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  • 05 Sep 2014
  • News

Keeping Education in Check

help of a PR company hired by Berman. Their campaign worked. Other charities popped up as a result of Chess for Change. Moves for Life now coaches more than 12,000 students a week in South Africa. ChessKIDS Academy is also coaching 12,000 South African children in 65... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

disadvantaged communities. Issues like racial and economic equity are central to this, and this will be the definition used for the purposes of this paper. EJ policy and company practices often uses terms like “communities;” the Justice40... View Details
  • 28 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 28

externally hired CEOs increase the likelihood of providing guidance. Complicated Firms Authors:Lauren Cohen and Dong Lou Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We exploit a novel setting in which the same piece... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Improving Job Design Featured Exercises Analyze a job using the Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) Recommend a set of job design improvements 5-6 hrs Module 3 Energizing Employees to Execute Strategy Apply techniques to spur high performance and creativity among... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2019
  • Blog Post

How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience

broader business world, skew heavily towards being extroverted. As I approach the end of my time at HBS however, I realize just how many other introverts I’ve met (a Harbus article estimates that 35% to 55% of HBS students are... View Details
  • 23 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

create value for their farmer-owners, both economic and environmental. Supply Chain Sustainability. Behind their ambitious goals, Arla shared the strategic pathways that they plan to execute on their path to... View Details
  • 11 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

benchmarks—chief among them sales growth, return on sales, and economic value-added (EVA) growth—not only helped it shorten and simplify its budgeting process, it also reduced the amount of budget gaming. Evaluation and rewards based on... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
  • 25 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

chain economy using US Census data. Their working paper was released in December, A New Categorization of the U.S. Economy: The Role of Supply Chain Industries in Innovation and Economic Performance. They discovered that supply chains... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service
  • Web

Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Marketing Negotiation News & Events Productivity Staff Spotlight Strategy Student Profiles Technology Work-Life Balance Courses Courses AI Essentials for Business Alternative Investments Business Analytics Business Strategy Business and Climate Change CLIMB CORe... View Details
  • Web

Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

next? Key Themes: As a public pension plan, CalSTRS operates in the context of a complex array of stakeholders, who from time to time push for divestment or other values-driven investment decisions. And yet, as a fiduciary, CalSTRS must carefully navigate the line... View Details
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

David F., Eric C. So, and Charles C.Y. Wang Publication:Journal of Accounting & Economics Abstract Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

phone use. “Drivers valued the option to pause their coverage, taking advantage of the flexibility to turn it off every three days on average.” Uninsured drivers who applied for an insurance quote were randomly offered either a... View Details
Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

extension, cultivate peace and economic opportunity in a region where growing saffron has become a more viable alternative to growing opium. “What better way to use our HBS education than for sustainable agriculture and business in... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • Web

Research - Health Care

kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... July 24, 2024 Article Providing Value and Equity in Medicare's Dementia Care Is a Must By: Susanna Gallani and Lidia Moura June 2024 Article Enhancing View Details
  • 03 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Transforming Manufacturing Waste into Profit

It's been said that "one man's trash is another man's treasure." HBS Assistant Professor Deishin Lee, however, has taken that old adage a step further in her recent working paper Turning Waste into By-Product by showing how it's possible for companies to turn... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing
  • 2015
  • Other Unpublished Work

Do Managers Have a Role to Play in Sustaining the Institutions of Capitalism?

By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they engage in the political processes that structure the institutions of capitalism? The... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Lobbying; Leadership; Economic Systems; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations
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  • 20 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 20, 2016

can harness volunteer leadership for transformative change; and how professionals can sustain core values in the midst of daily routine. The diverse array of writers with international reputations in their fields makes it the only book of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

of this ratchet effect, we simulate the U.S. housing market with and without equity extractions, and estimate the losses absorbed by mortgage lenders by valuing the embedded put-option in non-recourse... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Social Progress Imperative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network Social Progress Imperative Social... View Details
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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

policy that hold sway among the public, political and economic leaders, and leading tax thinkers, and then characterizing the implications of using those objectives in the analysis of optimal taxation. In other work, he has explored the... View Details