Harvard Corporation - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

Corporations have traditionally considered taxes a painful but necessary cost of doing business. But this view has changed, says Harvard Business School professor Mihir A. Desai. With the advent of... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

18 Jun 2012
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Sustainability rises up corporate agenda

January 2020 (Revised April 2020)
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Fossil Fuel Divestment (Abridged)

By: Michael W. Toffel and Sarah Gulick

The president of Harvard University is facing growing pressure from students, alumni, and other climate change activists that are urging the university to divest its multi-billion dollar endowment from fossil fuel companies. The case summarizes the arguments for and... View Details

Keywords: Divestment; Harvard University; Higher Education; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Public Opinion; Ethics; Education Industry

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30 May 2018
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The corporate sustainability Twitterati 2018

01 Apr 2001
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Harvard MBAs Rule?

strengths has been to furnish corporate America with executive leadership at the highest levels. Seeking perspective on this flurry of HBS alumni promotions, the magazine asked Continental Airlines president Gregory Brenneman (MBA 1988)... View Details

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Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the first African American to serve on the Board. He also sat on the boards of leading corporations in America, the Harvard Board of Overseers, and the Board of... View Details

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Americans faced in corporate America, the impact of business and public policy on minority-owned businesses, and African American women in business. AASU conference speakers have included Lillian Lincoln Lambert (MBA '69), an AASU... View Details

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

has been discussed for decades. Here is research and writing from Harvard Business School that discusses both the concept in theory and examples of CSR in practice. A Good Place to Start Statement on the Purpose of a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

28 Sep 2010
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Aspen Skiing Co. Kleenex boycott intrigues Harvard

24 Aug 2011
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Bill George's corporate "Dream Team"

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

Asia," held at the Asia Business Conference on February 14 at Harvard Business School. Ever since the public outcry in the 1990s over the wages paid by Nike to its Asian factory workers, the issue of multinational View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

October 2006 (Revised November 2006)
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Instructor's Guide to Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA)

By: Lynn S. Paine

To provide instructors with a roadmap to the Harvard Business School's required first-year MBA Course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Describes the objectives of the course, as well as its structure, content, and guiding framework. A day-by-day synopsis,... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Accountability

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30 Aug 2010
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J&J Chief Tends Corporate Wounds

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Management Program (SVMP) The HBS Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP), established in 1983, continues today. SVMP began as a joint enterprise of HBS, the Executive Council of the Harvard Business School Association, the View Details