Values - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2023
Teaching Note

Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc.

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-044. The case discusses the ESG strategy of Dollar Tree Inc., a U.S. Fortune 500 company in the deep discount retail industry and the shareholder pressure faced by the company. In 2022, the company faced a shareholder resolution from... View Details

Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Shareholder Activism; Dollar Tree; Sustainability Reporting; ESG Reporting; Board Of Directors; Shareholder Engagement; GHG; Environmental Accounting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Trends; Communication; Announcements; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Reports; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Retail Industry; United States; Virginia

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23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

the globe. I love the lesson from negotiations about defining value in different ways, or from LEAD about placing a strong emphasis on emotional intelligence as a core value in conducting business. I love... View Details

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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Design a defined, service-driven value proposition Understand sustainable pricing, the service-profit chain, and customer journeys Motivate employees to deliver exceptional,... View Details

17 Jan 2019
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

defining value in different ways, or from LEAD about placing a strong emphasis on emotional intelligence as a core value in conducting business. I love the lesson from strategy about defining blue oceans... View Details

July – August 2011
Article

What Factors Drive Analyst Forecasts?

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul Healy, Nitin Nohria and George Serafeim

A firm's competitive environment, its strategic choices, and its internal capabilities are considered important determinants of its future performance. Yet there is little evidence on whether analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Forecasting and Prediction; Industry Growth; Judgments; Performance; Valuation; Price; Quality; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Competency and Skills; Surveys

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18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Tech Investment the Wise Way

potential value of new technologies by first holding them up against the company's business model.We argue that successful firms tend to interpret the potential value of nascent technologies in the context... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough & Richard S. Rosenbloom

Profile

Naiyya Saggi

of universal, quality healthcare, further and faster. How has HBS prepared you for your summer internship? Qualitatively, HBS has taught me, both inside and outside the classroom, that there is no one right answer. It has also given me a deeper appreciation of View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Consulting

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Chris Wilson-Byrne

a ten. I've learned that business isn't about having the 'right answer' – there is no one right answer. What's important is the value you contribute to the process and the outcome." This summer, Chris will accept an internship in... View Details

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Judging | New Venture Competition

capital firms in the US. Also included are some of the most successful Harvard Business School (HBS) entrepreneurs from top companies. Criteria Judging criteria is focused on Customer Value Proposition which includes size of market,... View Details

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Curriculum | MBA

Curriculum MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID The curriculum includes three courses that are exclusive for students in these two programs: the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Seminar in Year 1 and 2, and the Business-Government Integrative Course called Creating View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

Alumni Career Services Update

ago. "My first priority is to respond directly to the needs of alumni customers," says the congenial Gardella. "I work hard to show them the value of calling on us." The demand for ACS's services is steady, with between fifteen and thirty... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

18 Apr 2011
News

Capitalism Meets Conservation

ecologically friendly aquaculture and agriculture, and the sale of carbon offsets, among others. Profit to investors comes from realizing all of the value contained in the conserved land. Adams has already opened a conservation and... View Details

Keywords: Accommodation; Hospitality; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

maximizers as we are negotiating, creating the most value we can, and then when it's all over flip on the satisficer button and bliss out," says Wheeler. "But that's not easy." This is where the second part of the app comes in. Once the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

'non-strategic traders,' " Cohen says. Historically, Wall Street has failed to consider the local ethnic population trading strategy when assessing the value of a firm. In fact, the researchers found that analysts are significantly less... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

all of the values that hackers share, but they tend to agree on at least one thing: Respect must be earned and cannot be derived from position. There are three big challenges that I identified.—Siobhán O'Mahony Much of what is funny about... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

Profile

Ruzwana Bashir

have websites and less than 20% have online booking,) What are your current challenges with Peek? Scaling — we currently have nearly 50 people in the Peek team, and are growing fast, so we’re spending a lot of time thinking about how we maintain our culture and... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

After Ozempic

Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Pete Ryan; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

10 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

‘cost-out’ to seeing it as a value creation lever. One that most businesses need to learn how to manage just as effectively as, and align with, their financial performance”. van Poecke and Schoonbeek started researching the evolution of... View Details

06 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 6

transmitting information from equity to debt holders. This provides a novel argument as to why information contained in stock prices affects the real value of a corporation. It also allows us to make empirical predictions regarding the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition

be effective.” Gandhi: “I find myself referencing lessons from my time at HBS almost every day, and sharing them with my audiences across the globe. I love the lesson from negotiations about defining value in different ways, or from LEAD... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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