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  • 24 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

investing public is likely still unaware of the weak enforcement history. Even in the rare case where the SEC has been successful in punishing a cross-listed firm, the foreign insider responsible for the transgressions has often walked... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 16 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

small companies should treasure their strengths: rapid response time and innovation. "It's easy to be small, it's easy to be big and it's tough to be middle-sized. That combines northern hospitality and southern efficiency," he... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

while looking for their first job, noted Timothy Butler, director of MBA Career Development Programs at HBS. "A lot of big companies have learned how to push responsibility further down the ladder," Butler told the group.... View Details
Keywords: by Carrie Levine
  • 26 Jul 2022
  • Blog Post

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? I’m working at Year Up, a leading workforce development nonprofit that is helping... View Details
  • 25 May 2015
  • Blog Post

RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition

directly into 911’s existing system.  The technology is universally compatible with every dispatch center across the United States.  The result is a system that dramatically increases the information available to dispatchers, accelerating View Details
  • 05 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit

biodiversity allows for a felt connection between us and our planet, which can increase our collective mental well-being. On the bus ride back from our Godrej mangrove visit, our group discussed our reflections on corporate social View Details
  • Web

IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog

are responsible for booking and paying for their own round-trip air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation and immunizations. Students should ensure adequate processing time for all visas, as travel fees are not... View Details
  • Web

Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog

companies. We will also examine when things go terribly wrong in banking by examining the Silicon Valley Bank crisis, the Global Financial Crisis, and the ongoing regulatory response to both. Module 2: Credit . We will focus on the main... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2019
  • News

Not Waiting for Progress

responsibility to be a fully contributing member of that community.” At the Capital Group, where he spent several post-college years before HBS, Diamond learned about the asset management business and gained valuable sales experience... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

Dean Clark on the New Academic Year

with case research by opening your companies to our faculty, sharing your experiences as business practitioners, and returning to the classroom to participate in case discussions. You provide invaluable counsel as members of our advisory boards. You help keep us close... View Details
Keywords: Kim B. Clark; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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    William F. Kerby

    Kerby was responsible for building the Wall Street Journal into the second largest national newspaper in the Unites States with a circulation in excess of 2 million. He championed the company’s diversification from a one-newspaper journal... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
    • 18 Jul 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

    have retained Best Buy's reputation for sound values (and his own). Contrast these actions with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who took immediate responsibility for his firm's recent trading losses, calling them "stupid and... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George; Education
    • Web

    4.4 Harvard University Identification Cards Policy | MBA

    speaking events. With a community of more than 20,000 students and 30,000 faculty and staff, identification cards serve as a readily available and positive means of identifying ourselves as members of the Harvard community. All members of the University community are... View Details
    • 12 Jul 2018
    • News

    In the Market for Environmental Change

    responsible investing or social responsibility in all corporate affairs. That now lives under the rubric ESG-- Environment, Society, and Governance. “What we've seen in the financial community is, on the... View Details