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- 25 May 2016
- News
Supporting Critical Initiatives
professors at HBS. Seeing his emphasis today on women’s and men’s professional and family responsibilities made me reflect on the School’s influence in my own life.” Since joining W.P. Carey’s investment department right after HBS, Raun... View Details
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
- Profile
Jake Johnston
Jake Johnston learned about leadership the hard way, through two tours of duty in Iraq, first as an Air Cavalry Platoon Leader, then as an Air Cavalry Troop Commander. "I guess that's why executive responsibility tends to be a... View Details
- 2023
- Article
Patriotic Capitalism, Geopolitics and the Boardroom: Should Directors Consider Devotion to Country When Making Decisions That Affect Their Companies?
By: Michael Montelongo
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; International Relations
Montelongo, Michael. "Patriotic Capitalism, Geopolitics and the Boardroom: Should Directors Consider Devotion to Country When Making Decisions That Affect Their Companies?" Special Issue on Annual Report. Directors & Boards 47, no. 4 (2023): 26–29.
- October 2023
- Teaching Note
Timnit Gebru: 'SILENCED No More' on AI Bias and The Harms of Large Language Models
By: Tsedal Neeley and Tim Englehart
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-085. Dr. Timnit Gebru—a leading artificial intelligence (AI) computer scientist and co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team—was messaging with one of her colleagues when she saw the words: “Did you resign?? Megan sent an email saying that... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
How to Fix ESG Reporting
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Investors, advocacy groups, academics, and the 200 CEOs of the US Business Roundtable have asked corporations to take on an added purpose beyond a narrow pursuit of shareholder value. In response, many companies now issue ESG (Environmental, Societal, and Governance)... View Details
Keywords: ESG Reporting; Sustainability; Corporate Purpose; Greenhouse Gas; Activity-Based Costing; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Goals and Objectives; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Accountability
Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "How to Fix ESG Reporting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-005, July 2021.
- February 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
Merck: Global Health and Access to Medicines
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
The case describes the effort of Merck, a global leader in pharmaceuticals, in making available its medicines to the poor. The challenge for the company (or for that matter, any pharmaceutical company) is how to integrate its business strategy with its corporate social... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Poverty; Business Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Katharine Lee. "Merck: Global Health and Access to Medicines." Harvard Business School Case 509-048, February 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- January 2009 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
College Summit: Rethinking the Relationship Between Growth and Impact
By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
College Summit, a nonprofit organization "committed to the day when every student who can make it in college makes it to college," was faced with an important strategic decision. After growing rapidly at more than 30% a year for the last several years, founder and CEO,... View Details
Keywords: Secondary Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry
Childress, Stacey M., and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "College Summit: Rethinking the Relationship Between Growth and Impact." Harvard Business School Case 309-088, January 2009. (Revised May 2009.)
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
crucial to the subsequent response of those on the receiving end. "We define a necessary evil as a work-related task that requires a person to cause physical, emotional, or material harm to another human being in order to advance a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Portrait Project
Kirsten Hassert
responsibility for acting with commitment, courage, and integrity to help harness it. Joining the hospitality industry, I'll work at this business of unleashing superheroes with my co-workers – by creating environments for employees and... View Details
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Jodi Yang
grandmother, I'm bare-armed again. She left China at my age, taking only what she could carry, to start a new life in an unfamiliar place. I'm about to embark on her journey in reverse — with a sense of renewed responsibility — returning... View Details
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Introduction - The Worker - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections The Human Factor Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library Introduction The Exhibition The Request The Response... View Details
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5.4 Sample Community Standards Violations | MBA
5.4 Sample Community Standards Violations 5.0 Community Standards Processes Students are responsible for complying with all expectations for conduct set forth in this Student Handbook, including without limitation upholding the MBA Honor... View Details
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Hidden Workers: Caregivers - Managing the Future of Work
Research Research Hidden Workers: The Case for Caregivers Read the Report Read the Report By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, & Francis Hintermann Companies have long ignored the caregiving responsibilities of employees, compromising... View Details
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Statement from Dean Srikant Datar on Anti-Semitism | About
collective responsibility to speak out and condemn such acts of hatred and bigotry. Let us work together to build a better Harvard and a better nation. Sincerely, Lawrence S. Bacow President Harvard University This message was distributed... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
Every day, in her role as the director of the Atlanta Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nekia Hackworth Jones (MBA 2004) stands in the breach between the $100 trillion in securities traded on U.S. equity markets and the bad actors who... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Candy That Is Good for You
we knew there was room to really get in there and disrupt and innovate. “The response has been overwhelmingly positive. Consumers are thrilled to have finally found an alternative to the artificial gums they've been having up until now.... View Details
- 24 Jun 2016
- News
Reinventing Pharma
2004) began her career as a research scientist. Eventually expanding her responsibilities into business development led her to HBS, where she hoped to solidify her understanding of the intersection of science and business. Following... View Details
- 06 Nov 2014
- News
Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement
as big benefits. But even with the early positive response, Goldstein still sees this as “version 1.0” of the Launch Lab. “We need to better understand the behaviors and needs of the community,” she says. The lab is already undergoing some View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Where Are They Now?
he notes, “I’ve learned that day-to-day interpersonal dynamics are just as material when you’re responsible for 10,000 people as when you’re in charge of only 10.” As for what drives his business-academia pas de deux, Schlesinger, who... View Details