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- 07 Mar 2023
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Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization
Immersive Field Course, our group had researched the opportunities and challenges facing the renowned LEGO Group. Known for their innovative and sustainable approach to making their iconic plastic bricks, the company also faces challenges... View Details
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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
the publication of a book, the development of an MBA elective course on Business at the Base of the Pyramid, and the creation of an executive education program for leaders in the microfinance industry. Today, SEI continues to examine the challenges and View Details
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
strategic decisions Value a venture, project, or investment opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis Who Will Benefit College Students and Recent Graduates Those Considering an MBA Mid-Career... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
company, invest a lot of money in reskilling its entire staff? The industry is moving from hardware to software in the form of smart, connected elevators. But instead of laying off legacy hardware staff and hiring new talent, the CEO... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
Case 208-069 Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital
lifestyle for a really long time, five days a week in Detroit and then coming back to Toronto on the weekends and I just got exhausted,” Memme shared. “I needed to make a change because I was starting to lose motivation and felt out of balance. There aren’t as many... View Details
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Course Development
By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
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A Campus Built on Philanthropy | About
opportunities for students, faculty, and visitors from diverse backgrounds to exchange ideas, network, and establish lifelong bonds. Generous contributions of HBS alumni and friends who believe in the power of business—and business... View Details
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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni
type of board opportunity that interests you Seek out CEOs, board members, organizational leaders, and investors who could be helpful. Then, develop a strategy to connect with them (through industry meetings, informal networks, LinkedIn,... View Details
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Economic Development in Inner Cities - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
national economy. Trying to cure the inner city’s problems solely by increasing social investment has rarely been successful. But when we approach revitalization from a competitiveness perspective, we begin to see the existing and... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
Working PapersHow Does Foreign Direct Investment Promote Economic Growth? Exploring the Effects of Financial Markets on Linkages Authors:Laura Alfaro, Areendam Chanda, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Selin Sayek. Abstract The empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders
decisions to build great global companies. If businesses are managed without courageous leadership, then R&D programs, product pipelines, investments in emerging markets, and employees’ commitment to the company’s mission all wither.... View Details
- 2020
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Research on Corporate Sustainability: Review and Directions for Future Research
By: Jody Grewal and George Serafeim
We review the literature on corporate sustainability and provide directions for future research. Our review focuses on three actions: measuring, managing and communicating corporate sustainability performance. Measurement is the least developed of the three and... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; Sustainability Management; Nonfinancial Disclosure; Nonfinancial Information; Nonfinancial Performance; Materiality; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Disclosure; ESG Disclosure Metrics; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility; Accounting; Finance; Management; Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Diversity; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Disclosure; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Grewal, Jody, and George Serafeim. "Research on Corporate Sustainability: Review and Directions for Future Research." Foundations and Trends® in Accounting 14, no. 2 (2020): 73–127.
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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni
institutions, and more. Additional themes included artificial intelligence, DEI initiatives, and career journeys. The diverse audience emphasized the universal nature of the challenges and opportunities facing women in business today,... View Details
- 09 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back
with a group of sectionmates I didn’t know very well. I met one of them through a Women in Investing Club event, and she invited me on the trip. As an introvert, I was hesitant at first—spending a whole weekend with people I didn’t know... View Details
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
Editor's note. Although he doesn't officially hold the title, Howard H. Stevenson is considered the father of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. After all, he invented the definition most in use today: "Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In
In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
pricing, and that reinsurers' high costs of capital appear to play an important role. Institutional Portfolio Flows and International Investments Authors:K. A. Froot and T. Ramadorai Periodical:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jul 2023
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Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
actually bought that whole business from us, that third party business a couple years ago for multiple billions of dollars which was a great return in terms of that investment for us. We've retained the baseball elements of it and the... View Details
- 21 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?
opportunity to redouble their efforts and grab more market share, or take it as a warning that it might be time to get out while the getting was good? A new research study suggests that more companies than expected see a half-empty glass... View Details