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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
call positive inner work life,” says Teresa Amabile, the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration. “That makes it more likely that employees will be creative in their thinking and productive in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used to boost earnings for a durable commodity consumer product which can be easily... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
model." “The markets for everything from cars to books to food benefit from customers who are informed about the price and quality of products before making their purchases.... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel
addressing societal challenges. By reducing food waste, Waycool makes a positive impact, aligning profit-making with sustainable practices. Even established players like JSW Steel display a harmonious integration View Details
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Latin America - Global Activities 2020
needs—everybody benefits. Ben Roth: Another stream of work is thinking about new kinds of credit products Fondo could offer and evaluating both the new View Details
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Michelle Lee
interested in social impact issues," Michelle joined Bain to "learn tangible business skills" and "explore the intersection of social impact and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
the pantheon of classic French treats. In the 1980s, the company employed nearly 400 workers and enjoyed a 40 percent market share. Subjected to a series of buyouts, the View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
Thoren believes there doesn’t need to be a divide between for-profit and nonprofit missions. In December 2020, she joined outdoor-clothing brand Patagonia as director of Environmental Action and Initiatives,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Harvard Business School Case 509-031 Having bought Shaklee Corporation from Yamanouchi, Roger Barnett, its owner and CEO, wrestled with the question of how to grow the company and its reputation for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment
The Climate Symposium is an annual conference organized by the Energy & Environment, Food & Agriculture, and Sustainability Clubs. This is one of the largest student-run conferences on the HBS campus,... View Details
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Judging | New Venture Competition
entrepreneurs. Evaluation Criteria All rounds will be evaluated based on: Impact (30% of score) Social impact The social or environmental issue... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
discussions. Known as the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Group (PAPSAC), the organization is dedicated to using a multidisciplinary approach to "assist the food... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
three-day school trip weaving woolen swatches on a collection of old-fashioned floor looms. Later that day, he notes, the students will learn about—and even pet—indigenous Appalachian wildlife (including a pink-eyed albino corn snake)... View Details
- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
sentiment have been undervalued.” Domino's vs. Cheesecake Factory In one of the paper’s examples, Domino’s Pizza and The Cheesecake Factory both scored an average ESG performance of 5.2 (out View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
soon developed a chain of restaurants based on a novel concept. Built with authentic interiors and fixtures imported from Japan, the restaurants featured a working chef at every table, flamboyantly preparing and grilling familiar American... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
chose our family business, Universal Food Systems. Little did I know at the time that within the year I would become CEO of that company when I was just 25 years old. As a result View Details
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
In the course of their outstanding professional careers, this year’s five recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award — the School’s highest honor — have had an enormous impact... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory factor... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace