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- September 2014
- Article
The New Heretics: Hybrid Organizations and the Challenges they Present to Corporate Sustainability
By: Nardia Haigh and Andrew J. Hoffman
Corporate sustainability has become mainstream; reaching into all areas of business management. Yet despite this progress, large-scale social and ecological issues continue to worsen. In this article, we examine how corporate sustainability has been enacted as a... View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose
Haigh, Nardia, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "The New Heretics: Hybrid Organizations and the Challenges they Present to Corporate Sustainability." Organization & Environment 27, no. 3 (September 2014): 223–241.
- Profile
Juan Camargo
When the 2014 Cadillac ELR—the carmaker's new electric luxury vehicle—rolled onstage at the Detroit auto show earlier this year, Juan Camargo (MBA 2012) sat in the fourth row, beaming. And it wasn't just because, as assistant marketing manager at Cadillac, Camargo is... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
country-level factors that limit firms' use of selective disclosure by intensifying scrutiny on them and by diffusing global norms to their headquarters countries. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
recent poll by the Investor Responsibility Research Center, the average dollar value of stock held by directors of companies with stock ownership guidelines (only 20 percent... View Details
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
In 2020, the city of Detroit logged some 7,000 calls involving mental health emergencies—a critical issue, notes Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who says, “When the mentally ill turn to the police for a response, the system is broken.” To fix... View Details
- September 2018 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
The Progressive Corporation, 2018
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In early 2019, The Progressive Corporation (Progressive), the USA’s third-largest auto insurance writer, reported earned premiums were up 20% in 2018 compared to the previous year, and net income was up 64%. Direct sales of personal auto policies rose 21%, while agent... View Details
Keywords: Insurance Companies; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Decisions; Customer Acquisition; Customer Experience; Customer Lifetime Value; Policy Implementation; Competitors; Auto Insurance; Vehicle; Progressive; Allstate; State Farm; GEICO; Implementation; Insurance; Customer Value and Value Chain; Growth Management; Competitive Strategy; Insurance Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "The Progressive Corporation, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 719-413, September 2018. (Revised August 2019.)
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
Goods Forum, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, social and environmental NGOs, Unilever’s competitors, and the local governments in Southeast Asia. What more could Unilever do to advance the diffusion View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
mutations. As a general rule, the university alters itself only in thoughtful response to significant needs and opportunities. Entrepreneurism occurs within fixed bounds; there is rarely revolution of the... View Details
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
concentrated, with five sellers responsible for nearly half of net selling. This concentration leads to market fragility—losses at the largest sellers have an outsized impact on CDS pricing. These findings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...
you could say. As VP of Strategy & Operations, I was responsible for defining our strategic roadmap and designing and implementing our business operations. While I learned a great deal in my role and was... View Details
- October 2021
- Supplement
Engine No. 1: An Activist Hedge Fund Pursues Stakeholder Capitalism (B)
By: Mark Kramer
Engine Number 1's proxy fight succeeded in part because Exxon shareholders had lost money in the preceding years and because climate change was a high-profile issue. The B case raises the question of whether Engine No. 1's next target should be Facebook, where social... View Details
Keywords: Proxy Fight; Hedge Fund Activism; Social Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Goals and Objectives
Kramer, Mark. "Engine No. 1: An Activist Hedge Fund Pursues Stakeholder Capitalism (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 222-038, October 2021.
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
vulnerability to climate change and their strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their responses vary widely. We theorize and empirically identify several factors associated with suppliers being especially willing to share this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
of control), (iii) increase DM total and performance-based pay. The results are generally consistent with the explanation that firms redesign their organizations through a set of complementary choices in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2015
- Blog Post
Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive
The majority of HBS students choose to do an internship in between their first and second years. Some students choose to continue down paths they pursued prior to business school, while others use the summer to try out new function areas... View Details
- November 2022 (Revised March 2023)
- Supplement
JUUL and the Vaping Revolution: A 2022 Update
By: Michael W. Toffel and Sarah Mehta
This case provides a brief update (2019-2022) on the rise and fall of JUUL Labs, the maker of the popular JUUL e-cigarette. View Details
Keywords: Electronic Cigarettes; E-Cigarettes; Vaping; Nicotine Replacement; JUUL; Juuling; Government Regulation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Digital Marketing; Customers; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Marketing; Ethics; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Technology Industry; California
Toffel, Michael W., and Sarah Mehta. "JUUL and the Vaping Revolution: A 2022 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 623-011, November 2022. (Revised March 2023.)
- September 2023 (Revised September 2023)
- Teaching Note
Roche: Innovation and Access to Healthcare
By: George Serafeim
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-075. In May 2022, Roche Group, one of the largest healthcare companies in the world, hosted its first investor event focused exclusively on its efforts to impact access to healthcare. While Roche had recently set an ambitious goal to... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
minds of those responsible for governance. When a business is profitable and paying healthy dividends to its stockholders, fraudulent activities and accounting irregularities can go unnoticed. However, when... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
environmental performance, and social responsibility evaluation, which cover the company in the national, regional, and corporate levels for the purpose of realizing the comprehensive evaluation View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
to their reliable software and responsive customer service. The company had achieved this growth without the help of any outside financing. The five co-founders of eCW, who... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
increases demand by seven percentage points. Consumer Response to Versioning: How Brands' Production Methods Affect Perceptions of Unfairness Authors:Andrew Gershoff, Ran Kivetz, and Anat Keinan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel