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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire
is a much higher-profile position that will put a spotlight on decisions in a way that didn’t exist to the same degree at Carnegie. As an investor, you’re held to the quality of your returns. It’s my job to ensure that everyone... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
oversight by the board of directors. The case explores the history of AFSCME's shareholder activism on this front and particularly its use of shareholder proposals voted on by shareholders at annual meetings. The case then looks at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
deployed after the Boston Marathon bombing, as well as during world wars, previous pandemics, and other disasters. With that structure in place, the hospital was able to make the “crisp decisions that are required in warlike times,” says... View Details
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
managing a master limited partnership with over $35 billion in infrastructure assets. In the summer of 2006, Richard Kinder, the founder and chairman of Kinder Morgan, led a consortium of buyers to take the company private. The independent View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
to the needs of the state’s sustainable tech sector. “When I set up Aravaipa Ventures, I broke every law of what was done commonly by VCs at the time,” Fenwick-Smith says. The fund was focused narrowly both topically, on climate change, and geographically, on Colorado.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
threats that Brazil faces?" Nonprofit/for-profit Collaboration Professor Diana Barrett teaches Entrepreneurial Management and the course on Leadership, Values and Decision Making. She conducts research on the relationship between... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
perspective, he says the 2008 crisis can be seen through the lenses of bad beliefs and bad incentives—the latter being the idea that there was a common understanding of risk in the financial system, but people were motivated to ignore the evidence. “Across the View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
online message boards were set up almost immediately to enable concerned alumni to check on the status of classmates, colleagues, and friends. “I see my family, my neighborhood, my classmates, my countrymen, and even the entire free world... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- September 2023 (Revised September 2024)
- Technical Note
Measuring and Managing Social Impact
By: Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian and Susan Pinckney
A brief overview of how to measure social impact at nonprofits, social organizations, and impact investments. View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Change; Transformation; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Entrepreneurial Finance; Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Measurement and Metrics; Standards; Strength and Weakness; Mission and Purpose; Success; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Strategic Planning; Programs; Risk and Uncertainty; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; United States
Trelstad, Brian, Gerald Chertavian, and Susan Pinckney. "Measuring and Managing Social Impact." Harvard Business School Technical Note 324-017, September 2023. (Revised September 2024.)
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
decision by the Bush White House to provide more than $20 billion to GM, Chrysler, and their financial subsidiaries, the auto task force put together by President Obama managed a restructuring of both companies at a breathtaking pace.... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
financial measures makes little sense. All the financial incentives in the world won't transform CEOs into better decision makers. And bad decisions can bring companies down. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: HBS in Israel
difference in the world. We also checked in with recent grad Lior Litwak (MBA 2015) about his HBS experience and his decision to be an admissions ambassador when he was a student. Lior was home in Israel this summer (and participated in... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
tend to rebalance more actively. We find some evidence that households rebalance towards a higher risky share as they become richer. We also study the decisions to trade individual assets. Households are more likely to fully sell directly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
they found a good place to hide in the mountains. The next day, though, that team was attacked, and here, Brady tells the story of the last-minute decision that kept him from the subsequent, ill-fated rescue mission, the difficult View Details
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Middle East & North Africa - Global Activities 2021
contracts required the payment of bribes, something Abi Chaker refused to do. “We took a firm decision that under no circumstances would we engage in any kind of corruption,” Abi Chaker told Hsieh. “This is a core value that is central to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
Abstract—Operational decisions under information asymmetry can signal a firm's prospects to less-informed parties, such as investors, customers, competitors, and regulators. Consequently, managers in these settings often face a tradeoff... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
analysis. Then, you'll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, corporate financing policies analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and governance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
Yellowstone. What’s your proudest achievement? Being willing and able to make tough decisions during the credit crisis that, although not perfect, I believe were largely correct. When are you most relaxed? When I’m saltwater fly-fishing.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
elective, as well as a doctoral seminar on Research Design and Measurement. Silk's earlier work focused on developing models and measurement systems to support decisions in the area of new product development and marketing communications.... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
in governance. In spite of all the checks and balances, failures occurred with boards of directors, auditors, regulators, financial analysts, and professional investors and money managers. We thought we had a pretty good system, one the... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons