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- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
would advocate a discontinuation of operations after attempting unsuccessfully to resist meeting government demands for private information. Some suggested more complex strategies. Among those in favor of staying and trying to reach some... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
the company and the industry." And Lorenzo Ferlazzo comments, "I would maybe run a slew of guidance measures in commentary . . . and suggest analysts use their own initiative to communicate their interpretation to the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Q&A: John Quelch
John A. Quelch, Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for International Development, became the leader of the School's Global Initiative last August. A veteran HBS faculty member who recently spent... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
may not lead us to the greatest common good ... without government action(s).... These might take the form of incentives." Richard Eckel expanded on this idea, saying that "To suggest that for-profits embody any form of moral... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
program known as "Sound Global Enterprise," he undertook a series of wide-ranging initiatives that permeated every corner of the company, from improving corporate governance and restructuring the corporation... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
Harvard alumni living in Mexico and elsewhere and the other half from corporate donations, mainly from Mexican companies. Harvard provided matching funds to the first $1 million, as part of an initiative to strengthen its international... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Hedge Fund as Activist
majority of activism targets—firms that do not end up being acquired—earn average abnormal returns that are not statistically distinguishable from zero. This result applies to both announcement returns, as well as to the long-term returns following the View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
The 2005 HBS Global Leadership Forum in London proved to be a unique experience in ways that were planned — and even in some that were not — for nearly 600 alumni, faculty, and guests. By day, alumni listened to and learned from outstanding HBS faculty, View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
organized by the HBS Business & Environment Initiative and the HBS Club of Washington, DC. The expert panel featured voices from the energy, environmental, and governmental sectors; attendees from fields as diverse as education, health... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
alone do not account for these outcomes of the country’s public health system. There are also disparities in how effectively resources are allocated and managed, says Simon DeBere (MBA/MPA-ID 2022), a 2021 HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellow. In Tanzania, the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
the economy at large absorb adverse economic shocks? Or does the local population decline, stuck in economic decay? The answers to those questions are vital for economists, policymakers, and local governments to decide as new waves of... View Details
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
city of Enschede, our group of students heard about the beer company’s corporate sustainability initiatives, saw these initiatives in action during our brewery tour, and then got to taste their results in an on-site beer sampling. Their... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
observes Malik. “Confidence in our government is at a 60-year low, and many people are looking to business to solve the problems facing our society.” Malik believes making election day a holiday is a way for businesses to allow their... View Details
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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social Entrepreneurship Format Text Video... View Details
- 04 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
businesses and governments in emerging economies have all been pressing for a closer convergence of first- and third-world business models for the private sector. The details differ, but the advice boils down to the same thing in... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots
of Colts fans. Their initial hypotheses correlated quite a bit with where everybody was from and what teams they liked, but I have to say, at the end of the day, the truth prevailed.” That truth will remain undisclosed for the benefit of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
looks at the emergence of capitalism and democracy as systems of economic and political governance and considers how they may be both mutually supportive and antagonistic. Chapters on the theory and history of these systems challenge the... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
U.K., have adopted a hybrid approach known as the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), also known as "public-private partnerships" (PPP). Under this approach, private firms build and operate the infrastructure while the host View Details
- Web
William R. Kerr | Working Knowledge
nature of work is radically transformed. The initiative produces leading research on these themes and disseminates to broader audiences through platforms like the MFW podcast series . Bill’s recent book is The Gift of Global Talent: How... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Donella Rapier to Head External Relations
School. Our growing technology capabilities will enable us to broaden our offerings to alumni in ways that have never been possible before. In addition, as we move ahead with initiatives to expand our impact worldwide, our alumni will... View Details