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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

MBA classroom to provide students with timely, real-world insights. Driven in part by the increasing circulation of its flagship publication, Harvard Business Review, HBP delivered revenue of $310 million. Fundamental to this growth has been the View Details
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

Group Luca de Meo, chief marketing officer of Volkswagen Group, reflects on his time leading the marketing department at Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. In particular, he thinks about the environmental sustainability initiative launched... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

governments all suffered because they had too much leverage. Though the corporate sector has generally decreased leverage, the same is not true of government, particularly in the United States. Every company and household here and abroad... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

Describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent strategic initiatives and the threats they pose to selected competitors. Asks what Google... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

In addition, we provide details on the leading sources of energy in China as well as information on the rise of alternative energy. Purchase this note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309057 Corporate Solutions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

countries between 1985 and 2000, we find that the growth effects of FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-072.pdf How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

appealing to Straughn-Turner because he had seen development of the South over his lifetime and wanted to be a part of it. “As a young professional, I want to help continue to define this region, with a specific focus on underserved communities,” he said. “How can we... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Making History, Starting Over

knighthood, recognizing his contributions to the venture capital industry.) Out of that study came a series of policy recommendations aimed at creating a sustainable system for investments in deprived areas, including creation of... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

find evidence that (1) bonuses enhance productivity across all segments, (2) overachievement commissions help sustain the high productivity of the best performers even after attaining quotas, and (3) quarterly bonuses help improve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Ready for Takeoff

is now an absolute focal point, meaning that flights typically serving leisure or corporate travelers—the latter accounting for more than 50 percent of current air travel in the country—will be reduced in favor of more site-to-site... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 30 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 30

sustainability of nominal debt in developing (volatile) countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-053.pdf The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data Authors:Laura Alfaro and Faisal Z. Ahmed Abstract We use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2007
  • News

Daniel Vasella

the test as he methodically refashioned the two old-line chemical companies with disparate corporate cultures into a single entity focused on health care and powered by an innovative approach to R&D. Today, Novartis is one of the world’s... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance
  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42640 Managing Risks: Towards a Contingency Theory of Enterprise Risk Management By: Mikes, Anette, and Robert Kaplan Abstract—Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) has become a crucial component of contemporary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2018
  • News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

their customers, and what they do to sustain their brand value.” HBSWANY Tackles #MeToo Taking their cue from the sweeping #MeToo movement, the HBS Women’s Association of Greater New York (HBSWANY) recently addressed the issue of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 18 Aug 2021
  • News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

summer, many of them Black and Brown youth,” Bobo told CNBC. He sought donations from real estate corporations and as the Black Lives Matter movement picked up, other companies offered their support. “The protests are critical because... View Details
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

the growth of younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship programs and other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Article

Optimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations

By: Baris Ata, Deishin Lee and Mustafa H. Tongarlak
A waste-to-energy firm that recycles organic waste with energy recovery performs two environmentally beneficial functions: it diverts waste from landfill and it produces renewable energy. At the same time, the waste-to-energy firm serves and collects revenue from two... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Revenue; Customers; Strategy; Corporate Governance; Wastes and Waste Processing; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost Management; Urban Scope
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  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-099WP.pdf Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification Authors:Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract SA 8000, along with other types of certification standards and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2006
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

The swift current of modern business presents a challenge for any woman deciding to temporarily step out of the corporate rapids to tend to family or other concerns. While they are away competitors come and go, technology constantly... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 06 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

practices designed to promulgate a particular culture, commitment to diversity, strategy for corporate involvement, and other core elements of City Year's theory of social change. It is expanding geographically through branches, in part,... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler