Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (7,110) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (7,110) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 204 of 7,110 Results →
  • Web

Porter Prize South Korea - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

of shared value by recognizing creative economic and social problem-solving. Public and private sector organizations can apply by showing how they harmonize social values, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and philanthropic efforts... View Details
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Elevator Pitch: Dress Code

around each user. Leveraging AI and machine learning, the app uses a sophisticated algorithm to streamline and personalize a dynamically adaptive online feed of potential purchases based on yes or no responses to simple questions, getting... View Details
Keywords: online shopping; fashion; mobile technology; entrepreneurship; startup; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Bloomberg’s Gift to Boost Cities

“Running a city is one of the most complex jobs on the planet. A mayor is responsible for overseeing unwieldy bureaucracies, managing budgets, making policy, implementing programs, bringing legislators together, harnessing technology,... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

Another First

first woman to do this or that,” she told the Denver Post (December 9, 2005). “The important thing is the 4,400 young men and women I am now responsible for.” Even so, her career includes other firsts. Shortly after graduating from high... View Details
Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

approach to the dilemma. "Several years ago ... as a board we sat and discussed this very issue... [and decided that] the board should be prepared to sell to a lower bidder ... But the discount should be set by a third party [group board or non-execs] because we... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett

    Oscar Gustave Mayer

    Mayer is responsible for Oscar Mayer and Company’s rapid growth. Under his leadership, he laid the foundation for a billion dollar operation – a far cry from the $200 million operation he had inherited. View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • March 2010 (Revised April 2013)
    • Case

    Equitas Microfinance: The Fastest-Growing MFI on the Planet

    By: V.G. Narayanan and V. Kasturi Rangan
    Founded as a for-profit microfinance company, Equitas had acquired nearly a million clients in the short two years since it was founded. The founder, Vasu, and his management team wished to accelerate the already impressive spurt to three million clients in the next... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Microfinance; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry; India
    Related
    • November 2024
    • Article

    Stakeholder Amnesia in M&A Deals

    By: Caley Petrucci and Guhan Subramanian
    Public companies have increasingly embraced environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the course of everyday business. However, these ESG considerations are virtually non-existent in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. Elon Musk’s recent acquisition... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governing and Advisory Boards; Mergers and Acquisitions
    Related
    • 2015
    • Chapter

    Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations

    By: Daniel A Brown, Rakesh Khurana and James O'Toole
    We explore the role of the corporate leader in creating value for stakeholders throughout three eras: one of naïve idealism, one of naïve cynicism, and an emerging era of rugged idealism. We explain how the role of the corporate leader and society's perceptions of this... View Details
    Keywords: Stakeholder Management; Value; Shared Value; Institution; Business School; Stakeholder Engagement; Value Creation; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Alignment; Business Education; Business and Stakeholder Relations
    Related
    • April 2013
    • Teaching Note

    New Resource Bank: In Pursuit of Green (TN)

    By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz
    This case involves the founding and early life of a new bank enterprise in San Francisco with a commitment to the cause of sustainability. It illustrates the opportunities and challenges of banking on values and of specifying and making explicit the practical... View Details
    Keywords: Business And Society; Entrepreneurial Management; Growth Strategy; Social Enterprise; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Entrepreneurship; Business and Community Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Banking Industry; San Francisco
    Related
    • September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
    • Supplement

    Genzyme Center (B)

    By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
    Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Biotechnology Industry; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Green Technology Industry
    Related
    • November 2002 (Revised May 2006)
    • Case

    Forest Stewardship Council

    By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco
    In just a few years the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) made impressive progress toward its mission of promoting "environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests." By 2001, 25.5 million hectares of forests in... View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Corporate Governance; Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Strategy
    Related
    • Article

    Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s

    By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj
    This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details
    Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya
    Related
    • 24 May 2021
    • Blog Post

    Graduating During a Pandemic

    am from Section H, and I served as the HBS Chief Community Officer for the Class of 2021. I was responsible for using the Student Association’s resources to nurture student life for the nearly 2,000 MBA and PhD students who call HBS home.... View Details
    • Web

    Interior of packing house - The Request - 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 Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The View Details
    • Web

    Barry Puritz Archives | Social Enterprise

    Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Alumni Club Creates an Innovative Response to the Skills Gap Problem Barry Puritz... View Details
    • 01 Oct 2001
    • News

    Finding Their Way

    their story? In response to the unexpected — made manifest in challenges and opportunities — lives of meaning and excellence have emerged. Barbara A. Bry Christopher Cox Margaret Hanson Costan Guy de Chazal Peter W. Olson Jeffery E.... View Details
    Keywords: Management
    • Career Coach

    Courtney Fairbrother

    for HBS where she was responsible for engaging students, staff, and faculty in sustainability initiatives across the HBS campus. Prior to working at Harvard, Courtney worked in both the private and public sector on renewable energy... View Details
    Keywords: Energy; Clean Technology; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Government
    • 30 Aug 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

    In the aftermath of such highly public and grossly damaging business debacles as Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom, much attention and plenty of criticism have been directed at those companies' corporate boards. Traditionally, board View Details
    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
    • 13 Jun 2017
    • News

    Finding Common Ground

    and his partners created SharedXpertise Media and took over Corporate Responsibility Magazine, a publication modeled on CFO and Workforce magazines. “We were betting there would be a corporate responsibility... View Details
    Keywords: Ralph Ranalli