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  • 23 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
  • Web

Loeb House | About

provided leadership to a broad array of public and private institutions. In the public realm, he was appointed US ambassador to Denmark by President Ronald Reagan and served in that role from 1981 to 1983, in addition to representing the... View Details
  • 02 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

Finland," he says. Rounding out the top five were two other small, rich democracies — New Zealand and Ireland. In the top 10 also appeared Denmark and Switzerland, along with seeming long shots Panama, Jamaica, and Uruguay. Werker... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

the VELUX Foundations of Denmark have decided to allocate a small percentage of their investment portfolio to impact investments. Cambridge Associates, one of the leading investment advisory firms in the world, has been engaged to assist... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

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  • 2019
  • Chapter

The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and... View Details
Keywords: Mandatory Disclosure; Mandatory Reporting; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Impact; Valuation; China; South Africa; Europe; Asia; Regulation; Corporate Disclosure; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Governance; China; Denmark; Malaysia; South Africa
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  • September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Eaton Corporation: Portfolio Transformation and The Cost of Capital

By: Benjamin C. Esty, E. Scott Mayfield and Daniel Fisher
In 2000, Eaton Corporation was a broadly diversified industrial conglomerate. But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed to... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Cost of Capital; Corporate Finance; Value; Valuation; Industrial Products Industry; United States; Denmark; Republic of Ireland
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  • 03 Feb 2023
  • News

Immersive Field Courses Take the Classroom on the Road

immersion locations vary each year based on the IFC portfolio. Below are some highlights of this year’s IFC. Denmark and the Netherlands Professors Michael Toffel and Willy Shih took 43 EC students to View Details
  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

Research Brief: As the Wind Blows

“Every time there’s a shift in politics, everything gets reversed.” In the US wind sector that meant decades of stop-and-start innovation, a lack of institutional structures, and speculative investing. This stood in contrast to Denmark. Like the United States, View Details
Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government
  • 14 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

found in a group of people previously thought to have a crippling condition: autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a new case coauthored by Austin, "Specialisterne: Sense & Details," an innovative consultancy in Denmark has... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer
  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
  • 18 Jan 2018
  • News

Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing

Denmark West (MBA 1998), serve on its board of directors. Says Marmon, “I encourage black women, as they contemplate their futures, to pursue their dreams and surround themselves with people who will guide, nurture, and help them realize... View Details
  • 16 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
  • spring 1995
  • Article

Mark-to-Market Accounting for Banks and Thrifts: Lessons from the Danish Experience

By: Victor L Bernard, Robert C. Merton and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Denmark
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  • December 2014
  • Supplement

Interview with Anders Byriel and Mads Nygård: Kvadrat

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Anders Byriel, CEO of the family-owned Danish textiles company, Kvadrat, and Mads Nygård, SVP of Strategy & Organization at Kvadrat, discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by the company. They elaborate on areas covered in the case including: 1.) Asia; 2.) Soft... View Details
Keywords: General Management; Organization Behavior; Strategy; Performance Management; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Human Resources; Manufacturing Industry; Denmark
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  • August 16, 2004
  • Other Article

Danmark går glip af ny vækstmodel [Denmark is Missing Out on a New Growth Model: Clusters]

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Denmark
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  • April 2012
  • Case

Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation (DNATF), a government agency, invests in public-private partnerships to stimulate commercialization of Danish scientific research within the country's industry. DNATF established a process for evaluating proposals, making... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Commercialization; Management Practices and Processes; Experience and Expertise; Innovation and Invention; Public Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Technology Industry; Denmark
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  • 12 Nov 2019
  • News

Seismic Shift

Denmark West (MBA 1998), founding partner of Connectivity Ventures and Culture Shift partner and advisor (photo by Brian Ach) It’s a common scenario: A company wants to increase diversity on its board or in its C-suite, and its... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon