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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
    • January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
    • Case

    Mayhem on Madison (A)

    By: A. Eugene Kohn and David Lane
    In his first project, an aspiring property developer negotiates the development rights above a one-story bank branch in Manhattan's tony Carnegie Hill. Community resistance erupted immediately, spearheaded by celebrity and socialite residents. Facing rejection of his... View Details
    Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Development Economics; Business and Community Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, NY)
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    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Friends and Family Money: P2P Transfers and Financially Fragile Consumers

    By: Tetyana Balyuk and Emily Williams
    We assess the impact that real time money transfer technology has on consumer outcomes, particularly during periods of financial fragility. We do this by developing a new data set that documents use of Zelle—the most widely used P2P money transfer technology in the... View Details
    Keywords: P2P Money Transfers; Real Time Payments; Fintech; Finance; Information Technology; Personal Finance; Financial Condition
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    • March 2006 (Revised February 2017)
    • Case

    Rwanda: National Economic Transformation

    By: Michael E. Porter, Kaia Miller, Michael McCreless, Kjell Carlsson, Jem Hudson and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
    Set in the year 2004, when Rwanda commemorated the 10th anniversary of a genocide that had claimed the lives of over 10% of its population. Focuses on the formulation of an economic strategy to rebuild the economy and its institutions after the devastation. Rwanda, one... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Developing Countries and Economies; Policy; Government Administration; Crisis Management; Strategy; Rwanda
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    • April 2019 (Revised October 2021)
    • Case

    The Rohingya Refugee: Past, Genocide, Future

    By: Reshmaan N. Hussam
    In August 2017, the Myanmar military commenced a brutal pogrom of the Rohingya minority in Rakhine State, Myanmar. The genocidal campaign marked the most recent and decisive of a series of ethnic cleansing efforts fueled by contention around race, religion, and... View Details
    Keywords: War; Ethnicity; Race; Religion; Identity; Change; Resource Allocation; Social Issues; Myanmar; Africa; Bangladesh
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    • 23 May 2011
    • Op-Ed

    Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

    at the number of times investors accessed environmental and social data on Bloomberg terminals and ranked countries based on the number of "hits," accounting for the size of each country's capital market. We also View Details
    Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
    • 01 Aug 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: August 1, 2006

    fundamental within our society. Race continues to be a critical factor as we examine relationships in organizations, particularly if we are located in a U.S. based context. Race is a socially embedded phenomenon that affects just about... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • February 2025
    • Case

    Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda

    By: Andy Zelleke, Martin A. Sinozich, Julianne Bliss and Choetsow Tenzin
    Rwanda’s transformation from a post-genocide recovery effort to one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies presents a compelling case for investors and business leaders. With an ambitious Vision 2050 strategy, Kigali has emerged as a regional hub for trade, innovation,... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; International Relations; Government and Politics; Foreign Direct Investment; Culture; Rwanda
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    • 29 Aug 2017
    • Blog Post

    3 Insights from My First Year at HBS

    It’s hard to believe how quickly a year can fly by. When I first started my RC year at Harvard Business School, I grossly underestimated the advice, "business school is a constant struggle to balance your social life, academics, and... View Details

      Jerry R. Green

      Jerry R. Green

      David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

      John Leverett Professor in the University

      Harvard University

       

      Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

      Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
      • March 2008 (Revised December 2011)
      • Case

      IBM Values and Corporate Citizenship

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
      IBM's transformation into a globally integrated enterprise (GIE) began with a conviction about what should never change. Since its founding in 1911, the company operated under a set of principles articulated by founder Thomas Watson and became known for a strong... View Details
      Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Integration
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      • 2012
      • Working Paper

      Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It

      By: Kash Rangan, Lisa Chase and Sohel Karim
      The authors argue for a strategic and pragmatic, rather than ideological, approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that contrasts sharply with the prevailing Shared Value framework offered by Porter and Kramer (HBR; Jan.-Feb. 2011). We assert that, despite... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Values and Beliefs; Profit; Practice
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        Peter Tufano

        Peter Tufano is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Peter Moores Dean at View Details

        Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; credit card; education industry; energy; federal government; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; microfinance; mining; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; real estate; retail financial services; state government; utilities; video games
        • 2025
        • Working Paper

        Better Keep the Twenty Dollars: Incentivizing Innovation in Open Source

        By: Annamaria Conti, Vansh Gupta, Jorge Guzman and Maria P. Roche
        Open source is key to innovation yet is assumed to be done largely through intrinsic motivation. How can we incentivize it? In this paper, we examine the impact of a program providing monetary incentives to motivate innovators to contribute to open source. The Sponsors... View Details
        Keywords: Open Source; Innovation; Incentives; Financial Rewards; Crowding Out; Open Source Distribution; Innovation and Invention; Motivation and Incentives; Technology Industry
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        • 11 Jan 2011
        • First Look

        First Look: Jan. 11

        http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470634251.html Thinking Too Little to Thinking Too Much: A Continuum of Decision Making Authors:Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton Publication:Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • Article

        Guilt Enhances the Sense of Control and Drives Risky Judgments

        By: Maryam Kouchaki, Christopher Oveis and F. Gino
        The present studies investigate the hypothesis that guilt influences risk-taking by enhancing one's sense of control. Across multiple inductions of guilt, we demonstrate that experimentally induced guilt enhances optimism about risks for the self (Study 1), preferences... View Details
        Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Emotions
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        • 2017
        • Working Paper

        A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies

        By: Valeria Giacomin
        Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details
        Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization
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        • 07 Aug 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: August 7

        note:http://hbr.org/search/312091-PDF-ENG Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility Christopher Marquis and Laura Velez VillaHarvard Business School Course Overview 412-121 The note articulates the ways in which strong... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • May 1992 (Revised June 1993)
        • Case

        Jan Carlzon: CEO at SAS (A)

        By: Christopher A. Bartlett
        Describes Jan Carlzon's actions on assuming the CEO's responsibility at SAS in a time of financial and organizational difficulty. After tracing Carlzon's development as a manager, it focuses on the way in which he developed, then communicated a clear and motivating... View Details
        Keywords: Communication; Financial Crisis; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge; Leadership Development; Crisis Management; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Aerospace Industry
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        • February 2022
        • Case

        US Foods: Driving Post-Pandemic Success?

        By: David E. Bell, Olivia Hull and Amy Klopfenstein
        In November 2021, US Foods CEO Pietro Satriano must decide his company’s trajectory following the COVID-19 pandemic. US Foods suffered due to business closures and social distancing during the height of the pandemic. While the situation improved following the return of... View Details
        Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Agribusiness; Food; Goods and Commodities; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Offer; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Wages; Working Conditions; Operations; Distribution Channels; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Development; Diversification; Product Design; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain Management; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Transportation; Truck Transportation; Transportation Networks; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
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