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  • 21 Jul 2020
  • News

New Models for a New World

  • 24 Feb 2020
  • News

Companies must include environmental and social performance measures

    Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty

    Best-Selling (MOST POPULAR) Cases:  

      1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details

    • Research Summary

    Reflection

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco

    Corporations as Critical Social Institutions

    My current research examines the extent to which corporations are emerging as critical social institutions. Over the past century, and especially in recent decades, firms have taken on... View Details

    Keywords: Reflection
    • October 2023 (Revised November 2023)
    • Case

    Recycle & Re-Match: The Future of Soccer Turfs

    By: George Serafeim, Lena Duchene and Carlota Moniz
    By August 2023, Re-Match, an artificial turf waste-to-value company, had operations in Denmark and the Netherlands and had recycled over 160,000 tons of waste and plastic fiber. With recent capital injection from the VC firm Verdane and a dual revenue business model,... View Details
    Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Carbon Abatement; Sustainability; Recycling; Waste Management; Technology; Entrepreneurial Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Decisions; Energy Conservation; Investment Return; Profit; Technological Innovation; Patents; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business Strategy; Competition; Expansion; Technology Adoption; Sports; Environmental Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Sports Industry; Denmark; Netherlands; France; United States; Pennsylvania; Europe
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    • 20 Oct 2022
    • Other Presentation

    4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Shareholder Value

    By: Adi Ignatius, Lynn Paine, Mihir Desai and Carola Frydman
    A roundtable conversation appraises the 50-year reign of shareholder primacy and the growing backlash against it today.

    The idea that maximizing shareholder value takes legal and practical precedence above all else first came to prominence in the 1970s. The... View Details
    Keywords: Shareholder Value Maximization; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    • December 2019
    • Supplement

    The Business of Pain: Johnson & Johnson and the Promise of Opioids (B)

    By: Erik Snowberg, Trevor Fetter and Amy W. Schulman
    This case is designed to provide an engrossing overview of stakeholder capitalism through a vigorous discussion of the conflicts that can arise when trying to serve multiple stakeholders. In 2007, Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) subsidiary Janssen has to decide whether or... View Details
    Keywords: Opioids; Addiction; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Product Launch; Ethics; Society; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • January 2020 (Revised December 2024)
    • Case

    Governing PG&E

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
    The five commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) listened intently at a public forum in April 2019 as PG&E Corporation’s out-going chairman Richard Kelly described the company’s proposed new board. PG&E, which provided electricity and natural... View Details
    Keywords: Bankruptcy; Board Of Directors; Board Dynamics; Business Ethics; Business Model Innovation; Corporate Boards; Energy Efficiency; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Government And Business; Hedge Funds; Institutional Investors; Legal Aspects Of Business; Regulated Monopolies; Regulation; Shareholders; Stakeholder Management; Strategy And Execution; Utilities; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Capital Structure; Climate Change; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Environmental Sustainability; Executive Compensation; Leadership; Management; Safety; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; California; United States
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    • 16 Nov 2021
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Can Mass General Brigham Diversify Its Community of Innovators?

    Keywords: Re: Katherine B. Coffman; Health
    • 2013
    • Article

    Multinational Corporations, Global Justice and Corporate Responsibility: A Question of Purpose

    By: Nien-he Hsieh
    Do multinational corporations (MNCs) have a responsibility to address unjust conditions—not simply by refraining from contributing to injustice, but also by actively working to bring about a just state of affairs? This paper examines whether this question can be... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Corporations; Global Justice; Corporate Purpose; Corporate Responsibility; Human Needs; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    • 22 Jul 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance

    Keywords: by Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim
    • 06 Feb 2013
    • What Do You Think?

    Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

    Summing Up Can "Conscious Capitalism" Become a Viable Antidote to Income Inequality? Conscious capitalism as an antidote to income inequality apparently is an idea that attracts the attention of a diverse community, judging from... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • January 2023 (Revised August 2023)
    • Case

    Veeva Systems and the Transformation to a Public Benefit Corporation

    By: Ranjay Gulati and Allison M. Ciechanover
    Peter Gassner, the co-founder and CEO of Veeva Systems, steered the company through rapid scaling from its launch in 2007 to 2022. Year after year, the company had exceeded expectations, with its market capitalization reaching $50 billion at its peak. By 2022, the... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; California
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    • November 2018 (Revised October 2019)
    • Case

    Rebuilding Puerto Rico

    By: Laura Alfaro, Laura Phillips Sawyer and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
    On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria swept over Puerto Rico, devastating the island’s infrastructure and agriculture. The natural disaster was layered atop years of mounting financial distress. Before the hurricane, Puerto Rico had accumulated $74 billion in debt and... View Details
    Keywords: Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Infrastructure; Borrowing and Debt; Economy; Strategic Planning; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Puerto Rico
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    • Research Summary

    Performance Measurement and Incentive Alignment

    Professor Kulp is interested in how organizations use information to enhance firm performance. The manner in which an organization gathers, analyzes, and uses performance information as part of its internal governance system affects organizational success. Professor... View Details
    • November 2021 (Revised December 2022)
    • Case

    Babban Gona: Great Farm

    By: Kristin Fabbe, Tarun Khanna, Caroline M. Elkins, Zeke Gillman, Eleni Kyrkopoulou and Thomaz Teodorovicz
    In 2020, Babban Gona was one of the world’s largest farming operations with over 140,000 acres of maize farms, an area over ten times as large as Manhattan, and over 80,000 member-farmers in Nigeria. According to the company, the average Nigerian farmer’s net income... View Details
    Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Value Creation; Agribusiness; Capital Budgeting; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Nigeria; Africa
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    • 10 Sep 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

    metrics to help determine how agile the company is, how agile it should be, whether it is moving in the right direction at the right speed, and which constraints are impeding progress. Surveys of internal and external stakeholders to... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
    • May 2021
    • Case

    Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham

    By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman and Olivia Hull
    Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB) Chief Innovation Officer Christopher Coburn had overseen a period of exciting transformation and growth in healthcare innovation at MGB. In November 2019, the health system was the largest recipient of National Institutes of Health... View Details
    Keywords: Inclusion; Innovation; Invention; Gender; Business Startups; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Patents; Research; Research and Development; Diversification; Technology; Health Industry; Massachusetts; Boston
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    • January 2021 (Revised May 2021)
    • Case

    Delta Air Lines: Navigating the COVID-19 Storm

    By: Ted Berk and Ryan Flamerich
    This case examines Delta Air Lines’ response as demand for its services plummeted in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the company’s funding needs and capital structure. Following a series of initial actions, the company’s cash “burn” had reduced from... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Financial Condition; Capital Structure; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Air Transportation Industry
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    • March 2018
    • Supplement

    Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal (B)

    By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Inakshi Sobti
    Supplements the (A) case. Having successfully spearheaded relief work in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Foundation envisions creating a more comprehensive and sustainable development model. They are keen to build a model village that integrates... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Family Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Venture Capital; Microfinance; Geographic Location; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Resource Allocation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Natural Disasters; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Issues; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Banking Industry; Auto Industry; Real Estate Industry; Travel Industry; Nepal
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