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  • May 23, 2011
  • Article

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
To determine the extent to which corporate and investor behavior is changing to contribute to a more sustainable society, researchers Robert Eccles and George Serafeim analyzed data involving over 2,000 companies in 23 countries. One result: a ranking of countries... View Details
Keywords: Change; Society; Corporate Disclosure; Natural Environment; Rank and Position; Social Issues; Financial Statements; Behavior
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    Lynn S. Paine

    Lynn Sharp Paine is a Baker Foundation Professor and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. A member and former chair of the General Management unit, she has served in numerous leadership positions including Senior... View Details

    • 09 Feb 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Executive Compensation and Misconduct: Environmental Harm

    Keywords: by Dylan Minor
    • 24 Jul 2014
    • Blog Post

    Create a Content Marketing Strategy for your Talent Acquisitions Team

    development. Outside of work she enjoys keeping up with her social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Google+. Matthew is a senior level business development executive within a CPG firm. He is not... View Details
    • 17 May 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

    United States. Some of the resumes included information that clearly pointed out the applicants’ minority status, while others were whitened, or scrubbed of racial clues. The researchers then created email accounts and phone numbers for... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 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 Impact-Weighted View Details
    • Article

    MIT Roundtable on Corporate Risk Management

    By: Robert C. Merton

    Against the backdrop of financial crisis, a distinguished group of academics and practitioners discusses the contribution of financial management and innovation to corporate growth and value, along with the pitfalls and unintended consequences of such innovation.... View Details

    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Market Participation; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Value; Distribution; Capital Structure; Risk Management; Business Ventures; Business Model; Strategy
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    Leadership for Senior Executives

    Summary Uncertainty and change are relentless challenges for today's leaders. Between expanding globalization, rapid technological shifts, and evolving social norms, how can leaders make the right strategic decisions and leadership... View Details

      Henry W. McGee

      Henry McGee joined the HBS faculty in 2013 after retiring as President of HBO Home Entertainment, the digital and DVD program distribution division of Home Box Office, the pioneering premium television company. A member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit,... View Details

      Keywords: television; motion pictures; media; e-commerce industry; entertainment; broadcasting; distribution; health care; journalism; wholesale; arts; nonprofit industry
      • 23 Jul 2013
      • First Look

      First Look: July 23

        Publications 2013 pub Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings?: On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom, and Michael I. Norton... View Details
      Keywords: Anna Secino
      • October 16, 2024
      • Article

      Physicians Can Help Cut Costs. They Just Need the Right Incentives.

      By: Susanna Gallani and Derek A. Haas
      Health care organizations have long tried to enlist physicians in their effort to control or reduce costs. One effective means for doing so is to create an incentive system that rewards physicians for their contributions. To design such a system, organizations should... View Details
      Keywords: Cost; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry
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        Rakesh Khurana

        Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

        Professor... View Details

        Keywords: executive search
        • 01 Sep 2023
        • Blog Post

        Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

        nonprofit and public sector organizations and demonstrate a strong commitment to continued career paths in these areas. New recipients are invited to participate in events with current and former recipients as well as local social... View Details
        • 18 Apr 2022
        • HBS Case

        Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

        cases entitled “Dick’s Sporting Goods: Getting Out of the Gun Business.” “Standing on the societal sidelines is increasingly becoming less of an option for companies and business leaders.” Riedel stresses that no two companies are the same. Other firms looking to take... View Details
        Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
        • September 2009
        • Article

        Hidden Roadblocks in Cross-Border Talks

        By: James K. Sebenius
        While most analysts and dealmakers are aware of "cultural" differences in negotiations that cross national borders--different protocol and process expectations, differences in the role of the individual versus the group, differences in attitudes toward risk and time,... View Details
        Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation Tactics; Risk Management; Time Management; Strategy; Governance; Performance Expectations; Attitudes; Culture; Decision Making
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        • 04 Oct 2016
        • News

        Why the Market Yawned When Yahoo Was Hacked

        • 12 Sep 2023
        • Book

        Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

        according to one statistic stating that friendship accounts for about 60 percent of the difference in happiness between people. COVID-19 made socializing harder, layered on top of existing anxiety and... View Details
        Keywords: by Avery Forman
        • Article

        Present Bias Causes and Then Dissipates Auto-enrollment Savings Effects

        By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Peter Maxted
        Present bias causes procrastination, which leads households to stick with auto-enrollment defaults. However, present bias also engenders overconsumption. Separation from each employer generates a rollover of 401(k) balances to an individual retirement account (IRA)... View Details
        Keywords: Present Bias; Procrastination; Personal Finance; Decision Making; Social Psychology; Retirement
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        • 17 May 2011
        • Working Paper Summaries

        The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

        Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim
        • 2011
        • Other Unpublished Work

        What Do Private Firms Look Like?

        By: John Asker, Joan Farre-Mensa and Alexander Ljungqvist
        Private firms in the U.S. are not subject to public reporting requirements, so relatively little is known about their characteristics and behavior—until now. This Data Appendix describes a new database on private U.S. firms, created by Sageworks Inc. in cooperation... View Details
        Keywords: Data and Data Sets; Behavior; Public Sector; Corporate Disclosure; Private Sector; Financial Statements; United States
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