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  • 28 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

various directions within different departments. For example, human resources might initiate a United Way gift program that involves a company match; operations might work on waste reduction; and marketing might collect an extra dime from... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer
  • 14 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting

the journal's editorial resources to develop this important subject. In addition, Ramanna's paper, "A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting," forthcoming in the journal Accounting Horizons, helps to sketch... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting; Energy; Utilities
  • 22 Oct 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

Business School research on motivation. The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator The most powerful workplace motivator is our natural tendency to measure our own performance against the performance of others. Excellence Comes From Saying No... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Ink: The Habit of Innovation

authors suggest a strategy to determine whether valuable resources in your operation are being drained by projects that aren’t viable. Zombie Amnesty Do you feel like you don’t have sufficient resources to... View Details
Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • 01 Jan 2009
  • News

Henry M. Paulson Jr., MBA 1970

Nature Conservancy. He and his wife, Wendy, have worked tirelessly to protect natural resources around the world, and the Paulson family foundation supports numerous... View Details
  • June 2022
  • Case

Michelin’s Green Gold Bahia Program: Leaving With Grace

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Shalene Gupta and Susan J. Winterberg
In 2015, the top management of French tire-maker Michelin, was evaluating Michelin’s approach to divesting its rubber plantations ten years after incorporating a novel strategy.
In 2004, Michelin had a Brazilian rubber challenge. Its Bahía plantation had been hit... View Details
Keywords: Divestment; Supply Chain Management; Natural Resources; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Rubber Industry; Auto Industry; Brazil; France
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  • August 2000
  • Case

Manila Water Company (B)

By: Michael Beer and Elizabeth Weldon
On August 1, 1997 the Manila Water Co. took control of the east zone of the newly privatized Manila Metropolitan Water and Sewerage System (MWSS). At the time of privatization, MWSS was an inefficient, ineffective, and corrupt government agency. MWC must develop the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Horizontal Integration; Privatization; Problems and Challenges; Utilities Industry
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  • 01 Feb 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

future. Gerald Nanninga, for example, commented that "If we deplete resources too quickly, the shortage of supply ... will make conservation issues more financially viable." Some felt that the free market might need some help.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

Associate at Advent International. Clark O'Bannon (MBA 2022, Section C), Summer Internship: Summer Associate at Hancock Natural Resource Group Hancock Natural View Details
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
  • 12 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career

League in the MIT Sloan Management Review. "As research on the National Football League reveals, sometimes the specific nature of a job determines whether a great performer at one company can replicate that performance at another," they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Sports

    James R. Moffett

    the discovery and exploration of natural resource deposits around the world, especially the Grasberg gold mine in Papua, Indonesia. As CEO, Moffett oversaw a massive growth plan for the combined entities and... View Details
    Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
    • 02 Nov 2016
    • What Do You Think?

    Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

    Summing Up: Is Job Ownership Nature or Nurture? Employees increasingly are becoming “job renters.” For some, it is a disturbing trend. It doesn’t have to happen. And the phenomenon isn’t universal. These observations by respondents to... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 12 Oct 1999
    • Research & Ideas

    What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

    customized nature of the process is essential to its success. You can't just pull it off the shelf." Underscoring the findings of Breaking Through, Thomas notes that changes in the racial makeup of American business executives will... View Details
    Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
    • November 2002 (Revised March 2003)
    • Case

    Water Policy Priorities Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and Jose M. M. Porraz
    The United States and Mexico face the challenges of managing shared water resources. The supply is limited and demand is growing on both sides of the border as a result of increased irrigated acreage and population growth. View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Environmental Sustainability; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Mexico
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    4.1 Student Travel | MBA

    4.1 Student Travel Students are expected to review the Harvard University Graduate & Professional Student International Travel Policy for information on the Harvard-wide policy on student travel. The Harvard Global Support Services Office is a helpful View Details
    • 21 Nov 2019
    • Blog Post

    The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

    provide cheap, abundant energy to local communities that can simultaneously alleviate poverty while replacing biomass as a fuel source. Attendees enjoyed balanced perspectives from panelists on topics from sustainability efforts in View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Blog Post

    Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - The Future of Green Building

    Damalas details how the hotels he developed from the early 1990s utilize natural resources in a sustainable fashion. “When you can [maintain] natural corridors, not only do you... View Details
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    The top resources to use if you are pressed for time. To get an overview of a company, executives, recent activities and strategies use these databases: Capital IQ Quickly gain a holistic understanding of any company or firm... View Details