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  • November 2011
  • Article

How Great Companies Think Differently

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Corporate leaders have long subscribed to the belief that the sole purpose of business is to make money. That narrow view, deeply embedded in the American capitalist system, molds the actions of most corporations, constraining them to focus on maximizing short-term... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Profit; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Behavior; Social Issues; Competitive Advantage
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    Long-run Returns to Impact Investing in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

    There is growing interest in impact investing, the idea of deploying capital to obtain both financial and social or environmental returns. Examination of every equity investment made by the International Finance Corporation, one of the largest and... View Details
    • July 1992 (Revised January 1995)
    • Case

    An Investment Linked to Commodity Futures

    By: Kenneth A. Froot, Jay O. Light and Nancy Donohue
    Describes a new investment which is linked to an index of commmodity futures prices. Explores how the index is constructed, how commodity futures (as opposed to other futures and spot prices) behave, and what the portfolio impacts of such an investment might be. View Details
    Keywords: Commodity Market; Investment Management; Portfolio Management; Financial Markets; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Futures and Commodity Futures
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    • 28 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Team Wins Second Place in MIINT Impact Investing Competition

    On March 24, five teams of Harvard students came together to pitch innovative impact investment opportunities in early-stage social enterprises. The students were participants in a hands-on impact investing... View Details
    • December 2014
    • Supplement

    Aspen Skiing Company Video Supplement

    By: Michael W. Toffel
    Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities... View Details
    Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Climate Change; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Tourism Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Aspen
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    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making

    By: Pablo Casas-Arce, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and V.G. Narayanan
    This paper analyzes the effects of providing forward-looking metrics on employee decision making. We use data from a southern European bank that, in April 2002, started providing its branch managers with customer lifetime value (CLV) information about mortgage... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mortgages; Employees; Information; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Service Delivery; Banking Industry; Europe
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    • June 2003 (Revised August 2003)
    • Case

    Pension Policy at The Boots Company PLC

    By: Luis M. Viceira and Akiko M. Mitsui
    In early 2000, the trustees of the pension scheme at Boots considered a proposal to move 100% of the pension assets into a bond portfolio, which would be passively managed. The Boots Co. PLC was a leading retailer of cosmetics and toiletries in the United Kingdom, and... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Productivity; Employees; Asset Management; Capital Structure; Investment Portfolio; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
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    • 15 Oct 2019
    • News

    Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

    As a second-year student, Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) worked with Jingsheng Huang, managing executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai, to organize an impact investing conference in Shanghai. (photo courtesy Harvard Center Shanghai) As a... View Details
    • 05 Jun 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

    investors. Did you learn anything unexpected about who they are, the impact they have? Shawn Cole and Rob Zochowski: Impact investors seek to create impact, and many investors viewed seeding new funds as an... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
    • 23 Aug 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

    as when a U.S. auto company builds a parts plant in Mexico, has come into prominence only in the past few decades. Cutting costs is fair enough, unless it is done by paying less-than-living wages, creating unsafe working conditions, or... View Details
    Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
    • 05 Nov 2019
    • Blog Post

    Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact

    looking through their investment portfolios is an interesting way to find early-stage companies working in the clean energy space. It’s also easier to reach out and ask questions as a student—people are... View Details
    • Web

    Climate Impact - Business & Environment

    Alumni Climate Impact Alumni Climate Impact Alumni Founders: How is Your Company Accelerating Climate Solutions? Eric Adamson MBA 2013 | Co-Founder & CEO, Tortuga AgTech “At... View Details
    • 03 Sep 2020
    • News

    How to Measure a Company’s Real Impact

    • 14 Nov 2019
    • Video

    Health Minute: The Real Impact of Coupons on Drug Pricing

    • 26 Jun 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves

    Keywords: by Robin Greenwood and Annette Vissing-Jorgensen; Insurance; Financial Services
    • Fast Answer

    Field Course: Investing for Impact

    [Applicable for: Coils to Locs, GLOU Beauty, Bohio Clean] Statista - Statista is a statistics portal that integrates thousands of diverse topics of data and facts from a wide range of sources onto a single platform. [Applicable for: most industries] View Details
    • July 1994 (Revised July 1995)
    • Case

    VeriFone: The Transaction Automation Company (A)

    By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard and Hossam Galal
    Describes VeriFone's new organizational model and its role in catapulting VeriFone to a market leadership position. Examines the impact of information technology and information access on the ability to leverage global resources, market responsiveness, and... View Details
    Keywords: Leading Change; Leadership Development; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Structure; Information Management; Information Technology Industry
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    • November 2019 (Revised February 2020)
    • Case

    Hormel Foods

    By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
    In 2019, CEO Jim Snee is weighing how to shape the image of Hormel Foods, one of the largest U.S. meat and food companies, at a time when the industry faces unprecedented scrutiny. Based in the small town of Austin, Minnesota, the nearly 130-year-old firm is best known... View Details
    Keywords: Brand Portfolio Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Risk Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; China
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    • 11 Oct 2017
    • Blog Post

    Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact

    Although internships have long been a staple of an HBS education, today’s MBA candidates have different expectations – with a new set of challenges for interns and employers alike. Students are interested in working in a variety of organizations, with many seeking... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship
    • 02 Aug 2021
    • What Do You Think?

    Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?

    (Image credit: iStockphoto/SDI Productions) Despite reams of material written about remote work in recent months, we know very little about the impact of remote management on performance. Perhaps it’s too soon. Until we can assess longer-term performance under home... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett