Publications

12 Jul 2012
Other Presentation

New Opportunities for Company Performance and Purpose: Creating Shared Value

This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On Competition... View Details

Keywords: Society; United States

2 Aug 2012
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The Role of Business in Social and Economic Development: Creating Shared Value

he ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details

Keywords: Society; United States

20 Nov 2012
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The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value

The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details

Keywords: Society; United States

20 Jun 2013
Other Presentation

The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value

The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details

Keywords: Society; Switzerland

30 Sep 2013
Other Presentation

Defining Corporate Purpose: Creating Shared Value

The ideas drawn from "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan 2011) and "Competing by Saving Lives" (FSG, 2012). View Details

Keywords: Society; United States

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Usurer's Grip (1912)

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit Credit and... View Details

Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

1989
Chapter

Permanent Homelessness in America?

By: Brian Hall and Richard B. Freeman

Keywords: Social Issues; Poverty; Housing; United States

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1 Jul 2008
Conference Presentation

The Embeddedness of Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding Variation across Geographic Communities

By: Julie Battilana, Tina Dacin, Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Geography; Civil Society or Community

March – April 2007
Article

Brokerage, Boundary Spanning, and Leadership in Open Innovation Communities

Keywords: Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Civil Society or Community

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1991
Chapter

Our Paralyzing Individualism

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Attitudes; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues

20 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

Do gender-diverse companies make more money than businesses run primarily by men? If research says they perform better, that could bolster the argument that women should have more access to top positions in organizations. But previous studies have produced conflicting... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2017
Cold Call Podcast

Could a Hackathon Help Solve the Heroin Crisis?

Keywords: Re: Mitchell B. Weiss; Health

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

It's been easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street-and-beyond protesters. To many, they seem disorganized, lack a clear agenda, and advance simple solutions to complex problems. But in reality their concerns are not very different from the concerns we heard when we... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

Much like how disruptive technologies can threaten established businesses, the growing epidemic of AIDS has the power to blindside and possibly topple companies who choose to ignore the threat, participants concluded at a Harvard Business School conference.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

August 1983 (Revised June 1984)
Case

Rise of the New York Port

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business History; Urban Development; Shipping Industry; New York (city, NY)

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12 May 2015
Other Presentation

Shared Value and Strategy (Video)

Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter presents at the Shared Value Leadership Summit on how creating both business and social value makes a company stand out against the competition. View Details

Keywords: Society; Strategy; Competitive Advantage; United States