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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
low-carbon economy. He is the managing director of GameChange Capital LLC, a private-equity firm cofounded with Hohn to back companies offering scalable and profitable solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A former senior adviser... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
right to decide that their business exists solely to maximize profits. But let’s stop to examine what that even means. What are those things that cause profits to be maximized? And should we be aiming to maximize them this year, or next... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
step by step, before you sign your first member, all the way through to selling your profitable business or winding it down. If you’re someone who doesn’t want to reinvent the wheel, this book is for you. The Blessed Generation: Fifty... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
practice-first project. One of our principal motivations is to develop a set of loan products that will not only help people grow their livelihoods but also to do so in a manner that is profitable and therefore scalable. Roth: The second... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
Relationships as Valuable Assets, by Robert C. Blattberg, Gary Getz, and Jacquelyn S. Thomas, is the first book to provide a unifying framework and practical tools for measuring customer value — the potential profitability of each... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business venues. That’s the theory behind the nonprofit Prison... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Mission in Motion
"bridge" year of service learning and leadership training in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Related Links Sizing Up Social Impact A Healthy Profit Making Change Bringing It Back Home Opening the Door Change begins in the classroom, too,... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
current and aspiring leader to reach their full, authentic potential. Purpose and Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World By George Serafeim, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration Harper Collins Leadership Are purpose and View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
Mills asked, “How do we keep this piece of the economy vibrant?” As Mills’s research demonstrates, small business lending hadn’t changed in 50 to 100 years. Traditional banks failed to deliver a positive customer experience and struggled to View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
profit. At this stage, however, profit is not the point. "Ultimately, we're talking about a change in the economy, in the way businesses organize themselves, and in the way customers access services," says Rayport. The HBS Bulletin... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
most profitable products and customers and demonstrating how, when, and where to apply over twenty distinct improvement tools and techniques. Finally, it discusses how to embed the process and the tools into the ongoing operations of a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
believer in the importance of giving back to the community. "It's a source of deep satisfaction that the database management tools and techniques first developed at Epsilon have allowed hundreds of nonprofit organizations to profitably... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
internal reorganization and strategic partnerships have led to greater efficiencies and ongoing growth. In her five-year tenure, Carroll has diversified the mix of commodities the company holds through partnerships and acquisitions. Operating View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
and governance dimensions. Critics of the One Report concept maintain that it destroys shareholder value by diverting attention from short-term profit maximization. But Eccles and two colleagues found just the opposite. In a recent paper... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Professor Ramanna explores the political processes determining our system of accounting rules by which corporate profits are reliably measured. He shows how some corporate interests, to increase profits, have been manipulating the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell
the majority of our profits have gone back to our investors, who are dominated by America's great universities and foundations. So when we have a good result, those organizations have more capital to pay professors, build laboratories,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
where climate change was leading to drier climates. “It’s a rare look at a company that’s positioning itself to develop profitable opportunities, both to mitigate contributors to climate change and to accommodate the climate changes that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
restaurants’ finances and operations. “It’s been extremely stressful since December,” she admits. Debt and loan management, meetings with her seven-person senior management team, profit and loss reports, marketing plans, management... View Details
- 01 Feb 2013
- News
Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
as generating a competitive market return that will meet the objectives of conventional investors who are exclusively looking to profit financially. Our conservation strategy contributes to our investment returns rather than limiting them... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
them had experience launching a new venture. None of them knew how to adjust a strategy when the first one didn’t work. None had had to figure out how to make a brand-new product profitable before growing it big. The Pandesic team had... View Details