Corporate Citizenship - Publications - Faculty & Research

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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Research Areas - Doctoral

multi-disciplinary approach. 11. Social Enterprise research seeks to understand the challenges associated with driving sustained, high-impact social change. Current research focuses on leadership of socially mission-driven organizations; the role of business leaders... View Details

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Executive Education - Global

improve corporate performance and drive competitive advantage. View Programs Programs in China Programs in Europe There are no upcoming programs at this time Programs in India There are no upcoming programs at this time Programs in Africa... View Details

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Companies: social responsibility

maintains a database of benefit corporations. Corpwatch.org: Provide articles, reports and data on violations by multinational corporations to activists, media, the general public and policy makers. View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

sustained, high-impact social change. Current research focuses on leadership of socially mission-driven organizations; the role of business leaders and corporate citizenship in driving social change;... View Details

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Events - Business History

investing and the B-corps." It "distinguishes deep responsibility, which can deliver radical social and ecological responses, from corporate social responsibility, which is often little more than window dressing." (Read the full... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

role in society surfaces throughout Keen’s story. He wrote his HBS application essay about wanting to learn the tactics of corporate business for the good of tribal peoples—to be a sheep in wolf’s clothing, in effect. But Keen received... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

low technology usage are less likely to benefit. “If you’re a small dry-cleaning business, for example, I don’t think there’s much benefit to you going out and starting to contribute to open source.” In the tech industry, using and contributing to open source software... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

Business Administration, Emeritus Alumni Achievement Awards Ralph M. Barford (MBA '52) President, Valleydene Corporation Limited Chairman, GSW Inc. Despite occupying diverse industry sectors, several of Canada's best-known blue-chip... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave

exacerbated by an increasingly transient corporate lifestyle. Maybe it is a materialistic hollowness at the core of American life, or maybe it’s just men behaving badly. Whatever it is, and MacDonald suggests it is all of them, as a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Stanley C. Allyn

As leader of National Cash Register, Allyn was an ardent supporter of first-class working conditions for employees and a strong believer in corporate citizenship for his company. By 1947, Allyn had tripled... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Jun 1998
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How the Ron Brown Award Was Born

establish and administer the award. "The President hoped that such an award would elevate and honor issues of leadership in citizenship as the Baldrige awards have done for leadership in quality," Cavanagh says. Conference Board president... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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World Economic Forum

featured speaker for the "25 Years of Business Strategy" discussion, and the moderator of a corporate citizenship panel. Professor Robert S. Kaplan moderated a session titled "Staying One Step Ahead: Winning... View Details

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Peeling Back the Global Brand

can enhance the perceptions of product and service quality. Second: be aware that good corporate citizenship matters as much in emerging markets as it does in the world's richest countries. Third: target... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3

enterprise" relevant to all employees through corporate citizenship initiatives reflective of the company's values; and help IBM compete globally by ensuring market access. The scope was all 170... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Lauren Booker

the 1960s and '70s. At Yale, Lauren exhibited the family traits of social activism and leadership, becoming the head of the Black Student Alliance and co-founding a magazine entitled Sphere, "focused on global citizenship... View Details

01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=Marketplace_Reseller_HBS%20WP%2001312014.pdf August 2013 Corporations and Citizenship Can For-Profit Corporations Be Good... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 6

Union business model focused on financial remittances, and how its corporate citizenship efforts bring value to the company by satisfying the diverse needs of Western Union's stakeholders. Purchase this... View Details