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- 06 Dec 2017
- News
How bookstores rescued themselves
- 17 May 2021
- News
Corporate Political Activity
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Sudden lottery fortune no panacea
- 01 May 2024
- What Do You Think?
Have You Had Enough?
Culture? 2017: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees? 2016: When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix? 2013: Why Isn’t ‘Servant Leadership’ More Prevalent? 2012: Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- October 2017 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Data Breach at Equifax
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Quinn Pitcher and Jonah S. Goldberg
The case discusses the events leading up to the massive data breach at Equifax, one of the three U.S. credit reporting companies, the organizational and governance issues that contributed to the breach, and the consequences of the breach. The case supplement provides... View Details
Srinivasan, Suraj, Quinn Pitcher, and Jonah S. Goldberg. "Data Breach at Equifax." Harvard Business School Case 118-031, October 2017. (Revised April 2019.)
- Research Summary
Overview
Dr. Crawford conducts research on innovation in the energy industry, with a special focus on emerging business models. She is developing several cases for the EC course, "21st Century Energy," that specifically examine innovations at the interface of IT and Energy — ... View Details
Keywords: Electricity; Prosumer; Smart Grid; Blockchain; Microgrid; Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Energy Storage; Ride-sharing; Smart Cities; Smart Buildings; Smart Meters; Demand Response; ＂GMOs,＂; Corporate Accountability; Responsibilities To Society; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Competitive Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Research and Development; Leadership; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Chemical Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; Europe; Asia; United States
- 13 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?
Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- December 2005 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
Walt Disney and the 1941 Animators' Strike
By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Bridget Gurtler
Focuses on the leadership lessons drawn from the events precipitating the Animator's Strike of 1941, depicting the growing pains of a company that was as much formed and changed by American culture as American culture was formed and changed by it. The tale of Walt... View Details
Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Bridget Gurtler. "Walt Disney and the 1941 Animators' Strike." Harvard Business School Case 406-076, December 2005. (Revised May 2014.)
- 05 Mar 2019
- News
The Dual-Purpose Playbook
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 08 Aug 2021
- News
Business Needs to Rethink Its Role in Politics
- April–June 2012
- Article
Hybrid Organizations: The Next Chapter in Sustainable Business
By: Nardia Haigh and Andrew J. Hoffman
In this article, we describe how hybrid organizations are developing business models that are competitive and create positive social and environmental change. We discuss the distinctive characteristics of the hybrid business model, both conceptually and in practice. We... View Details
Haigh, Nardia, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "Hybrid Organizations: The Next Chapter in Sustainable Business." Organizational Dynamics 41, no. 2 (April–June 2012): 126–134.
- November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Inequality and the "American Model"
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Official data that suggest economic inequality has been mounting in the United States on various dimensions since 1979. Many causes of such inequality have been postulated: technological change, globalization, demographic factors, and changes in public policy (notably... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Governance; Social Issues; Government Administration; United States
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. Inequality and the "American Model". Harvard Business School Case 703-025, November 2002. (Revised March 2006.)
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Overview
My work examines the social and economic processes that generate innovation and distribute its rewards in society, in the context of the United States over the past twenty years. For isntance, I have shown that in recent decades product innovations have... View Details
- 05 May 2021
- News
Crisis Could Be the Mother of Reinvention for Business Schools
- 26 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener
range of experts to achieve corporate goals and solve increasingly difficult problems, the researchers say. Broad changes in the nature of work conducted globally require different managerial capabilities, especially at the top of... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- July 1998 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Champion International
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Richard Olson, a long-tenured employee, was named CEO of Champion in 1996. Champion had been conducting an organizational transformation since the early 1980s that could be considered successful on most operational and social measures. However, due to industry... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Champion International." Harvard Business School Case 499-019, July 1998. (Revised March 2000.)
- 10 Dec 2012
- News