Not For Profit - Publications - Faculty & Research

May 2021
Teaching Note

BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Aiyesha Dey and George Serafeim

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 120-042 View Details

Keywords: BlackRock; Investment Management; Stewardship Codes; Stewardship Role Of Institutions; ESG; Purpose; Corporate Purpose; Investment; Asset Management; Corporate Governance; Mission and Purpose; Financial Services Industry; United States

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13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

Zipcar approach environmental issues with profit margins in mind. The paper lays out three ways for firms to profit from investing in sustainability: forestalling risk,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

21 Aug 2014
News

Delivering Everything, Except Perhaps Profits

13 Apr 2015
News

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

19 Oct 2017
News

How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving

10 Apr 2015
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Peltz not qualified for board, go after weak companies

18 Mar 2008
News

The battle for global business is not yet won

January 1998 (Revised July 2019)
Case

Cafes Monte Bianco: Building a Profit Plan

By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila

Alert: This case has been revised since its original publication; all amounts have been converted to euros and the dates have been updated to 2020. If you’ve taught with this case in the past, please note that changes may affect teaching plans and classroom use. Using... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Profit; Financial Statements; Food and Beverage Industry; Italy

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Every day, you make hundreds of decisions. They’re largely personal, but these choices have an ethical twinge as well; they value certain principles and ends over others. Max H. Bazerman argues that we can better balance both dimensions—and we needn’t seek... View Details

29 Apr 2015
News

Recession not over yet for retailers, other small businesses

10 Nov 2010
News

Ask Not What Your Company Can Do for You...

summer 2007
Article

Fast-Track Profit Models: Creating the New Due-Diligence Process for Mergers and Acquisitions

By: Steven R. Anderson, Kevin J. Prokop and Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Profit; Mergers and Acquisitions

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01 Jun 2015
News

Business Lending Is Up, But Probably Not for You

2022
Working Paper

The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For

By: Christine L. Exley and Kirby Nielsen

We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (e.g., employers) hold about men and women. If evaluators fail to account for the confidence gap, it may cause overly pessimistic views about women. Alternatively, if evaluators expect... View Details

Keywords: Confidence; Experiments; Gender; Perception; Values and Beliefs; Performance Evaluation; Analysis

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February 1992 (Revised January 1999)
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Selected Profitability Data on U.S. Industries and Companies

Describes the importance of industry structure and competitive positioning to the profitability of U.S. corporations between 1981 and 1994. Cites recent research indicating that persistent industry differences and persistent competitor differences account for 19% and... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Industry Structures; Profit; United States

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27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

accountable for diversity-related results is key. Gerstner noted, "We did not set quotas, but we did set goals and made people aware of the people in their units who they needed to be accountable View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

06 Nov 2019
News

Boeing mess is 'a template for how not to be trustworthy.'

19 Sep 2011
News

How to Bring Our Companies' Foreign Profits Back Home

21 Aug 2014
News

Asking for Advice Makes You Seem More Competent, Not Less

August 2002 (Revised November 2016)
Background Note

Customer Profitability and Lifetime Value

By: Elie Ofek

Introduces the central concepts involved in determining customer lifetime value, with detailed analysis and examples from the realm of direct marketing. Implications for marketing strategy and customer relationship management are briefly discussed. View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Relationship Management; Customization and Personalization; Product Marketing; Sales; Marketing Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Consumer Products Industry

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