Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 1998
Case

Sideco Americana S.A. (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Culture; Values and Beliefs; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Argentina

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Article

Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: A Paradigm Shift

By: Ethan Rouen and George Serafeim

The last decade has seen an exponential increase in corporate sustainability activities and efforts by investors to use these activities in their portfolio formation, valuation, and stewardship activities. This paper explains the need for a uniform strategy to measure... View Details

Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Standards

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15 Dec 2021
News

HBS OnBoard: Effective Fundraising with Professor F. Warren McFarlan

13 Jun 2021
News

Leading Systemic Change

10 Oct 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is managing director of Endeavor Philippines, a branch of the global Endeavor organization, which fights poverty by finding and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. “Our mission statement is to create an economic multiplier effect in markets... View Details

13 Feb 2017
News

20th Anniversary New Venture Competition to Offer a Record $300,000 in Prizes to Student Businesses, Social Enterprises, and Alumni Ventures

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

behavior, according to by Francesca Gino and colleagues. The good news: businesses can do something about it. Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating (34,516) Organizations spend a lot of money enabling employees to solve... View Details

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

acquisition targets, and organizations of all types bid for employees—executives, highly skilled salespersons, and so on. More generally, the research may be relevant to any competitive decision-making context. For example, businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

critical internal processes that will create and deliver the value proposition; and whether the organization has the right people and systems in place and the right culture for its strategy to be successful. Extending the Balanced... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting

comfortable with, that look like them, that act like them, and talk like them.” Why Addressing Unconscious Bias Benefits Your Organization Making choices that are unconsciously rooted in bias is detrimental to individuals and the View Details

23 Aug 2018
News

Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming

pharmaceutical CEO’s perspective on what’s next in Alzheimer’s research; and a panel discussion on the digital transformation of health care. “While many other organizations might claim to offer similar topics, the VRT series is designed... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2015
News

Leadership on a Global Stage

course correction that took Jefferson to HBS, consulting, state and federal leadership positions, public speaking, and helping organizations around the world develop their leaders. It has been 20 years since Jefferson was leading a Green... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

organization that provides support and visibility for trans technologists and founders. He is also the director of the award-winning documentary STILL BLACK: a portrait of black transmen and the first person to receive the PhD of... View Details

June 2010 (Revised December 2010)
Case

Hôpital de Pontoise

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Simon Harrow

In 2010, Andre Razafindranaly, managing director of a large French public hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his and many... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Health Industry; France

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Profile

Kamen Bliznashki

with all levels in the organization and bringing a systematic approach to attacking some of the strategic challenges facing the company enabled me to be successful on the job. View Details

Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing

Portrait Project

Abbas A. Kanji

roles in community organizations to help people in East Africa reach their material and spiritual potential are all things I want to do in life. If I can accomplish this I will have succeeded. For success in my mind is to be able to use... View Details

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Patients - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Insist providers provide their results with patients like you. Choose cost-effective health plan structures involving deductibles together with HSAs to save for future health care needs Seek a long-term relationship with a plan instead of plan churning Communicate... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

The Check Is in the Mail

the glimpses into lost business structures and lost lives.” Organized by Baker Library Historical Collections, “Buy Now, Pay Later: A History of Personal Credit” is on display through June 3 and can be viewed online at... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding