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  • September–October 2020
  • Article

Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value

By: George Serafeim
Until the mid-2010s few investors paid attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data—information about companies’ carbon footprints, labor policies, board makeup, and so forth. Today the data is widely used by investors. How can organizations create... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Disclosure; ESG Disclosure Metrics; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; Social Impact; Impact Measurement; Social Innovation; Purpose; Corporate Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility; Strategy; Social Enterprise; Society; Accounting; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Corporate Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; Chemical Industry; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; North America; Europe; Japan; Australia
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Principles and Content for Downstream Emissions Disclosures

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
In a previous paper, we proposed the E-liability carbon accounting algorithm for companies to measure and subsequently reduce their own and their suppliers’ emissions. Some investors and stakeholders, however, want companies to also be accountable for downstream... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Disclosure; Carbon Footprint; Climate Change; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Disclosure; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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  • Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

(MBA 2001) No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info Climate change is one of the defining topics of our time. During this session, we will examine and discuss the causes, indications,... View Details
  • Web

Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (6) Business and Climate Change Professors Forest Reinhardt & Michael Toffel Prepare yourself and your organization for the business risks and opportunities created by View Details
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

greenhouse gas emissions. The case describes challenges facing this small agricultural biotechnology company, notably uneven enforcement of intellectual property in emerging market countries and uncertainty regarding the provision and market value of carbon credits... View Details
  • January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

Elon Musk at Tesla

By: George Serafeim and Amram Migdal
This case gives an overview of Elon Musk’s career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information is included on Tesla’s unique strategic decisions, its operational and reputational struggles and successes, and the... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Decision Making; Design; Energy; Renewable Energy; Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Society; Social Issues; Strategy; Transportation; Value; Auto Industry; Transportation Industry
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  • 08 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

With this in mind, I choose to challenge to hold those in power accountable. I choose to challenge to protect the rights that so many people before me fought for. Most importantly, I choose to challenge to be true to myself. Megan Murday Harvard MBA Student, Class of... View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

for Business in Global Society (BiGS) in 2022 to help business leaders understand and respond to these new demands. Building on HBS's strong foundation of work on issues like responding to climate change and... View Details
  • Research Summary

Overview

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

  • Web

Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

of Digital Innovation and Strategy CORe AI Essentials for Business Alternative Investments Business Analytics Business and Climate Change Business Strategy Creating Brand Value Design Thinking and Innovation... View Details
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

and Entrepreneurial Management) Geoffrey Jones Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Global Climate Change (also listed under Strategy) Gunnar Trumbull Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Globalization and Emerging Markets Reshmaan Hussam... View Details
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

of about $70 billion. Daft's solution was an aggressive shift in the opposite direction. On taking over, he avowed, "The world in which we operate has changed dramatically, and we must change to... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

Stream insisted that their projects were aimed at fulfilling goals of the EU's energy policy (reducing the use of fossil fuels to combat climate change and guaranteed physical availability and affordability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

dishonesty. Using hypothetical scenarios (Study 1) and real tasks involving the opportunity to cheat (Studies 2 and 3), we find that dishonest behavior increased moral disengagement and motivated forgetting of moral rules. Such changes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2023
  • Case

Santa Elena: Table Grape Production in Chile’s Water-Challenged Regions

By: Forest Reinhardt, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal
In the fiscal year ending in September 2022, Santa Elena, Chile’s fifth-ranking table grape exporter, a grape producer and exporter since 1980, had exported around 3.5 million boxes (18-pound each). But, due to a 13-year-long drought that plagued table grape-growing... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Food; Environmental Law; Problems and Challenges; Weather; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chile; South America; Latin America
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  • 19 Aug 2021
  • Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

productivity. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/WvZ0cFGPFEU8Igj4vKIZ][/div] Diagnostic tools, such as surveys and small group discussions, are critical to developing a more holistic view of the employee experience. In the Army, officers use “command View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Every Trick in the Book

conversation; “Nature and Our Planet” spans everything from climate change to gardening. The adult fiction section features authors from a diverse array of backgrounds, and half of the store is dedicated to... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

negative impact on organizational climate while taking action had a positive impact. Results suggest that solving problems as they arise (e.g., Toyota's approach) with intense and substantive actions is more productive than gathering... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Future Vision

significantly change the trajectory of their lives. I loved being part of that. You’ve talked about the pandemic as the gateway to the School’s future. What opportunities for HBS do you see ahead? I say this in the spirit of finding the... View Details
Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 01 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan

tend to fluctuate wildly, along with market demand. A one-percent difference in demand can equal up to a 10-percent change in price, according to the HBS case. Economic downturns hit the industry especially hard, as the expensive cheese... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Food & Beverage