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We Need Better Carbon Accounting. Here's How to Get There.

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna

Any effective system of greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting needs to measure each company’s supply-chain carbon impacts accurately. Such information would provide visibility and incentives for the company to make more climate-friendly product-specification and purchasing... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; GHG; Carbon Accounting; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Supply Chain

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04 Jun 2020
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It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

isn't what we observe [that] is getting in the way of great leadership. We're finding that if we can change the orientation, progress can be made.” We’ve been teaching people to look in the mirror, but I want to change the mirror to a window. The next big thing that... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

leaders manage these conversations effectively. Drawing on our insights and those of others, we offer this guide to help leaders have the kinds of discussions we need to be having right now. The four I’s of conversational leadership The... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

17 Jun 2016
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Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

regular inspections can help. Third party testing companies can insure that industry standards are met. Safety innovation needed But most companies do not innovate around safety or push for tougher safety standards; they merely comply... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation

December 15, 2023
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What Every Leader Needs to Know About Carbon Credits

By: Varsha Ramesh Walsh and Michael W. Toffel

Many companies have begun to look into credits to offset their emissions as a way to support their net zero goals as their target years get closer and closer. As it stands, the carbon credit market is too small to bear the brunt of reducing companies’ impacts on the... View Details

Keywords: Carbon Credits; Climate; Accounting; Carbon Offsetting; Carbon Abatement; Carbon Emissions; Carbon Footprint; Climate Change; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Regulation

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15 Apr 2014
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Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

What do Chinese coal plants and the American legislative branch have in common? They are both major adversaries in the fight against climate change, according to former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. "The most serious problem is in the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

01 Apr 2019
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Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

and services is growing. This has been interpreted by some to suggest that such countries need not worry about deficits. “Modern Monetary Theory is based in part on the belief that there may be a disconnect between deficits, inflation,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jun 2013
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Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’

with respect and understanding. The payback is impressive." Several commented on the demands that NSM places on management in an uncertain environment and the need for communication. For example, Amitava commented that NSM is a good... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

But it’s also a combination of career considerations and the specific caregiving needs of the family. Gazette: You found that hiring processes used by employers have contributed to the difficulties caregivers face when trying to return to... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

February 1998
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Computer Software Company Earnings Revisions may be Needed

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Applications and Software; Business Earnings

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Health Care Providers Need a Value Management Office

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Catherine H. MacLean, Alexander Dresner, Derek A. Haas and Thomas W. Feeley

Many health care organizations are striving to implement a value agenda that delivers better patient outcomes at lower cost, medical condition by medical condition. To accelerate the dissemination and adoption of the value agenda, across many more medical conditions,... View Details

Keywords: Service Delivery; Value; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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03 Mar 2020
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Do Universities Need 2U To Create Digital Education?

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani & Marco Iansiti; Education

04 Jun 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Israel Turns 70: Does it Need a Rebrand?

Keywords: Re: Elie Ofek

22 Mar 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Trump’s Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand

Keywords: Re: Rafael M. Di Tella

October 2023
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What Leaders Need to Know about Mental Health

By: Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, Liana Groysberg, Natalia Groysberg and Abhijit Naik

This paper will provide an overview of the nature of anxiety and depression, the particular vulnerabilities and stresses of CEOs, and suggestions for managing mental health in the workplace. View Details

Keywords: CEO; Mental Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Leadership; Well-being

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What You Need to Know about Stock Options

By: Brian Hall

Keywords: Stock Options

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Giving Doctors What They Need to Avoid Burnout

By: Len Schlesinger and Josh Gray

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June 17, 2016
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Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

By: John A. Quelch

Recent events in Orlando underscore an important marketing truth: consumer safety and security are mission critical. A popular nightclub, Pulse, known as a safe place for the LGBT community, is put out of business at least temporarily by a terrorist act. Not far away... View Details