Values and Beliefs - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 2

Publications Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance Authors: Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim Publication: Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Portrait Project

Karen Sein

emeralds into a world that suffers from gray injustice. Using the full spectrum of light, I will design a health care system that is efficient and sensitive to those who are most vulnerable. I will mentor others who do not yet aspire to... View Details

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Research - Health Care

kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... July 24, 2024 Article Providing Value and Equity in Medicare's Dementia Care Is a Must By: Susanna Gallani View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

End Game

parts of this are absolutely applicable to any other kind of company.” He offers the example of Mastercard, whose foundation (in Canada) owns 9 percent of the company and gives away 5 percent of its value a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

workers more fully in their work? What has to be done to assure adherence to an organization's values by everyone? Do effective organization cultures and remote work mix? What do you think? Acknowledgement:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody dropped the girl off the bridge. And so John D. MacDonald (MBA ’39) begins another book, with an opening line so deft it makes other writers want to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

Summing Up Does Common Sense Impede Change? Common sense is the decision-maker's friend when the decision has to be made rapidly, with a minimum of research or formal theory, with no more than moderate risk or consequences, and by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something important in the summer between his first and second years at HBS: He loves to build things that make a difference. While working... View Details

2024
Article

Half the Firms, Double the Profits: Public Firms' Transformation, 1996–2022

By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang

The number of public firms in the United States has halved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, causing consternation among corporate and securities law regulators. The dominant explanations, often advanced by Securities and Exchange commissioners when... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Concentration Levels; Antitrust; Initial Public Offering; Public Ownership; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; United States

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

endowment’s fundamental purpose of maintaining intergenerational equity. The University executes this obligation in determining each year’s endowment payout rate—the percentage of the endowment’s fair market value withdrawn View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

question that hasn't been addressed. CLIMB Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy CORe AI Essentials for Business Alternative Investments Business Analytics Business and Climate Change Business... View Details

Research Summary

Reforming Social Science

By: Max H. Bazerman

Social science research affects all of us. When researchers learned organ donation rates are higher in countries where human organs are automatically available for donation unless you specifically “opt-out” of the system, as opposed to countries like the U.S., where... View Details

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Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online

Certificate of Completion Certificate of Specialization CLIMB Digital Credential CORe Credits Enroll Now Certificate of Completion All paid HBS Online courses , with the exception of credential programs CORe and CLIMB , grant a... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

Machine." GE is the headhunters' favorite fishing hole. It not only provides for its own needs, it also develops the CEOs for most of industrial America. What is it that companies like GE, Microsoft, McKinsey, P&G, and Goldman... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

bad choices, not only for themselves, but also about how to best help others. For example, he draws from negotiation theory to introduce the concept of a trade-off, considering not only what each party gets, but also how much they value... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

strategies Gain insights into the climate risk inherent in investment opportunities Discover how to integrate risks into financial models Think critically about how and where to add value while avoiding... View Details

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

also really looking forward to getting out of banking and spending more time with my family...). Campus community highlight? After school started, I realized that I was totally underestimating the on-campus experience's View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

catchall term for metro daily papers, local television, radio, and community news. Each of these has very different value propositions, different audiences, and different... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

November 2018 (Revised December 2018)
Case

CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence

By: Vikram S Gandhi and Caitlin Reimers

In Spring of 2018, Chris Ailman, CIO of the $200 billion pension plan for California public school teachers (CalSTRS) was mandated by his board to “prioritize engagement with makers and retailers of firearms in California” following a series of gun-related tragedies in... View Details

Keywords: Pension Funds; Pension Plan; Asset Allocation; Screening; ESG; Gun Violence; Business and Government Relations; Values and Beliefs; Education Industry; California; United States