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- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
happen and that people like us must help lead such change. What does your company do regarding social enterprise, philanthropy, public service, and community involvement? Davey Scoon: At Colonial, we have an Outstanding Volunteer Program,... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
environmentalist. He and I spent a lot of time together discussing the larger environmental challenges of our time. He was a big thinker. He was very encouraging and supportive of my desire to shift my career more in the direction of View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
teaching her four-year-old how to read, Ryan’s mother visited his public kindergarten and realized he wouldn’t receive the level of learning he deserved, so she enrolled him in a local parochial school. “I couldn’t have had better... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
The Europe Research Center (ERC) is the newest of Harvard Business School's Global Initiative research centers, having opened its doors in July 2002. With the political and economic currents now affecting relations between the United States and many European nations,... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Web
Margot Dushin Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
your own 'storefront' on the Internet." READ MORE Cynthia A. Fisher - Viacord, Inc. Shikhar Ghosh - Open Market Joyce I. Greenberg - Take Good Care Monique Maddy - African Communications Group Steven C. Walske - Parametric Technology... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting firms... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
empowering local communities. Our visit to the facility stemmed three observations about the future of waste and plastic management: 1) Importance of Public-Private partnerships in solving the waste problem: Innovation in India requires coordination between private and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
as a result of the pandemic and why. Finding out how employees would like to work—home or office—through a survey is too simplistic. You want to know the whole truth. You need an honest, collective, and internally public conversation!... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 24 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach
efforts of the School into three priorities, he offered insights into work that is underway on the role of business in society, digital innovation, and reimagining learning. "I don't think there is another institution other than business and free enterprise that has... View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
advantages to having certification, I believe that it would be impractical...Unlike law or medicine, business knowledge is not easily quantified." Others objected to the idea that certification might somehow be a good response to the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
other party ” Questions of national economic interest, he continued, “should take a back seat to questions of individual interest when considering this issue.” Rick Mueller countered this argument. “IP developed in this country is largely a result of View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
independent social rating agency and avoids selection issues by taking advantage of a natural experiment that arose when the agency expanded the scope of its ratings. We find empirical support for our hypotheses and present implications for managers of rated companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System
What's good for General Motors may no longer be good for the country. In its place must arise a new model of the company, one that serves society as well as rewarding shareholders and employees, Kanter... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance, but ever since his undergraduate days of studying public and international affairs at Princeton, Offensend planned that, one... View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
Publications May-June 2015 Human Resource Management Back to the Future: Implications for the Field of HRM of the Multi-stakeholder Perspective Proposed 30 Years Ago By: Beer, Michael, Paul Boselie, and Chris Brewster Abstract—Thirty... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
delivering the goods and services to our customers more effectively than our competitors. Once we decided it was strategic, we had to fix it or suffer the consequences; and no one was willing to suffer the consequences of gradual loss of... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
Aubree Mills with students at the Ira A. Murphy Elementary School in Peoria, Arizona. Courtesy Aubree Mills Elementary school principal Aubree Mills had two dilemmas she needed to address: One was recruiting and retaining good teachers at... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
According to Herzlinger, although public and nonprofit institutions are entrusted with taxpayer and donor dollars to provide social goods such as education, health, and art, they have few systems and tools... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
sights on a mission to Mars and innovative technologies for deep space exploration. CCDev offers a clear example of how the public and private sectors can work together to pursue commercial goals and public... View Details