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  • May 2011 (Revised March 2012)
  • Case

InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability Consulting

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robert G. Eccles and Casey Taylor
InterfaceRAISE is a sustainability management consulting firm created to leverage the capabilities of its parent company Interface Inc., a carpet manufacturer recognized as a global leader in corporate environmental sustainability. This case illustrates the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Environmental Accounting; Profit; Marketing Strategy; Human Resources; Business Model; Leveraged Buyouts; Salesforce Management; Consulting Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 14 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 14

and impact of ERM, but the studies are inconsistent and inconclusive, due, we believe, to an inadequate specification of how ERM is used in practice. Based on a ten-year field project, over 250 interviews with senior risk officers, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

policies” Intrigued by the lasting power of Franklin’s treatise on industry and frugality and its influence on capitalism as we know it today, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Sophus Reinert delves into the history of the essay’s dissemination and View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
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Regulatory Change/Business-Government Relations

“Sources of Learning Heterogeneity: Discontinuous Regulatory Shock and its Impact on Organizational Search Behaviors”

Co-authoring with Jerry Kim, in this study I look at how discontinuous regulatory shock shapes organizational... View Details

Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Regulations; Regulatory Capture; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
  • Web

Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

equity for the arts, Jason Price is incubating a world-class art center in New Haven, Connecticut—and developing an impact model fo... Re: Jason Price (MBA 2003); Omar Simmons... View Details
  • Web

Academics - Health Care

life sciences, students need not have a scientific background, merely a passion for making an impact through participation in these ventures. Students will explore opportunities along various aspects of the R&D and commercialization... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

in the capital structure of bankrupt firms according to their institutional type and track them from the initial filing until the vote on the plan of reorganization. We document several novel facts about the role of different institutional investors, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

necessary to decide how they will be spread over the merging companies' workforces. This decision can significantly impact the merger integration process and how the stock market values the merger, by sending employees and investors a... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
  • 24 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

can also be used in discussions with customers about the pricing of new business. Note that these rates are lower than those estimated using traditional ABC methods (see the exhibit "Doing ABC the Traditional Way"). Doing the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
  • 26 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

economic impact of export subsidies by investigating stock price reactions to a critical event in 1997. On November 18, 1997, the European Union announced its intention to file a complaint before the World... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

of Inspire Brands, which owns Buffalo Wild Wings, Arby’s, Jimmy John’s and Sonic Drive-In, explained that with 11,000 restaurants in its portfolio, Inspire is seeing very different impacts across the brands driven primarily by their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • 18 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

algorithm generates fair outcomes. As the algorithm sorts through information to optimize its objective, BEAT detects and eliminates bias at key points in the training process. For instance, BEAT could help a car service charge surge View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Web

Leadership - Faculty & Research

in society. Meeting this aspiration requires equipping them with knowledge and tools that will enable them to understand what it takes to have a positive impact in the world. In line with this objective, this module note focuses on how... View Details
  • Web

Curriculum - Business & Environment

Government and the International Economy Pakistan at 75: When Will the "Nazuk Mor" End? Singapore: "From Third World to First" Thailand: Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts, and a Green Revolution Data Science for Managers Arla Foods: Decarbonizing Dairy with Data Arla... View Details
  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future

between the funds at my disposal and the total amount I needed to attend my dream school. I wanted to know how others bridged this gap. I began to reach out to HBS alumni who I knew to ask how they financed their education. I asked tough questions about whether they... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

percent increase in housing prices. Moreover, Yelp measures of local business activity provide leading indicators for housing price changes and help to forecast which neighborhoods are gentrifying. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Anticorruption Efforts" (with Paul Healy, Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12–077, 2012). George Serafeim : Runner-up for the 2013 Whitebox Grant for Research in the Behavioral Sciences for the paper with Mozaffar Khan and Leonid Kogan, "Mutual Fund Trading... View Details
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

inform business decisions Implement analytical techniques in Excel Develop effective pricing strategies Identify sources of competitive advantage through differentiation Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial... View Details