Corporate Sustainability - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 May 2012
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approach. Finally, we show that the relation is driven by both the social and the environmental dimension of CSR. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-130.pdf The Impact of a Corporate Culture of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Apr 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

maker better off emphasizing performance over luxury? Are luxury and sustainability mutually exclusive? And just what is the “new aspirational lifestyle?” Here is what they found. A Good Place to Start The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion

28 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 28

Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Publication:Business Strategy Review (May 2011) Abstract We are exploring the value of forcing corporations to issue sustainability reports, which provide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2010 (Revised November 2010)
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YES BANK: Mainstreaming Development into Indian Banking

By: Michael Chu and Namrata Arora

YES BANK, founded in 2003 and highly successful, has consistently been profitable meeting the Indian government's Priority Sector Lending (PSL) requirements, unlike virtually all other private sector banks, which view PSL activity as a necessary but loss-making part of... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Private Equity; Microfinance; Investment; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Expansion; Banking Industry; India

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06 Sep 2004
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The Innovator’s Battle Plan

Entrants grow and improve; incumbents choose flight. As disruptive attackers follow their own sustaining trajectories, they make inroads into the low end of the market or begin pulling less demanding customers into a new context of use.... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

overview of business history research worldwide aimed at both researchers and practitioners, addressing challenging issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology and innovation, and economic theory and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Mar 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya

Keywords: by Nava Ashraf, Xavier Giné & Dean Karlan; Food & Beverage

05 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

Investors come in more shapes and sizes than hats and tacos: Angel, VC, limited, corporate, banks, institutional, friends and family—these are just some of the categorizations used to describe them. Now, a recent paper explores who might be the most important investor... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

20 Sep 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan; Accounting

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

meaningfully to strategic conversations and your team’s success Create value for customers, employees, and suppliers, often in surprising ways, that rival companies will find hard to match Build sustainable success with the help of... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

management." Ginny Wiedower commented, "Without a corporate strategy to reach defined corporate goals, innovation will be misdirected and unguided." But D. R. Elliott pointed out that... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

evidence of when and why it occurs (Studies 2–4). Taken together, these studies imply that the proactive revelation of costs can improve a firm's bottom line. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48019 Public Sentiment and the Price... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

discount, you'll receive 30% off your second and third courses for a total savings of $1,110 . Here are three learning pathways we recommend based on your career goals and stage. Leading Corporate Innovation: For View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

job."1 It was remarkable that the corporate image of a company whose brands were so well known, and whose operations were so widespread, was so indistinct. There were times between the 1960s and 1990 when Unilever appeared amorphous.... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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Environmental Quality - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

impact profitability and its relationship to sustainable practices. Publications & Resources Jun 2010 Chair’s Paper The Porter Hypothesis at 20: Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Innovation & Competitiveness? by Stefan Ambec, Mark A.... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

sustainability pressures, Michelin had achieved strong financial and operational results. Revenues climbed from 24.1 billion in 2019 to 27.2 billion in 2024, and its share price increased by over 60%. Under Menegaux’s leadership, Michelin... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation Download Sant profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1931 Born, Los Angeles, California 1955 Earns BS, Business Management, Brigham Young University 1955... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Institutions for "The Limits of Insurance Demand and the Growing Protection Gap" with Pari Sastry, Tess Scharlemann, and Ana-Maria Tenekedijieva. 2024 Elisabeth Kempf : Winner of the 2024 Second Place Jensen Prize for the best paper published by the Journal of... View Details

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Power of Conversational Leadership

Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg. "Nobody knows what strategic conversations are actually unfolding." For that reason, many CEOs are reconsidering the classic command-and-control structure in which a few people are sending all the directives from the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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