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- September 7, 2020
- Article
Where ESG Ratings Fail: The Case for New Metrics
By: Mark R. Kramer, Nina Jais, Erin E. Sullivan, Carina Wendell, Kerry Rodriguez, Carlo Papa, Carlo Napoli and Filippo Forti
One agency’s A+ is another’s “laggard” — and neither links to financial performance. Hybrid metrics will change everything, argue Harvard Business School’s Mark Kramer and leaders in the shared-value movement. View Details
Keywords: ESG Ratings; Shared Value; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
Kramer, Mark R., Nina Jais, Erin E. Sullivan, Carina Wendell, Kerry Rodriguez, Carlo Papa, Carlo Napoli, and Filippo Forti. "Where ESG Ratings Fail: The Case for New Metrics." Institutional Investor (September 7, 2020).
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
Corporation was unable to commit to a structure akin to that of a traditional venture capital partnership. Despite efforts by XTV's founders to model the fund as closely as possible after a traditional venture partnership, the fund was still dissolved early. This... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
primarily by the sale of the glasses themselves. VisionSpring is what organization scholars call a "hybrid" social venture, since it combines the social welfare logic of a nonprofit and the commercial logic of a for-profit business. When View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
Aurora Turek
Aurora Turek is a PhD candidate in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on the future of work. In particular, she studies how flexible work practices - like remote and hybrid work - emerge and the implications of these... View Details
Julie Battilana
Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty... View Details
- Research Summary
Governance and Accountability in Social Sector Organizations
This research examines governance in two types of organizations: international NGOs and socioeconomic hybrids.
First, over the past decade, many of the world's most prominent international nongovernmental organizations and networks (INGOs) ... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures By: Lee, Matthew, and Julie Battilana Abstract—Hybrid organizations that combine multiple, existing organizational forms are frequently proposed as a source of... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
Economist Impact: Expert Q&A
Hybrid work refers to a spectrum of flexible work arrangements in which an employee’s work location and/or hours are not strictly standardised.
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Rethinking Flexibility at Work | WorkLife with Adam Grant
Leslie Perlow discusses with Adam Grant how to think about flexibility in this new hybrid world where flexibility more than ever is not just about time but also place of work. View Details
- 09 Jul 2021
- News
Three Ways Employers Can Best Support Caregivers Returning To Work
- 12 Aug 2013
- News
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
- 2024
- Article
Learning Under Random Distributional Shifts
By: Kirk Bansak, Elisabeth Paulson and Dominik Rothenhäusler
Algorithmic assignment of refugees and asylum seekers to locations within host
countries has gained attention in recent years, with implementations in the U.S.
and Switzerland. These approaches use data on past arrivals to generate machine
learning models that can... View Details
Bansak, Kirk, Elisabeth Paulson, and Dominik Rothenhäusler. "Learning Under Random Distributional Shifts." Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) 27th (2024).
- January 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners, The: March 1995
By: Samuel L. Hayes III and Josh Lerner
The Fojtasek Companies, a family business, faces several financing choices to address generational succession issues. Several buyouts have expressed interest in acquiring the firm outright; an investment bank has proposed a leveraged recapitalization; and a private... View Details
Keywords: Family Ownership; Financing and Loans; Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Banking; Partners and Partnerships; Management Succession; Capital Structure; Financial Strategy
Hayes, Samuel L., III, and Josh Lerner. "Fojtasek Companies and Heritage Partners, The: March 1995." Harvard Business School Case 297-046, January 1997. (Revised November 1997.)
- May 2007
- Article
The Governance of Open Source Initiatives: What Does it Mean to be Community Managed?
The concept of 'open source' software initially referred to software projects managed by grassroots communities in public forums. Since 1998, the concept has been adapted and diffused to new settings that extend beyond software. While the open source community has... View Details
O'Mahony, Siobhan. "The Governance of Open Source Initiatives: What Does it Mean to be Community Managed?" Art. 4. Special Issue on the Roundtable on the Governance of Open Source Software Journal of Management and Governance 11, no. 2 (May 2007): 139–150.
- May 2007 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Netflix
By: Willy C. Shih, Stephen P. Kaufman and David Spinola
Reed Hastings founded Netflix with a vision to provide a home movie service that would do a better job satisfying customers than the traditional retail rental model. But as it encouraged challenges it underwent several major strategy shifts, ultimately developing a... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Film Entertainment; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution Channels; Service Delivery; Renting or Rental; Competitive Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Shih, Willy C., Stephen P. Kaufman, and David Spinola. "Netflix." Harvard Business School Case 607-138, May 2007. (Revised April 2009.)
- 22 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Class of 2021 Career Choices
The HBS class of 2021 weathered quite a few setbacks with the rapid changes to their internships in the summer of 2020, some of which were pulled entirely, others that were quickly transitioned to all remote. Despite the challenges of View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 17 Oct 2011
- News
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
- 08 Jul 2013
- News
The Wisdom Of The Cronut: Why Long Lines Are Worth the Wait
- 14 May 2021
- News