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- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
research gives the field an advantage over other disciplines and will allow us to answer big questions, such as, "What explains the success and failure of entrepreneurs?" If business historians invest in reestablishing the... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
only be responding to innovations in the private sector,” she said. “Why is it that we assume that all the innovation will come from the private sector? Why can’t a city have an innovation lab?” Stefan Knupfer, a senior partner and leader of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
succession planning processes are very important in leveraging great executives and managers. It pays for firms to invest in hiring and developing great managers. Second, a given year’s winning percentage is not affected by the previous... View Details
- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B4): Columbus Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Coelin P. Scibetta and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
design and development firm (and once one of the largest in the business), to help turn it around after a series of crises that had seriously threatened its survival. Pearson has personally invested in the firm, re-organized many aspects... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Background Note
The Carbon Market
By: Andre F. Perold, Forest L. Reinhardt and Mikell Hyman
The carbon market has emerged in response to concerns about global climate change. This note characterizes the market in 2008, describing each segment and how it operates. View Details
Perold, Andre F., Forest L. Reinhardt, and Mikell Hyman. "The Carbon Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-064, September 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
design of transnational sustainability governance regimes. Harvard Business School Case 517-090 Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople Through the Sales-Force Compensation Plan No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Shaped by—the Internet By: Greenstein, Shane, Avi Goldfarb, and Chris Forman Abstract—The first 15 years of the 21st century have thrown into sharp relief the challenges of growth, equity, stability, and sustainability facing the world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
of Equity Market Anomalies: Translating Market Inefficiencies into Effective Investment Strategies, 117-128. John Wiley & Sons, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
2017 New York: Oxford University Press Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B11): Salt Lake City Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Praveen Kumar and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details
- September–October 2022
- Article
The Essential Link Between ESG Targets and Financial Performance
By: Mark R. Kramer and Marc W. Pfitzer
Despite heightened attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, surprisingly few companies are making meaningful progress in delivering on their commitments. Most firms are not integrating ESG factors into internal strategy and operational decisions... View Details
Keywords: ESG; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance; Financial Strategy; Decision Making; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure
Kramer, Mark R., and Marc W. Pfitzer. "The Essential Link Between ESG Targets and Financial Performance." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 5 (September–October 2022).
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
firms had “slack,” but not through changing investments or accruals. These incentives are driven by the prestige associated with the index rather than capital market benefits. Back-of-envelope estimates suggest that the index accounted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
(OM) with the emissions-related sustainability literature in OM and economics. Among our results, we show that a firm's expected profits are greater under cap-and-trade than under an emissions tax due to the option value embedded in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
emphasis on indoor air quality and other healthy building measures will diffuse through the rest of the economy. As the country begins to return to work, concerns about the spread of infectious disease will “make it easier than ever to View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Drivers of Corporate Sustainability and Implications for Capital Markets: An International Perspective Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Publication:In The Landscape of Integrated Reporting, edited by Robert G. Eccles, Beiting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Evolution of Apple
In the context of the computer industry at large, professor David Yoffie explores the ups and downs of a company that's always been a bit different in "Apple Computer, 2006." The case poses this question: Given its 2 percent computer market share that year,... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
University endowment’s investment choices and of venture-capital-backed IPO run-ups on venture-capital foundings between 1984 and 2011. The results pinpoint the aspects of the social environment that most heavily influence entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
of firms just above and just below the investment-grade cutoff. These firms have similar observables, including average investment rates. However, flows into high-yield mutual funds have an economically significant effect on the issuance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne