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- 19 Jan 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
Bill George, Professor of Management Practice Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, topping the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry. During the year social networking... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Research Summary
Sustainability and Integrated Reporting
A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
projects that it will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by the end of 2014. But as the Great Wall exemplifies the great feats of Chinese unity, so too does it reflect a tradition of environmental subjugation for national gain. Harvard Business... View Details
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
that employer’s name on their curriculum vitae? “You have this great name on your CV, and suddenly it goes from being an asset to a liability,” says George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor... View Details
- 2022
- Book
Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World
By: George Serafeim
The roadmap and best practices to reap the enormous value that can emerge when your business prioritizes social and environmental goals—such as climate change, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability—right alongside the pursuit of profit.
We not only... View Details
We not only... View Details
Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Profitability; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Serafeim, George. Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World. New York: HarperCollins Leadership, 2022.
- 20 Sep 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
differences. That reality, however, hasn't slowed the rising tide of annual college rankings from every corner of the world, rating schools in every category imaginable. Today we'll hear from Professor Bill... View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
“Given the dire economic times, one of the first things you’d expect small businesses to do is to slash some employee benefits,” says Dafny, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. “So I was surprised we only saw a small... View Details
- 22 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
CEO Succession: The Case at Ford
Podcast with: Joseph Bower Interviewer: James Aisner Running Time: 8 min., 23 sec. In early September, Ford Motor Company announced that Bill Ford would be replaced as CEO by Boeing's Alan Mulally, credited with the turnaround of the... View Details
- 14 Jun 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
What Does It Take to Close the Opportunity Gap in America’s Labor Market?
Keywords: Re: V. Kasturi Rangan
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
performance," says Harvard Business School associate professor George Serafeim. To create more understanding about the position, Serafeim wrote the paper "Chief Sustainability Officers: Who Are... View Details
- 28 Apr 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Sweden’s Northvolt Electric Battery Maker: A Startup with a Mission
- September 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Supplement
Martha Goldberg Aronson: Challenges at Mid-Career (B)
By: William W. George
Martha Goldberg Aronson of Medtronic is trying to decide whether to accept the offer from Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins to become senior vice president and chief talent officer. Aronson returned from an executive role in Europe just 18 months before as vice president,... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Job Design and Levels; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Work-Life Balance
George, William W. "Martha Goldberg Aronson: Challenges at Mid-Career (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 409-030, September 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- 09 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Friends in High Places
Keywords: by Lauren Cohen & Christopher Malloy
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
and how much, to use fiscal stimulus to resuscitate the economy. To help students understand Obama's options, the case reviews both the recent tax cuts under President George W. Bush, including the supply-side and demand-management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
Business School Case 609-070 An abstract is not available at this time. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu /b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609070 Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Harvard Business School Case 509-007 In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
pricing. The September 14, 1998 issue of Advertising Age reports that the percentage of marketers who compensate agencies on billings (media purchases) dropped from 71 percent in 1983 to 35 percent in 1997. Furthermore, the average profit... View Details
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
related bills that have both costs and benefits are combined. In our first laboratory study, we confirm across a set of four legislative domains that this bundling technique increases support for bills that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries