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  • January 2011
  • Article

Good Intentions, Optimistic Self-Predictions, and Missed Opportunities

By: Derek Koehler, Rebecca White and Leslie K. John
Self-predictions are highly sensitive to current intentions but often largely insensitive to factors influencing the readiness with which those intentions are translated into future behavior. When such factors are under a person's control, they could be used to... View Details
Keywords: Planning; Saving; Behavior; Forecasting and Prediction
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  • 07 Jan 2020
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Capitalism Be Fixed by Making Companies More Just?

Keywords: Re: Ethan C. Rouen & Charles C.Y. Wang; Financial Services

    Sizwe Nxasana

    Keywords: Banking, Telecom, Financial Services
    • October 2020 (Revised February 2024)
    • Case

    Divesting Harvard's Endowment

    By: Daniel Green, Luis M. Viceira and Holly Fetter
    By early 2020 Harvard University was facing growing pressure from students, faculty, and alumni to divest its $40 billion endowment of financial stakes in fossil fuel producers. Its previous policy of avoiding the issue was quickly becoming outdated—$21 trillion of... View Details
    Keywords: Divestment; Harvard University; ESG; Higher Education; Investment Portfolio; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    • 20 Apr 2020
    • Book

    Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

    Will you ever again step onto a crowded elevator without hesitation? Reach for a doorknob without concern (or gloves)? Easing social distancing restrictions might reopen businesses, but as long as memories of COVID-19 lockdowns are still... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health
    • 17 Aug 2021
    • Blog Post

    Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

    consultant, I wanted to test whether a strategy role in an implementing organization is a better fit for me. I also knew that I have a passion for social impact, but had questions about the reality of working full-time for an... View Details
    • October 2012
    • Case

    Monsanto

    By: Ray A. Goldberg
    Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant must guide his global agribusiness technology company into an uncertain future where food security, food safety, sustainability, and climate change will all impact the global food system. View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Technology; Food; Social and Collaborative Networks; Global Strategy; Agribusiness; Globalized Markets and Industries; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

    By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio
    In 1997, the Mexican government reversed long-standing policies and allowed foreign banks to purchase Mexico's largest commercial banks and relaxed restrictions on the founding of new, foreign-owned banks. The result has been a dramatic shift in the ownership structure... View Details
    Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Balance and Stability; Foreign Direct Investment; Banks and Banking; Society; Economics; Banking Industry; Mexico
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    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    The Political Economy of Anti-Bribery Enforcement

    By: Lauren Cohen and Bo Li
    Using exogenous variation in the timing and geographic location of U.S. Congressional elections, we find that the probability of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions against foreign firms increases significantly preceding senatorial elections,... View Details
    Keywords: Bribery; Regulatory Enforcement; Crime and Corruption; Political Elections; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; Geographic Location
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    • 08 May 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Environmental Impact: Measurement, Data and Information

    Keywords: by George Serafeim, DG Park, David Freiberg, and T. Robert Zochowski
    • July–August 2018
    • Article

    How CEOs Manage Time

    By: Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria
    In 2006 Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria launched a study tracking how large companies’ CEOs spent their time, 24/7, for 13 weeks: where they were, with whom, what they did, and what they were focusing on. To date, Porter and Nohria have... View Details
    Keywords: CEOs; Executives; Time Management; Attitudes; Managerial Roles; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy; Decision Making; Organizational Culture
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    • 18 Aug 2020
    • Blog Post

    4 Ways to Make Your Company Conversations Count

    For many organizations, virtual recruiting is an entirely new way of engaging with students. Company Conversations may also feel new if your organization is accustomed to engaging in a one-to-many-style presentation instead of small group Q&A. Based on student... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • 17 Jul 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

    Tort Liability and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence By: Galasso, Alberto, and Hong Luo Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54705 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 20 Aug 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    A Decision-Making Perspective to Negotiation: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future

    Keywords: by Chia-Jung Tsay & Max H. Bazerman
    • 25 Feb 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

    recognized for their contributions, despite gender stereotypes,” the paper says. It’s also important for managers to be aware of how confidence gaps may impact the workplace, particularly in professions long dominated by men, and to... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 10 Oct 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

    retail asset productivity will not recover anytime soon. The Internet has created a daunting situation for category killers, one that will eventually impact almost all of retail. The focus that made category killers so powerful in the... View Details
    Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail
    • Research Summary

    Current Research

    Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details

    • 20 Sep 2022
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit

    Keywords: Re: George Serafeim; Financial Services
    • Article

    Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s

    By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj
    This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details
    Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya
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    • Program

    Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management

    nonprofit management course is presented jointly with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative. Key Benefits This program delivers the strategic perspectives, practical frameworks, and leadership skills you need to drive high performance... View Details