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  • October 2015
  • Case

Clearwater Seafoods

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
Clearwater sought to market value-added shellfish products in a traditionally commodities based industry, while facing supply uncertainties and regulatory, environmental, and foreign exchange challenges. Clearwater harvested lobsters, clams, scallops, shrimp, and other... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Profit; Goods and Commodities; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Canada
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  • 02 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 2

historical context and suggesting that scholars move past unconditional acceptance of the causal power of "socialist legacies" and instead attend to the importance of changes in the post-Mao administrative hierarchy.   Working Papers Expectations and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

organizational units and corporations are likely to match the boundaries of underlying technological modules. (This correspondence is called "mirroring.") In this article, I explain the concept of modularity and describe how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Alumni Books

plans that are easy to apply. It highlights why marketing plans matter and where they go wrong and explains how to create a powerful plan that will help build a strong, profitable business. More than Money: Questions Every MBA Needs to... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

Michael Chu (MBA '76) is president and CEO of ACCION International, a private nonprofit corporation founded in 1961 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. ACCION's affiliates in thirteen Latin American countries and the United States... View Details
  • 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

Profitability Around the World Authors:Paul M. Healy, George Serafeim, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu Abstract We examine how cross-country differences in product, capital, labor market competition, and government efficiency affect the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Books

Press) In the past decade, as technological developments raced forward, large corporations with a history of scientific leadership like AT&T, IBM, and Xerox ironically found themselves struggling to keep up. Their problem, says HBS... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 24 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 24

through a vivid exploration of the political processes determining our system of accounting rules upon which depends our ability to reliably measure corporate profits in the economy. The book shows how some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Calderón chairs the initiative, which comprises corporate executives, local politicians, and former heads of state from 14 countries. ''If we provide economic arguments, we will win this... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
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Eligibility & Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

organizations/management issues for profit organizations in which the mission and the core activities of the organization have a direct social purpose business approaches where the core focus is social impact, including environmental... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1996
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No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)

When Nancy Havens-Hasty stepped onto Wall Street after graduating from HBS, her first account as a corporate finance associate was not one of Kidder Peabody's several computer company clients, despite her background as a physics major at... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
  • 01 Feb 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

profitability in the name of sustainability? It remains to be seen whether this initiative is overblown, representing little more than solar panels on the roof of corporate headquarters. This topic comes at... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

leaders from Harvard Business School who discuss theory with practices from the world's top corporations to show how businesses, NGOs and government organizations can use business solutions to add social value to the world's poorest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Hard Choices

over what time frame, is an expression of those values. The commitment to reconsider, evaluate, question, and modify your decisions in light of your values is an expression of character. With an overly narrow focus on the near-term maximization of View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

  Publications August 2013 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law Delaware's Choice By: Subramanian, Guhan Abstract—This article first documents the shift to annual elections of all directors at most U.S. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

the investment behavior of firms. Using an international panel with many changes in payout taxes, we show that this prediction holds well. Payout taxes have a large impact on the dynamics of corporate investment and growth. Investment is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2007
  • News

The Plight of the Global Poor

global poverty for some time. They believe that in pursuing its own self-interest in opening and expanding the BOP market, business can make a profit while serving the poorest of consumers and contributing to development. As Rangan... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 24

  PublicationsThe Need for Sector-Specific Materiality and Sustainability Reporting Standards Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., Michael P. Krzus, Jean Rogers, and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

decrease, allowing the club to increase the number of memberships it offers. Q: What do you think of price-optimization software? Can software effectively gauge the market and maximize profit margins? What would you recommend to business... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney