way

August 2010 (Revised January 2013)
Case

Urban Water Partners (A)

By: Karthik Ramanna, George Serafeim and Aldo Sesia

The case explores a new business venture to bring clean water to residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who otherwise cannot afford it. Management has enough money to get the company through August 2010 but needs more capital thereafter. An HBS alumnus is interested in... View Details

Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Performance Evaluation; Dar es Salaam; Massachusetts

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