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  • 15 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

the sector is poised on the brink of transformation, a topic he enthusiastically expounded upon during a recent interview in his Morgan Hall office. Roger Thompson: The terms "social enterprise" and "nonprofit" seem to... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • May 2011 (Revised March 2013)
  • Case

Marshall & Gordon: Designing an Effective Compensation System (A)

By: Heidi K. Gardner and Kerry Herman
CEO Kelly Browne wrestles with the design of a new compensation system to promote the collaboration and cross-selling necessary for supporting her firm's new strategy. Marshall Gordon International, a global public relations (PR) firm, has recently expanded its service... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Customer Relationship Management; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Organizational Culture; Partners and Partnerships; Motivation and Incentives; Alignment; Public Relations Industry
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  • 04 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

such as whether credit card information or social security numbers were at risk of being leaked. However, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, society has become more aware that the misuse of personal but public information can pose... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 10 Sep 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations

Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim; Financial Services

    Roy D. Shapiro

    Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

    • Teaching Interest

    Overview

    By: Dutch Leonard
    Professor Leonard teaches about leadership and strategy for both private sector and social organizations. Topics covered in his courses include leadership and the design of strategy for social-mission organizations (including the corporate social responsibility efforts... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Strategy; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Risk Management; Crisis Management; Innovation and Management; Decision Making
    • January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
    • Case

    Mobile Communications Tokyo, Inc.

    Describes a young Japanese telecommunications equipment and software company. The founder and president, Hatsuhiro Inoue, has just seen revenues double over the last two years and expects further rapid growth. The company currently has three product lines:... View Details
    Keywords: Growth Management; Initial Public Offering; Financial Markets; Telecommunications Industry; Tokyo; United States
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    • Teaching Interest

    Overview

    By: John F. Batter
    As as Senior Lecturer I teach the EC course Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (cross-listed in the General Management and Entrepreneurial Management Units) in both the Fall and Spring semesters. While I have retired from my public and private company litigation... View Details
    Keywords: Fiduciary Duty; Securities; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Mergers; Law
    • August 2024
    • Background Note

    Mitigating Climate Change with Machine Learning

    By: Michael W. Toffel, Kelsey Carter, Amy Chambers, Avery Park and Susan Pinckney
    This note highlights how machine learning is being used to decarbonize (reduce GHG emissions) several key sectors including electricity, transportation, building, industrial processes, and agriculture -- and how machine learning is being used to accelerate efforts to... View Details
    Keywords: Climate; Artificial Intelligence; Adaptation; Climate Change; AI and Machine Learning; Innovation and Invention
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    • March 2016
    • Article

    Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach

    By: Malcolm Baker, Brock Mendel and Jeffrey Wurgler
    We outline a dividend signaling model that features investors who are averse to dividend cuts. Managers with strong unobservable cash earnings separate by paying high dividends but retain enough to be likely not to fall short next period. The model is consistent with a... View Details
    Keywords: Investment
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      Signaling with Dividends

      We outline a dividend signaling model that features investors who are behaviorally averse to dividend cuts. Managers with strong unobservable cash earnings separate by paying high dividends but retain enough to be likely not to fall short next period. The model is... View Details

      • Fall 2011
      • Article

      A Brief Postwar History of U.S. Consumer Finance

      By: Gunnar Trumbull and Peter Tufano
      In this brief history of U.S. consumer finance since World War II, the sector is defined based on the functions delivered by firms in the form of payments, savings and investing, borrowing, managing risk, and providing advice. Evidence of major trends in consumption,... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Finance; Consumer Credit; U.s. History; Consumer Behavior; Personal Finance; Credit; Trends; History; United States
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      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      Meet the Oligarchs: Business Legitimacy, State Capacity and Taxation

      By: Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra and Alejandro Lagomarsino
      We analyze the role of people’s beliefs about the rich in the determination of public policy in the context of a randomized online survey experiment. A question we study is the desirability of government-private sector meetings, a variable we argue is connected to... View Details
      Keywords: Business Legitimacy; State Capacity; Meetings; Taxes; Top 1%; Regulation; Prejudice and Bias; Values and Beliefs; Taxation; Business and Government Relations
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        Henry W. McGee

        Henry McGee joined the HBS faculty in 2013 after retiring as President of HBO Home Entertainment, the digital and DVD program distribution division of Home Box Office, the pioneering premium television company. A member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit,... View Details

        Keywords: television; motion pictures; media; e-commerce industry; entertainment; broadcasting; distribution; health care; journalism; wholesale; arts; nonprofit industry
        • Research Summary

        Is Deposit Insurance a Good Idea, and if so, Who Should Pay for it?

        Joint work with Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, Oxford.

        Deposit insurance schemes are becoming increasingly popular around the world and yet there is little understanding... View Details

        • September 2007 (Revised September 2008)
        • Case

        Buildings and Energy

        By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Nazli Uludere
        Presents data on opportunities to conserve energy in buildings, which account for about a third of all energy use. Encourages readers to think about the impediments to energy efficiency in the buildings sector and the ways in which entrepreneurs can profitably surmount... View Details
        Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Energy Conservation; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Performance Efficiency; Environmental Sustainability; Construction Industry
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        • Career Coach

        Kartik Sahni

        Kartik is a joint degree student at HBS & HKS. He has extensive experience in impact investing, venture capital, public policy and non-profit/philanthropy sectors. He has worked in general management (as... View Details
        • 14 Feb 2007
        • Op-Ed

        Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant

        Tata-Corus is the largest out of India, and is done by a private sector entity of its own volition, away from the shadow of state influence. For these reasons, it bears noticing. The same euphoria surrounded Shenzhen-based TCL Multimedia... View Details
        Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
        • 19 Jun 2023
        • Blog Post

        The Road to Impact

        made a leap of faith. If he could just find a management position at a nonprofit, he figured, he could help direct social change. “That was my thesis,” he recalls. Since he made that jump, he’s proved that thesis correct several times... View Details

          William J. Poorvu

          William Poorvu is the Class of 1961 Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He taught and was responsible for the real estate courses there for 35 years. He was the school's first adjunct professor, its first adjunct professor... View Details