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- November 2023 (Revised July 2024)
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'Care in Every Drop': Ayala Corporation and Manila Water (A)
By: Debora L. Spar, Paul Healy, Tricia Peralta and Julia M. Comeau
Since 1834, eight generations of the Ayala family have used their conglomerate to fund nation-building projects in the Philippines, including investments in tramcars, telecommunications, hospitals, and schools. In 1997, Ayala’s subsidiary, Manila Water, took control of... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Economic Growth; Social Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Natural Resources; Crisis Management; Failure; Privatization; Social Issues; Urban Development; Adaptation; Public Opinion; Mission and Purpose; Utilities Industry; Asia; Philippines
Spar, Debora L., Paul Healy, Tricia Peralta, and Julia M. Comeau. "'Care in Every Drop': Ayala Corporation and Manila Water (A)." Harvard Business School Case 324-038, November 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
Hear more from Professor Debora Spar, Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp, CEO & Co-Founder of Social Finance Tracy Palandjian, former Carnival CEO Arnold Donald, Professor George Serafeim,... View Details
- November 2022 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change
In 2016, Swedish entrepreneurs Carl-Erik Lagercrantz and Peter Carlsson founded an electric battery company called Northvolt with the dual goals of creating a company to address climate change and bringing battery manufacture to Europe. Northvolt, which succeeded in... View Details
Keywords: Batteries; Climate Change; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Green Technology; Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Green Technology Industry; Battery Industry; Sweden; Europe
Serafeim, George, Debora L. Spar, P. Tufano, and Julia M. Comeau. "Northvolt: Building Batteries to Fight Climate Change." Harvard Business School Case 323-042, November 2022. (Revised March 2024.)
- November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings
By: Caroline M. Elkins, Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman and Julia M. Comeau
Financial Inclusion. Dignity. Trust. These were the core principles driving James Mwangi’s transformation of Equity Building Society, insolvent in 1991, into what is, today, Equity Group Holdings, East and Central Africa’s largest retail banking institution. Raised in... View Details
Keywords: Income Inequality; Micro Finance; Microcredit; Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Equality and Inequality; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Kenya
Elkins, Caroline M., Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman, and Julia M. Comeau. "'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings." Harvard Business School Case 323-048, November 2022. (Revised October 2024.)
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
environmental protection. Reinhardt’s most recent book is Down to Earth: Applying Business Principles to Environmental Management. A native of Missoula, Montana, he holds three Harvard degrees: an AB, an MBA (1987), and a Ph.D. (1990) in business economics. View Details
- 23 Jun 2023
- News
Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
Harvard Climate Action Week. During this past year, HBS has also hosted virtual programs on timely topics, including: Balancing Profitability and Social Accountability, with Deborah L. Spar, Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
their world. “The early results show that trust in most major institutions is declining. People trust the government less, they trust the media less, they trust religion less,” says Debora Spar, the Jaime... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
about how to address society’s major challenges. Taught in HBS classrooms, these cases reveal the dilemmas and strategies involved in aligning business practices with societal needs. Scroll for more >>> Northvolt: Building batteries to fight climate change By George... View Details
- 14 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?
environmental and societal issues. “I’m thrilled that the SPF module resonated with both students and the 11 of us who taught the classes,” said Debora Spar, Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
Growth or Disorder," held at the 5th Annual Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School on March 8. Harvard Business School Professor Debora Spar, the panel moderator, noted that political... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 25 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
DC Alumni and BEI Present Talk on Inequality and Climate Change
This article was originally published by HBS Alumni Stories. The HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) and the HBS Club of Washington, DC (HBSDC) recently co-hosted a fireside chat on climate and inequality, featuring HBS Professor View Details
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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society
debate business's role in addressing economic inequality. Beyond the Barricades: Chile (2023) By: Debora Spar, Willis Emmons, Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Ruth Costas. Chile, often considered among Latin... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
stem-cell R&D will almost certainly fade,” explains HBS professor Debora Spar, “because determined would-be buyers and sellers will eventually constitute a market of their own, either by circumventing the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
related story). The Institute is currently focused on two key questions: how to respond to climate change and how to build a more inclusive economy. “BiGS was created to expand the research that our faculty are doing on these issues and to work closely with communities... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
GLF Showcases London
thinking on a variety of timely business topics. Participants will hear presentations by HBS professors Clayton Christensen, Howard Stevenson, Krishna Palepu, Max Bazerman, and Debora Spar, among others. Sir... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
critical issues such as racism in business technologies, inclusion in organizations, bias in legal policies, and the effect of incarceration on employment and entrepreneurship,” says Debora Spar, the Jaime... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Dec 2022
- News
Top Videos of 2022
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
contribute to their own commercial interests, says HBS associate professor Debora L. Spar in her article "The Spotlight and the Bottom Line," which appeared last spring in Foreign Affairs. Citing high-profile cases in which large U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
challenges like climate change, health care, and wealth inequality.” To integrate and amplify HBS’s efforts, Dean Datar has appointed Debora Spar, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
into public stock offerings capitalizing on the boom, only to experience financial heartache when the bubble burst. Sound like the Internet revolution of the 1990s? Try the radio revolution of the 1920s. In a presentation to alumni at a recent reunion, HBS professor... View Details