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- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
publications on "the business case" for sustainability, seeking to map out the returns on investment and to differentiate recommended actions from cases of corporate philanthropy. Reports by business organizations and others... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
plan’s rationale, noting that climate-change efforts had cost Unilever $200 million in 2011 and predicting a political crisis if something was not done about inequitable growth. “Total profits of the consumer goods industry will be wiped... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
Offshore Wind Energy in the USA Harvard Business School Case 708-022 Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY—not in my backyard syndrome. This is the first offshore wind project planned for the United States, in Nantucket Sound, just... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
weighing the morality of an action based on its consequences, might see AI as an improvement over the status quo of 40,000 annual motor vehicle deaths. AVs are good at avoiding mistakes, and most of their crashes are caused by human error... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
attended the course. "Having them right there to clarify points and add to the SOS-KDI case was extremely useful for all of use who are dealing with questions of how to move our organizations forward." Turning Around Cleveland - Business... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
of leaders who have energized an organization to embrace hard work, I think of two of our alumni leaders at JP Morgan Chase: Jamie Dimon and Mary Erdoes. There is no question that, even against the standards of Wall Street, people at this organization work View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
weaknesses relative to other top schools, the political challenges of organizational change, and the most appropriate strategy for the Dean to follow. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
Abstract—More than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little to alleviate the situation and rarely produce transformative change. Instead... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
creation, production, delivery and use of the Web, as well as toward a service delivery infrastructure. Panelist Katie Burke (HBS MBA '95) noted Web-based e-mail as a good example of how and why software is turning into a service. Web-based e-mail has become View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
one end are the Altruistic Motives aimed at benefiting others rather than the partners themselves. At the other extreme are the Utilitarian Motives that focus on the benefit to the partner rather than others.1 In either case, there is the... View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Small Wins Unleash Creativity
giant customer, but only if such deadlines are not commonplace. Too many deadlines and people will just feel like they're on a treadmill—going nowhere fast. "We found that in general, extreme time pressure is bad for creative... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water and food, political and security risks, human health risks, and impact on wildlife and ecosystems. Next,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
enjoy the hands-on nature of running my own small company, having the opportunity to focus on different businesses at different stages of development. In small markets, the feedback on your actions can be swift and gratifying. But it can... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
University. While there, she studied abroad in Ghana in order to learn more about that part of the world. “I had initially imagined a future in international diplomacy but quickly realized the political side of things was not for me. I... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
“We need to be educating students to work in complex environments with people of different races, genders, ethnicities, religions, and political views to make the most of these differences.” —JAN HAMMOND SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN “We need to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
acknowledgment of the government’s intentions surprised Abrami. “Before China’s accession such a comment may very well have jettisoned domestic political support for the WTO,” she commented afterward. “Everyone knew that domestic View Details
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
acquisition (CPA). However, these standard online advertising metrics are plagued with attribution problems and do not account for dynamics. These issues can easily lead firms to overspend on some actions and thus waste money, and/or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
Michael Rabimovich - Class of 2021 My coming out journey started before I was born. In 1992, my family emigrated from Moscow, Russia to the U.S. seeking asylum for political persecution. I was nervous to tell my parents because our... View Details
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
“We believe, where political processes fail to come up with solutions for our society, equipping businesses with the right ideas is a very important aspect of dealing with sustainability issues. Therefore, it is of utmost importance for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
probably the single most remarkable thing about the historical narrative is the length of time for which firms' international economic activities were apparently motivated entirely by considerations of arbitrage, with no replication in sight. The great trading... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace