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26 May 2016
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2016 Alumni Achievement Awards

national parks. There’s nothing like it. We explore nature, sleep in cramped quarters, make a mess, and have an amazing time.” “The work we do at JPMorgan Chase helps people invest for important life events, such as retirement or a... View Details

16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice

change,” says Brooks. “Rosa Parks’ civil disobedience didn’t just happen because she wanted to sit down one day; and gay marriage didn’t become legal in one day. These kinds of changes have decades of investment behind them.” The Schott... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Oct 2020
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Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

within a set of constraints, both direct and indirect (For example) (A) recent Labor Department proposed rule just reiterated that the duty of (ERISA retirement) plan fiduciaries is to maximize investment returns.” Rather than hold CEOs... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Nov 2014
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Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

programs, to full scholarships for all doctoral programs—to more than 500 students, including 45 HBS students. This year, the Fundación is providing funding to 60 graduate students across the University. “We are investing in education,... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 Aug 2021
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A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

I wonder how that anecdote was instructive to you. Steven Rogers: It was hugely impactful on how I view the circumstances, and that is—like Malcolm X and I learned from him—that you must be prepared for teachable moments and those... View Details

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06 Nov 2019
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Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

drive organizational change. Change is always hard, but if you can persuade your employees that it will help change the world, they will often do everything they can to make it work. Many firms are already investing in the kinds of... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

01 Mar 2007
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Gore All Business at HBS

students during a talk titled “A Change in Business Climate” presented in Burden Auditorium in December. Gore explained that the population explosion, coupled with the revolutions in science and technology, have greatly magnified the View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

14 Jun 2018
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Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa

impact investing was doing in other parts of the world, and we thought that it would be a very good trend to bring back investing to Africa, given what else was going on. “At... View Details

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Accounting for Climate Change

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna

Corporations are facing growing pressure—from investors, advocacy groups, politicians, and even business leaders themselves—to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their operations and their supply and distribution chains. About 90% of the companies in the S&P... View Details

Keywords: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; Social Accounting; E-liabilities; Business And The Environment; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability

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the impact investment sector. Also includes the ImpactSpace database that includes information on and investors and over 4,000 impact investment deals Preqin -... View Details

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Shareholder Activism on Sustainability Issues

By: Jody Grewal, George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon

Shareholder activism on sustainability issues has become increasingly prevalent over the years, with the number of proposals filed doubling from 1999 to 2013. We use recent innovations in accounting standard setting to classify 2,665 shareholder proposals that address... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Activism; Activist Investors; Activist Shareholder; Corporate Social Responsibility; Environment; Corporate Performance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Activism

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16 Aug 2022
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HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship

Japan Fellowship lit the fire for me. Now I want to light other candles.” The HBS Japan Fellowship relies entirely on contributions from alumni for its funding. One such donor, Thierry Porte (MBA 1982), calls the fellowship “an investment... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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