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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers.” 2020 Eva Ascarza : Selected as a Marketing Science Institute Scholar in 2020. Jill J. Avery : Winner of the 2020 Case Centre Award... View Details

22 Sep 2009
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($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15325 PublicationsHow Actors Change Institutions: Towards a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship Authors:Julie Battilana, Bernard Leca, and Eva Boxenbaum Publication:The Academy of Management... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

Hewlett-Packard, Financial Analyst 1974 Named Assistant Administrator, Federal Energy Administration 1981 Cofounds Applied Energy Services 1991 AES goes public 1991 Establishes The Summit Foundation 1994 Elected Chair, World Wildlife Fund–US 2001 Appointed to Board of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2021
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How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

political commentators and elected officials continue to debate not only the implications of institutional racism, but its very existence. Tabellini’s study shows how racial injustice reverberates far beyond its seemingly local source,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Jun 2023
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Bridging the ESG Data Gap

entrepreneurs-in-residence. Murday was at the i-lab the day Harvard’s campus-wide COVID-19 shutdown was announced. “That was a curveball,” she notes, but adds that the Harvard Innovation Labs moved quickly to set up virtual resources. She credits Rebekah Emanuel (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

Social Purpose of the Firm is a three-day course developed by HBS’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society that examines, among other topics, economic development, responsible AI, climate... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Harvard Environmental Centers 2ms The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability serves as a fulcrum for... View Details

07 Dec 2010
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http://hbr.org/2010/10/unleashing-the-power-of-marketing/ar/1 Institutional Pressures and Organizational Characteristics: Implications for Environmental Strategy Authors:Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Publication:In The Oxford... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2008
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which can be large in some cases. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-054.pdf The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher Malloy Abstract This paper uses View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Feb 2017
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Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

Organizations with great reputations can draw large and loyal followings. Source: iStock In developed countries, the best friends of businesses are the legal, political, and social institutions—banks, courts, intellectual property... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2013
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Currency Wars

By: Laura Alfaro and Hilary White

In February 2013, the G-20 finance ministers met in Moscow, Russia to discuss the rising anxieties over a potential international currency war. It was speculated that certain countries were purposely devaluing their currencies in order to improve their competitiveness... View Details

Keywords: Currency; Competitiveness; Trade Policy; Devaluation; Exchange Rate; Monetary Policy; Quantitative Easing; Inflation Targeting; Capital Flows; Central Banking; Currency Exchange Rate; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Policy; Trade; Conflict and Resolution; Banking Industry; Public Administration Industry; Moscow

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

24 Apr 2023
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What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

while working as consultants at Bain & Company in 2018. Alcohol alternative with a social mission Considered one of the first cannabis beverage firms, Cann has sold more than 10 million cans of low-calorie flavored seltzer infused... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

13 Mar 2023
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The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

consultancies and accounting firms already do this by putting “cohorts” of new employees on similar professional development tracks, with shared workshops, activities, and milestones designed to strengthen their connection. “People are View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Discussion Paper Series IZA DP No. 2016, Institute for the Study of Labor, March 2006, accessed June 5, 2013 Jelle Visser, “ICTWSS: Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting,... View Details

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details

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About - Business History

rhythm of history when the cake of custom must be broke, when that disruptive, innovating energy is socially advantageous and must be given freer opportunity.” The impact of historical perspective—innovative, disruptive, secular—continues... View Details

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

worked on transactions that required more than $50 million in capital. That created a major gap in the market, leaving commercial real estate operators who develop or renovate smaller properties with more limited funding options. Whereas View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related markets as well as institutional... View Details