Risk Measurement - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

members of the Harvard Business School (HBS) community have asked HBS to provide carbon credit recommendations to offset their travel emissions. After exploring options, HBS is suggesting travelers consider the CNaught carbon credit portfolio which was curated for HBS... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

with Umang Khetan, Jane Li, and Ioana Neamtu. Ishita Sen : Winner of the 2024 Rising Scholar Award from The Review of Financial Studies for "Regulatory Limits to Risk Management" (June 2023). 2023 Mark L. Egan : Winner of the 2023 TIAA... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons

of bank teller to become chairman of Zions Bancorporation in Salt Lake City, with teaching him that ethical standards are an intrinsic part of doing business. "He measures his performance in terms of doing the right thing and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

October 2023
Case

Prime Coalition: Estimating Climate Impact

By: Natalia Rigol, Benjamin N. Roth, Brian Trelstad and Amram Migdal

A case on CRANE, a tool to help investors and green technology companies estimate the future climate impact of new technologies and products, called emissions reduction potential (ERP). The case includes material on CRANE’s methodology for estimating future carbon... View Details

Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Environmental Accounting; Analysis; Climate Change; Green Technology; Innovation and Invention; Measurement and Metrics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Risk and Uncertainty; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Enterprise

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

concept, there are many challenges and risks in execution for the service organization, government and investors. The VELUX FOUNDATIONS: Selecting Impact Funds (819021) by Vikram Gandhi , Caitlin Lindsay Reimers Brumme and Nathaniel... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

on the boards that approved these strategies. For example, about two-thirds of acquisitions fail to break even. Because acquisitions require board approval, they are a clear measure of board decision-making. The fact that so many... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

like exports that can also be driven up by policies that do not raise productivity or long-term prosperity. For policy makers, this suggests that each individual measure under consideration needs to be tested as to whether it improves... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

21 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

venture, which attracted interest from six mentors, a venture that attracted twice as much interest was 27 percent more likely to commercialize (which Shu and her colleagues defined as having multiple repeated sales, an Amazon storefront, or a technology licensing,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

13 Mar 2005
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The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

should they balance operational activities and advocacy efforts? How can they better measure performance against their missions and improve accountability to stakeholders?" The authors discuss their book in the following Q&A.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

10 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

The benefits of creating good aren’t often apparent to companies, since they often don’t reap the rewards. Thus, many tend to practice “loss aversion,” avoiding a known downside rather than taking the risk of creating an even better... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to early adopters of technology. Read... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

friend, more workers are scaling back, stepping away, or choosing alternative professional opportunities that help them balance these demands. Companies that ignore this emerging crisis risk losing their hardest-to-find and highest-paid... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

of our lives, we just deprive ourselves of a very important input." Christensen explores the synergies between economic logic and personal conviction in his new book, How Will You Measure Your Life? Coauthored with James Allworth (HBS MBA... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 May 2019
What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

littleny Can YouTube’s Users Help the Company Deal With Its “Moral” Problem?* This month’s mini-case described the dilemma faced by Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube: how far to promote “sustainability,” viewership, and (to some) free speech at the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

people to do senior managers all want innovation and risk taking in principle, but they don't have ways of measuring and evaluating it in the short term. So focus generally wins in larger, well-established... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

2022) with Tessa Han and Suraj Srinivas. Himabindu Lakkaraju : Recipient of the 2022 J.P. Morgan Artificial Intelligence Faculty Research Award in the “AI to Empower Employees” category for “Understanding and Mitigating Privacy Risks of... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

well as well-being. For example: Abundant communication. Regular briefings, communication from many levels, town hall dialogues. Cross-training, so people can fill in for one another. Flexible work schedules, start and stop times that fit life needs. Goal clarity.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

curve,” for example, made employees in the top 20 percent of performance eligible for raises and promotions, while those in the bottom 10 percent risked being demoted or fired. Industries such as investment banking, consulting, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

12 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

The rewards of research Do those investments pay off? Researchers examined revenue, stock returns, clinical value, and the population impacted by the novel drug. And they quantified the risk of those investments, coming up with a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Pharmaceutical

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