corporate social responsibility - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Sep 2010
What Do You Think?

How Transparent Should Boards Be?

think? Original Article The case study for this month is inspired by the Hewlett-Packard board, which deserves some kind of award for continuing to supply business schools with years worth of materials on corporate governance. One can... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Feb 1998
News

Short Takes

Who Does Good and Why While it's common knowledge that business leaders often serve on nonprofit boards, there has been little formal information about the characteristics and motivations of such individuals. In a 1997 working paper series on View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

04 Aug 2020
News

How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

member, ed tech veteran, and current cofounder and managing partner of Ethical Ventures, a management consultancy dedicated to social enterprises. In its first month, the Business for Racial Equity Pledge was signed by more than 1,000... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

Social and Environmental Stewardship, the report praised HBS as a leader in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and... View Details

25 Aug 2014
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Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

and corporate partners—tell of the organization’s success, Chertavian’s most prized metric shows the outcomes for the 18- through 24-year-olds that Year Up has served: Some 10,000 young people have participated in the one-year training... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2014
News

Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes

Every company needs a strategy—a forward-looking plan for the future—and every company needs to keep that bottom line growing through sales. But all too often, the folks devising the grand plan and the folks sealing the deals are not on the same page. In his new book,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; faculty research; faculty books

01 Dec 1996
News

Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

psychology, and neuroscience are integrated and applied to problems in human resource management, labor economics, organizational behavior, finance, governance, and corporate control. Jensen taught the first version of the course at HBS... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

14 Dec 2022
News

How to Pay Executives in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

the last decade is the dramatic increase in the number of companies concerned with corporate social responsibility, and the resultant rise in the range and variety that such efforts have taken. From "old"... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2003
News

Dean Clark Addresses Journalists

The nation’s business schools have a responsibility to contribute to that effort, Clark said, describing a special series of workshops on corporate issues undertaken at the School during the past academic... View Details

Keywords: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

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

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

material in one annual report. This case outlines the history and trends of corporate social responsibility reporting to encourage a discussion around the decision points and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Polishing Chrysler bodies similar to shining shoes - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections The Human Factor Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library Introduction The Exhibition The Request The Response... View Details

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Delivered by fast service cars - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections The Human Factor Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library Introduction The Exhibition The Request The Response... View Details

10 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote

social media, responses are immediate.” Also, votes allow companies to perform consumer research cheaply, generating new ideas for products or flavors, or testing consumer preference for options it might be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

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

Fast Answer

Sustainability in VCPE & Investing

This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background Readings Private Equity and Venture Capital’s Role in Catalyzing Sustainable Investment A paper from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a... View Details

January 2025
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Negotiating a Legacy at Sustainable Harvest (A)

By: Jillian Jordan, Julian Zlatev, Alicia Dadlani and Martha Hostetter

The specialty coffee importer Sustainable Harvest was the first certified B Corp in the coffee industry due to its investments in building coffee farmers’ capacity and livelihood. But in 2022, after coffee prices plummeted and the company’s bank declined to extend its... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Trust; Ethics; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Volatility; Futures and Commodity Futures; Social Enterprise; Valuation; Business Model; Credit; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Europe

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04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

to the complementary assets of the incumbent. At the same time, value creation presents opportunities for value capture by either party, where value capture by the start-up is determined by their knowledge appropriation regime and social... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Student Proposed Fellowship Program - Resources for selecting your organization

range of disciplines. Stanford Social Innovation Review Journal targets leaders in nonprofit management, corporate social responsibility, social... View Details

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