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  • 18 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

a "turn to values,"—focusing on ethics, values, and examining company culture—but for varied reasons including risk management, organizational functioning, market positioning, and civic positioning. In your view, do you expect... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 09 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

wages—when their doing so seems like more of a marketing ploy than a substantive effort to address the underlying problems. Very few of these programs require third-party verification. But I suspect that to really deliver on the promise... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

conducted by Joshua Schwartzstein, a Harvard Business School assistant professor, and Benjamin Handel, an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley. “Thinking through, for practical applications, ‘is it a friction or a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail
  • 22 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 22

Series, No. 15325, September 2009 Abstract Evidence on the "funding gap" for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for underinvestment that exist even when externality-induced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Predicting Competition in Local Markets Competing Against Dominant Platforms Platforms in Your Value Chain Serial Acquirers Show Hide Details Concepts Understanding Network Effects Which Markets Will Tip... View Details
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 13, 2015

manufacturing components and processes change, and IT security becomes the job of every function. Companies need different skills and expertise, which creates new imperatives for HR. In the marketing function, the ability to track a... View Details
  • Web

Founder - Entrepreneurship

the Startup Toolkit Short Intensive Program (SIP). Learn how to research business models, market sizes, and competitors by meeting with a Research Consultant at Baker Library—anytime. SPRING Pitch your startup for feedback and the... View Details
  • 11 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas

shouldn’t change the facts of a case, no matter how many scholarships a company sponsors—or how many Christmas lights it puts on the courthouse. Related Reading: Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light Research Paper Playing Favorites: How Firms Prevent the Revelation of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services
  • January 1998 (Revised February 2002)
  • Case

Funai Consulting Company, Ltd. (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Tomoya Nakamura
In the summer of 1997, a consultant at Japan's Funai Consulting Co. Ltd., must decide how to respond to a client's proposal to offer "open pricing" (based on willingness to pay) to customers unable to pay the standard price for the client's product. The client, Akita... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Price; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decisions; Agribusiness; Management Practices and Processes; Business Ventures; Consulting Industry; Japan
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  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Albany (Oregon), Baltimore, and Chicago. “I wanted to know: what are the best practices in manufacturing?” HOME REGION Douala, Cameroon UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Georgia Institute of Technology PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE W.R. Grace HBS ACTIVITIES... View Details
  • February 2003 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

Accel Partners' European Launch

By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
In spring 2001, with the venture market crashing all around, the London office of Accel Partners, a major west coast venture capital firm, needs to make a decision about investing in an Irish software company. As the first investment of the new European operation, the... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Venture Capital; Global Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Expansion; Management Practices and Processes; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; London; United States
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  • 2011
  • Article

Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Responses to Environmental Protection in China

By: Christopher Marquis, Jianjun Zhang and Yanhua Zhou
We develop a framework to analyze the closing gap between regulation and enforcement of environmental protection in China and present a number of resulting implications for doing business there. We identify three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Framework; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Law Enforcement; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Alignment; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Environment; Motivation and Incentives; Management Practices and Processes; Competitive Strategy; China
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  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

Abstract This paper empirically investigates how market leadership influences firm propensity to adopt new business process innovations. Using a unique data set spanning roughly 35,000 plants in 86 U.S. manufacturing industries, I study... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • Web

Angela Q. Crispi | About

of areas including diversity & inclusion, external relations, financial, human resources, information technology, library, marketing and communications, operations and others. Angela has overseen the implementation of innovations from... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 22, 2016

résumé audit study, we examine racial minorities’ attempts to avoid anticipated discrimination in labor markets by concealing or downplaying racial cues in job applications, a practice known as "résumé... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Competition provides a unique opportunity for students to put entrepreneurship principles into practice with an integrative learning experience. Students may participate in either the Business Track (for ventures whose economic returns... View Details
  • Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Prior to Generate, Jacobs cofounded the global clean technologies practice at McKinsey & Company, advising companies, institutional investors, NGOs, and governments around the world on the economic imperatives of resource productivity and... View Details
  • Web

Globalization - Faculty & Research

Globalization Globalization December 2014 Article Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World By: Paul M. Healy , George Serafeim , Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu We examine how... View Details
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Courses - Private Capital Project

firm's effectiveness throughout the deal process in the context of tax reforms, regulatory uncertainties, and global market volatility. The curriculum addresses issues pertaining to industry infrastructure, portfolio management, and... View Details