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  • 26 Jun 2013
  • News

The Power of a ‘Project Beard’ and Other Office Rituals

  • 2013
  • Other Unpublished Work

Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: An Experimental Study in Zambia

By: Nava Ashraf, Erica Field and Jean Lee
We posit that household decision-making over fertility is characterized by moral hazard due to the fact that most contraception can only be perfectly observed by the woman. Using an experiment in Zambia that varied whether women were given access to contraceptives... View Details
Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Negotiation; Developing Countries and Economies; Zambia
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  • October 2021
  • Article

Shareholder Activism and Firms' Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks

By: Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel and Kala Viswanathan
This paper examines whether—in the absence of mandated disclosure requirements—shareholder activism can elicit greater disclosure of firms’ exposure to climate change risks. We find that environmental shareholder activism increases the voluntary disclosure of climate... View Details
Keywords: Transparency; Reporting; Shareholder Engagement; Shareholder Activism; Climate Change; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Management; Investment Activism; Corporate Disclosure; Communication Strategy; Information Publishing; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; United States
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  • March–April 1996
  • Article

Can Public Trust in Nonprofits and Governments Be Restored?

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Keywords: Trust; Nonprofit Organizations; Government and Politics
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  • 2023
  • Chapter

Discussion of Geoeconomic Fragmentation and the Future of Multilateralism

By: Laura Alfaro
Keywords: Global Range; Economics; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalization; International Relations; Policy
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  • Web

Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

range of organizational challenges. While traditional leadership courses contemplate “what” is leadership, LEAP focuses on “how” leaders must take action at critical moments to shape their organizations and... View Details
  • 19 Nov 2019
  • News

Study shows working from home can benefit employees and companies

  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

causes, including LGBTQ rights, immigration, the environment, and racial equality. Not only are CEOs speaking out, but they’re flexing their firms’ economic muscles by threatening to move business activities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2010
  • Teaching Note

Shanzhai! MediaTek and the "White Box" Handset Market (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for 610081. View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Brands and Branding; Market Entry and Exit; Trade; Growth and Development Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; China
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Shareholder Activism and Firms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks

By: Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel and Kala Viswanathan
This paper examines whether—in the absence of mandated disclosure requirements—shareholder activism can elicit greater disclosure of firms’ exposure to climate change risks. We find that environmental shareholder activism increases the voluntary disclosure of climate... View Details
Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Climate Risk; Corporate Accountability; Climate Change; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • Web

Questions for Evaluating Company Culture and Community - Alumni

students and alumni who are searching for organizations that are committed to these same principles. Below is a sample of questions to enable HBS students and alumni to have... View Details
  • 10 Sep 2024
  • News

A Better Way to Unlock Innovation and Drive Change

  • August 2001
  • Article

The Geography of Investment: Informed Trading and Asset Prices

By: Joshua D. Coval and Tobias J. Moskowitz
Keywords: Investment; Trade; Asset Pricing
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  • 2024
  • Other Unpublished Work

A Proposal for the IMF: A New Instrument of International Liquidity Provision for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

By: Laura Alfaro, Guillermo Calvo, José de Gregorio, Augusto de la Torre, Pablo Guidotti, Enrique Mendoza, Ernesto Talvi, Liliana Rojas-Suarez and Andrés Velasco
This paper addresses a critical flaw in the international financial system: the failure to address the inherent asymmetry between countries that issue reserve currencies and those that do not, leaving the latter vulnerable during systemic liquidity crises. We propose... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; International Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Latin America
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  • July 2005
  • Case

Harvard Business School and the Making of a New Profession

By: Rakesh Khurana, Tarun Khanna and Daniel Penrice
Since its founding in 1908, Harvard Business School's mission has been to perform a much-needed service for American society by turning business management into a profession. One of the most important factors in the founding of HBS and the nation's other new business... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Mission and Purpose; Alignment; Social Issues; Practice
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  • 17 Sep 2014
  • News

Ethan Bernstein on Balancing Privacy and Openness in the Workplace

  • 02 Jun 2014
  • News

When to Resign, and When to Clean Up the Mess

  • May 2000 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Contractual Innovation in the UK Energy Markets: Enron Europe, The Eastern Group, and the Sutton Bridge Project

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Peter Tufano
In December 1996, Enron Europe and The Eastern Group were on the verge of signing an innovative transaction in the utility industry. Eastern was going to buy a long-term option to convert natural gas into electricity from Enron, thereby giving it the economic right to... View Details
Keywords: Project Finance; Infrastructure; Supply and Industry; Corporate Finance; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry
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  • 17 Jun 2014
  • News

Shedding light on business issues and opportunities in Asia

Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong from 2005 until 2014, Chen facilitated the creation of numerous cases by providing HBS faculty with insights about how businesses operate in this economically important region View Details
  • 2005
  • Chapter

Upside-down Venture Capitalists and the Transition Toward Pyramidal Firms

By: Noam Wasserman
Keywords: Venture Capital; Organizational Structure
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