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- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
a US Airways takeover in the early 2000s, Delta was profitable and had been named by Fortune as the world’s most-admired airline twice. A champion in practicing “servant leadership” View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring
By: Maria R. Ibanez, Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
Capitalizing on the superior credibility and flexibility and potential lower cost of external assessments, many global buyers are relying less on their own employee (“second-party”) auditors and more on third-party auditors to monitor and prevent environmental and... View Details
Keywords: Auditing; Audit Quality; Working Conditions; Sustainability; Empirical Operations; Empirical Service Operations; Sustainability Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain Management
Ibanez, Maria R., Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel. "Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring." Working Paper, August 2024.
- 18 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers
a bigger chunk of their overall revenue. So the message is not, ‘You should go to your credit union rather than Wells Fargo.’ The message is, ‘Check your individual bank and look at the fees, View Details
- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the Business History Initiative at HBS. 2. Values guide decisions Jones believes that successful firms in India have a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2025
- Supplement
Negotiating a Legacy at Sustainable Harvest (B)
By: Jillian Jordan, Julian Zlatev, Alicia Dadlani and Martha Hostetter
The specialty coffee importer Sustainable Harvest was the first certified B Corp in the coffee industry due to its investments in building coffee farmers’ capacity and livelihood. But in 2022, after coffee prices plummeted and the company’s bank declined to extend its... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Trust; Ethics; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Volatility; Futures and Commodity Futures; Social Enterprise; Valuation; Business Model; Credit; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Europe
Jordan, Jillian, Julian Zlatev, Alicia Dadlani, and Martha Hostetter. "Negotiating a Legacy at Sustainable Harvest (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 925-011, January 2025.
- 14 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career
sabbatical, DiDonna returned to his alma mater, University of Notre Dame, and ran a lab for domestic policy research. All along, however, colleagues and friends kept asking him... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Teaming in the Twenty-First Century
dynamics that thwart learning and my growing interest in how work takes place in the team and in the team context," she says. Understanding the impact View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 05 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It
doctoral students Nicole Abi-Esber and Jennifer Abel, and Juliana Schroeder, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Working PapersInitiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors' Social Position Author:Julie Battilana Abstract This study addresses the paradox View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
extent to which a hospital's specialization in areas related to cardiovascular care directly impacts performance on cardiovascular patients (positive spillovers) and 2) whether the marginal benefit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2022
- Case
Paul Polman
By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Youngme Moon and Susie Ma
Over his 40-year career, Paul Polman had led some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, making his biggest mark as CEO of Unilever—a multi-national corporation that produced everything from soap to soup. Polman was also well-regarded as a leader in corporate... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Personal Development and Career; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Keenan, Elizabeth A., Youngme Moon, and Susie Ma. "Paul Polman." Harvard Business School Case 322-098, February 2022.
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
top of things in a more interlinked environment will be asking for more, and more targeted, financial communication. They are gradually becoming more attentive to companies that position themselves as... View Details
- 17 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024)
served as an incubator for personal and professional growth, reaffirming the belief that diverse experiences are a cornerstone of effective leadership. Upon graduation, I will continue serving my country... View Details
- Program
Rising Generation in the Family Enterprise
significant wealth Analyze options and choose the right role for you in the family enterprise, while honoring and supporting others' choices Engage in difficult conversations... View Details
- Web
The “Hawthorne Effect” – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
research. Harvard’s role in the Hawthorne experiments gave rise to the modern application of social science to organization life and lay the... View Details
- Web
Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research
impact investing sector by studying the universe of portfolio companies that seek to generate social benefits alongside financial returns. Impact-Weighted Accounts The... View Details
- 2008
- Article
The Gordon Research Conferences As Scientific Infrastructure
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich and Leah Shaper
Conferences serve as a crucial part of scientific infrastructure by offering participants the opportunity to announce novel findings, discuss research methods, and take part in a variety of networking activities. Presenting papers and learning about unpublished new... View Details
Keywords: Conferences; Interpersonal Communication; Infrastructure; Science-Based Business; Social and Collaborative Networks
Daemmrich, Arthur A., and Leah Shaper. "The Gordon Research Conferences As Scientific Infrastructure." Bulletin for the History of Chemistry 33, no. 2 (2008): 94–102.
- June 2024
- Article
Defining Who You Are by Whom You Serve? Strategies for Prosocial–Professional Identity Integration with Clients
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan and Julie Yen
Many professionals want to both achieve professional success and contribute to society. Yet, in some professional contexts, these aims are in tension because serving elite clients is considered the pinnacle of professional success, but professionals themselves may view... View Details
Keywords: Identity; Experience and Expertise; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Behavior; Social Entrepreneurship
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, and Julie Yen. "Defining Who You Are by Whom You Serve? Strategies for Prosocial–Professional Identity Integration with Clients." Administrative Science Quarterly 69, no. 2 (June 2024): 515–567.
- 17 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?
Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
Keywords: by Tim Gray
- 20 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think
she could not access the social networking site. By doing so, the student constrained her "want" self from acting and allowed her "should" self to flourish. Such precommitment devices... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne