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  • 16 Jun 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga
  • 01 Apr 2024
  • In Practice

Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

products. Developing new products. The development of new products can take several years. Anticipating the trends in consumer price sensitivity can provide producers with a significant edge in determining whether a new product is successful. It can help shift View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products
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Interviews - Creating Emerging Markets

inglés. Oman Mohammed Al Barwani Founder and Chairman, MB Holding Company (Oil; Gas; Mining Exploration; Diversified) “If you can invest in brands internationally, and especially brands which are exclusive, there’s always a market and... View Details
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online

knowledge to the next level by learning how to maximize investment portfolio value with alternative investments, including private equity and real estate. 5 weeks, 6–7 hrs/week Enroll by April 3 $1,850 Certificate View Details
  • March 2024
  • Article

Establishing the Foundation for Carbon Trading Markets

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna and Marc Roston
Poor measurement practices and inadequate controls have led to extensive trading of carbon offset instruments that do not materially reduce the supply of atmospheric GHG. We introduce five carbon offset accounting principles, built from fundamental financial-accounting... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Offsetting; Accounting; Carbon Accounting; E-liabilities; Measurement; Trading; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Sustainability
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Finance - Faculty & Research

demand about as much as one's own recent payout experience. Third, the spillover effect decays as time passes while the effect of one's own experience does not. We discuss implications of this analysis for commercial sustainability of... View Details
  • summer 2008
  • Article

Corporate Social Responsibility Through an Economic Lens

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Robert N. Stavins and Richard H.K. Vietor
Business leaders, government officials, and academics are focusing considerable attention on the concept of "corporate social responsibility" (CSR), particularly in the realm of environmental protection. Beyond complete compliance with environmental regulations, do... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability
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  • January 2012 (Revised January 2014)
  • Case

Mexico City Water Shortage

By: John D. Macomber, Regina Garcia-Cuellar, Griffin H. James and Frederik Nellemann
In this case, a property company, a water privatizer, and municipal engineers explore the causes of and solutions to a severe water shortage in Mexico City, a great global capital. The protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure; Environmental Sustainability; Urban Development; Mexico City
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro level, experimentation by new firms underlies the Schumpeterian notion of creative destruction. However, at a micro level,... View Details
  • Web

Africa - Global

reinforcing a culture of ownership. As Ingersoll Rand expanded through acquisitions, CEO Vicente Reynal faced critical questions: How could the company sustain its ownership culture while integrating employees from newly acquired firms?... View Details
  • November 1999 (Revised June 2006)
  • Case

DLJdirect: "Putting Our Reputation Online"

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Gillian Morris
Online broker DLJdirect faced two decisions during the fall of 1999: what customer segments should it target and how much should it spend on marketing? Unlike its competitors, who focused either on day traders or more mainstream investors, DLJdirect differentiated its... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Marketing Communications; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Cost Management; Business Plan; Research and Development; Customers; Budgets and Budgeting; Online Advertising; Internet; Financial Services Industry
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

relaxing the ownership role of physicians in such sites. Some health insurers added technology as a major asset, and VCs and PEs invested heavily in these innovative businesses. Many of these innovations spread to other continents, such... View Details
  • 23 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

1949. It had endured eight years of war with Japan, followed closely by another four years of civil war. But was it in need of an economic revolution? “The broad indictment of the pre-revolutionary economy is simply not sustainable... View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
  • 23 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules

Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 01 Oct 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Who Runs the International System? Power and the Staffing of the United Nations Secretariat

Keywords: by Paul Novosad & Eric Werker
  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

and capabilities (e.g., a reliable supply chain). Leaders are discovering they must proactively invest in the ecosystem and build partnerships (turn vendors into partners; join with competitors to solve problems government can’t) to... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
  • June 2012 (Revised February 2014)
  • Case

Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
For the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies—wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. In 2009, the... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Renewables; Carbon; Environment; Industrial Policy; Competitiveness; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Renewable Energy; Competition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Energy Industry; China
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Middle East & North Africa - Global

growth and sustainability goals, it required significant investment in infrastructure and workforce expansion. Additionally, Bayçöl led the creation of the Senkron Remote Operation Center, a unit in the... View Details
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Clubs - Business & Environment

and Agriculture, and Sustainability Clubs. Food & Agriculture Club The Food and Agriculture Club creates a community for future food leaders to engage in addressing current challenges and shaping the food system of the future. View Details