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Business Essentials Leadership & Management Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy Finance & Accounting Business in Society There are multiple ways for employees to learn. They can complete one course to earn a Certificate of Completion... View Details

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

apparent more quickly in today's knowledge and highly interactive society ." KB raised an interesting point with this question: "How many times (do) you have an answer as soon as you heard the main topic, suddenly your mind stopped... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

March 2024
Article

When Are Social Protests Effective?

By: Eric Shuman, Amit Goldenberg, Tamar Saguy, Eran Halperin and Martijn van Zomeren

Around the world, people engage in social protests aimed at addressing major societal problems. Certain protests have led to significant progress, yet other protests have resulted in little demonstrable change. We introduce a framework for evaluating the effectiveness... View Details

Keywords: Protests; Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Power and Influence; Motivation and Incentives

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01 Jan 2013
News

Thai Lee, MBA 1985

Purchases Software House 1993 Appointed Board of Trustees, Amherst College; first female president, Society of the Alumni 2011 SHI International opens new headquarters and cloud computing data center 2012 SHI International ranks 104 in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

2001
Book

The Money of Invention: How Venture Capital Creates New Wealth

By: Josh Lerner and Paul Gompers

Keywords: Money; Innovation and Invention; Venture Capital; Wealth

June 2022 (Revised November 2022)
Case

Larry Miller

By: Francesca Gino, Frances X. Frei, Hise Gibson and Alicia Dadlani

Under the leadership of Larry Miller, chairman and former president of Nike’s Air Jordan brand, annual revenues for the Jordan brand soared from $150 million to over $4 billion. But for over 40 years, Miller guarded a secret. When he was younger, he spent nearly a... View Details

Keywords: Race; Ethnicity; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Job Offer; Employment; Social Issues; Perspective; Personal Development and Career; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Portland; Oregon

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

as a motivation for their philanthropic support. “When we consider the impact that we personally can have on society versus the impact that HBS can have, the School wins, hands down,” says Ben. The couple has designated their recent... View Details

April 2020
Article

The Impostor Syndrome from Luxury Consumption

By: Dafna Goor, Nailya Ordabayeva, Anat Keinan and Sandrine Crener

The present research proposes that luxury consumption can be a double-edged sword: while luxury consumption yields status benefits, it can also make consumers feel inauthentic, because consumers perceive it as an undue privilege. As a result, paradoxically, luxury... View Details

Keywords: Luxury Consumption; Luxury; Spending; Consumer Behavior; Perception

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

decent wages. Even strictly humanitarian organizations are now calling for changes in the underlying structures of the societies in which they operate. This complicates things somewhat for nonprofit organizations since being an effective... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

October 2020 (Revised June 2021)
Case

The Bronx Community Foundation

By: Brian Trelstad and Aldo Sesia

Derrick and Desmon Lewis were both successful professionals in the consulting and banking industries. They were born and raised in The Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough. The Lewis brothers had always wanted to give back to the community. In 2016 they launched a... View Details

Keywords: Community Foundations; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Business Model; Social Issues; New York (city, NY); United States

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

companies, but also for policymakers and society at large,” says Kempf. “For example, should we protect political identity in the workplace? Currently, US federal law and many state laws do not prohibit private employers from... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

July 2022 (Revised September 2022)
Case

Birla Carbon Egypt: Building Soft Power in a Foreign Country

By: Jeremy Friedman and Malini Sen

Birla Carbon, a flagship business of the nearly $60-billion global conglomerate and India-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG), is one of the world's top manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality carbon black. The largest among its 16 manufacturing plants is Birla... View Details

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

actually hurting our society rather than helping?" Whatever choosing may be, several commented on the importance of timing. As Phil Clark put it, "The longer you take to make a decision the further away you are from the reality... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Portrait Project

Phil Black

before trying to change the world. By raising polite, caring, and giving children, Cyndi and I hope to have contributed to society in some small way. Changing diapers may not be as sexy as ringing the NYSE closing bell on the day of a... View Details

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

members of PRIDE are WTGNC. PRIDE is really about creating community for people who are marginalized in society and in the business world. It’s a space where people can gather and share and be parts of themselves that they cover or don’t... View Details

September 2023
Article

Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement

By: George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon

We investigate whether ESG ratings predict future ESG news and the associated market reactions. We find that the consensus rating predicts future news, but its predictive ability diminishes for firms with large disagreement between raters. Relation between news and... View Details

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