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  • 23 May 2019
  • News

Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

She launched the nonprofit consulting practice at the Parthenon Group. Then in 2010, her friend Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969), who had built Social Finance UK with David Blood (MBA 1985), was looking to expand the organization. “Tracy had the combination of mind and will... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 02 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic

decade, legislators have passed countless health care policies that impact how hospitals, insurance companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers deliver services to patients. Even more, the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has uncovered major... View Details
  • 06 Jul 2023
  • News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

actually bought that whole business from us, that third party business a couple years ago for multiple billions of dollars which was a great return in terms of that investment for us. We've retained the baseball elements of it and the... View Details
  • March 2009 (Revised July 2014)
  • Case

PNC Financial: Grow Up Great (A)

By: Christopher Marquis, V. Kasturi Rangan and Alison Comings
In 2003, PNC Financial focused its corporate citizenship and philanthropic resources on a ten-year, $100 million investment in early childhood education called PNC Grow Up Great. The case tracks the origination of Grow Up Great, how it was developed and implemented... View Details
Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Leadership; Brands and Branding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Structure; Business and Community Relations
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  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

nonresident convertibility, which permitted foreigners to move funds for current account purposes freely from one country to another. This was the key development in the establishment of a liberal and open international economy. It had an immediate View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 20 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Investment (SRI) screens, and to understand drivers of demand for impacting investing more broadly. The case also explores the challenges the founders face when aiming to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Events - Business & Environment

Events Events Mar 27 Careers in Climate: Virtual Speed Networking Organizers: Business and Environment Initiative 27 MAR 2025 | Virtual Open to the HBS students and alumni Are you passionate about making a positive impact on our planet?... View Details
  • summer 2008
  • Article

Corporate Social Responsibility Through an Economic Lens

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Robert N. Stavins and Richard H.K. Vietor
Business leaders, government officials, and academics are focusing considerable attention on the concept of "corporate social responsibility" (CSR), particularly in the realm of environmental protection. Beyond complete compliance with environmental regulations, do... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability
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  • 09 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

with a group of sectionmates I didn’t know very well. I met one of them through a Women in Investing Club event, and she invited me on the trip. As an introvert, I was hesitant at first—spending a whole weekend with people I didn’t know... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2023
  • Cold Call Podcast

The Opioid Crisis, CEO Pay, and Shareholder Activism

Keywords: Re: Suraj Srinivasan; Health; Pharmaceutical; Distribution
  • 29 Mar 2022
  • Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

“In India, you often encounter a really strong set of value-driven businesses. And it’s an interesting question why.” Reputation is an especially strong attribute of long-haul companies, adds Khanna. “I really think of it as an asset that is View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Partnership for New York City in 2011, was appointed by the Obama Administration to serve on the US chapter of the G8 Advisory Board on Impact Investing in 2013, and received the Columbia Business School... View Details
  • Web

The Caring Company

Research Research The Caring Company: How Employers Can Cut Costs And Boost Productivity By Helping Employees Manage Caregiving Needs By: By: Joseph B. Fuller Joseph B. Fuller & & Manjari Raman Manjari Raman By investing in a care... View Details
  • April 2011 (Revised July 2011)
  • Case

Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
This case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's involvement in Africa. The AAF formed in 1991 to help advance GE's recruitment, retention and development of black... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Africa; United States
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  • 26 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

  Working PapersTaxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities Authors:Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Abstract Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

big hype. As is usually the case, the truth is somewhere between these two extremes. This article highlights the potential impact of big data on business practices in three broad areas: applications, methods, and infrastructure.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2014
  • Chapter

Payout Policy

By: Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin Schmalz
We survey the literature on payout policy, with a particular emphasis on developments in the last two decades. Of the traditional motives of why firms pay out (agency, signaling, and taxes), the cross-sectional empirical evidence is most persuasive in favor of agency... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Investment; Financial Services Industry
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  • 21 Feb 2018
  • Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

these additional terminations are wise choices, but it helps to illustrate how the disclosure channel has a meaningful impact on competition and many millions of dollars of R&D investment decisions.”... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • 26 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

In the not-too-distant past, many companies secured competitive advantage by investing heavily in internal R&D. Company engineers and scientists built value from the ground up, and protected their intellectual property like lions... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jan 2011
  • News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

History and Ourselves 2008 Selected lead editor of Graham and Dodd's classic Security Analysis, 6th edition Seth Klarman wrote the book on value investing. Literally. His 1991 Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for... View Details