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  • January 2020 (Revised July 2020)
  • Case

BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Aiyesha Dey and George Serafeim
The case revolves around the actions that Barbara Novick, co-founder and Vice-Chair of Blackrock, and Michelle Edkins, Global Head of Investment Stewardship, would need to take in response to the controversial CEO letters from Laurence (Larry) Fink, Chairman and CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Institutional Investors; Disclosure; Transparency; Corporate Purpose; Corporate Profits; ESG; ESG Disclosure Metrics; Corporate Sustainability; Engagement Strategy Of Institutions; Stewardship Role Of Institutions; BlackRock; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Institutional Investing; Accounting; Corporate Disclosure; Mission and Purpose; Profit; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Diversity; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 20 Jan 2020
  • News

Larry Fink Isn’t Going to Read Your Sustainability Report

    Matt DosSantos DiSorbo

    I am a PhD student in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. My research focuses on Human-AI Collaboration. My advisor is Professor Kris Johnson Ferreira. Prior to HBS, I obtained an A.B. in Statistics from Harvard College and worked at BlackRock in New York... View Details
    • 29 Jun 2014
    • News

    Fight against short-termism is misdirected

    • January 20, 2020
    • Article

    Larry Fink Isn't Going to Read Your Sustainability Report

    By: Mark R. Kramer
    In his recent annual letter to CEOs, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink makes the stunning claim that climate change has brought us to “the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance” and “in the near future … a significant reallocation of capital.” BlackRock has committed to... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business Model; Investment
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    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    The Changing Role of Business in Society

    By: Michael E. Porter
    Business interaction with the U.S. government, historically based on securing industry or company special interests at the expense of the public good, has enabled and furthered government dysfunction. Gridlock within the American political system has precluded the... View Details
    Keywords: Politics; Shared Value; Social Progress Index; Competitiveness; Walmart; BlackRock; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG; Transparency; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Lobbying; Revolving Door; Political Ideology; Political Parties; Political Partisanship; Government And Business; Government Innovation; Elections; Democracy; Capitalism; Stakeholder Capitalism; Shareholder Engagement; Competition; Strategy; Government and Politics; Society; Social Issues; Human Needs; Wealth and Poverty; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United States
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    • 18 Oct 2013
    • News

    The State of U.S. Markets Post-Shutdown

    • 01 Jan 2014
    • News

    Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy

    • 06 Aug 2019
    • News

    The Misunderstood $22 Trillion Market: Why Banks Have Missed The Mark On Gen-X

    • January–February 2014
    • Article

    Building a Game-Changing Talent Strategy

    By: Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill and Robert J. Thomas
    When most of the world's financial services giants were stumbling and retrenching in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, the asset management firm BlackRock was busy charting a course for growth. Its revenues, profits, and stock price all performed consistently... View Details
    Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Success; Business Strategy; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry
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    • 20 May 2014
    • News

    The Misdirected War on Corporate Short-Termism

    • 30 Jan 2015
    • News

    The Ethical Slide, Train Tickets, and Helping the Next Generation of Corporate Leaders to Choose Differently

    • 12 Feb 2018
    • News

    More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously

      Lauren H. Cohen

      Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government

        W. Carl Kester

        Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

        Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)

          Deborah M. Winshel

          Deborah Winshel is a member of the Faculty of the Harvard Business School where she teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability to first year MBAs and executives.

          Most recently, Deborah was a Managing Director and Global Head of Social Impact at... View Details

          • 20 Oct 2019
          • News

          U.S. Business Schools Realize ESG is no Fad but Part of Long-Term Trend

          • March 2025
          • Case

          The Changing Climate on Wall Street

          By: Clayton S. Rose, Maxim Pike Harrell and Michael Norris
          Increasing and conflicting regulatory requirements and political pressures regarding climate change tested the leaders of U.S. financial institutions, as they struggled to determine how best to comply while managing their business and its risks. In October 2024,... View Details
          Keywords: Change; Disruption; Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Society; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Strategy; Adaptation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; United States; Europe
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          • Web

          Hiring Organizations

          Benchstrength Berkeley Research Group LLC Berkshire Partners BHP Biogen BJ's Wholesale Club Blackhorn Ventures BlackRock Blackstone Blank Street Blitzy AI Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership... View Details
          • 22 Apr 2024
          • Research & Ideas

          When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

          that, then that company has more capital and can do things that it couldn't otherwise do.” Doing well by doing good is an important trend in business generally and venture capital specifically, with the sphere of impact investing no longer niche as big players like... View Details
          Keywords: by Rachel Layne