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- 09 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure
- 14 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation
ideas for systemic change that private enterprises are uniquely qualified to contribute. As government downsizes and the public expects the private sector to step in to help solve community problems, it is important that businesses... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Forthcoming
- Article
Measurement and Effects of Bank Exit Policies
By: Daniel Green and Boris Vallée
We study whether exit policies by financial institutions have financial and real consequences on the firms they target, using bank coal exit policies as a laboratory. In contrast to theories assuming high capital substitutability, we find large effects of these... View Details
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA
Faculty & Advisors MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Faculty Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Ethel Zimmerman Winer Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at Harvard Kennedy... View Details
- 2022
- Chapter
Prioritarianism and Optimal Taxation
By: Matti Tuomala and Matthew Weinzierl
Prioritarianism has been at the center of the formal approach to optimal tax theory since its modern starting point in Mirrlees (1971), but most theorists’ use of it is motivated by tractability rather than explicit normative reasoning. We characterize analytically and... View Details
Keywords: Prioritarianism; Optimal Taxation; Utilitarianism; Redistribution; Inverse-optimum; Taxation; Theory; Policy
Tuomala, Matti, and Matthew Weinzierl. "Prioritarianism and Optimal Taxation." In Prioritarianism in Practice, edited by Matthew Adler and Ole Norheim. Cambridge University Press, 2022. (Also published in HBR Insights, December 2020.)
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Under Armour's value to city overhangs TIF debate
- October 2022 (Revised September 2023)
- Supplement
SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (B)
Supplements the (A) case, describing actions taken by SolarWinds as well as by regulatory agencies in the aftermath of the immediate crisis. The case also includes reflections by SolarWinds managers on the choices they made with respect to disclosure, media relations,... View Details
Keywords: Cyberattacks; Cybersecurity; Corporate Disclosure; Crisis Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Legal Liability; Governance Compliance; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States
Nagle, Frank, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr, and David Lane. "SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 723-368, October 2022. (Revised September 2023.)
John D. Dionne
John D. Dionne has been a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School since 2014 and is a recently retired Senior Managing Director and Senior Advisor to Blackstone. He is also Managing Partner of Franconia Capital, a... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Stock Price Reactions to ESG News: The Role of ESG Ratings and Disagreement
- February 2018
- Case
Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments
By: John Macomber and Pippa Tubman Armerding
The so-called “infrastructure finance gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and... View Details
Keywords: Pension Fund Investing; Infrastucture; Power/Energy; Credit Enhancement; Infrastructure; Project Finance; Investment Funds; Emerging Markets; Nigeria; Africa
Macomber, John, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Infrastructure in Nigeria: Unlocking Pension Fund Investments." Harvard Business School Case 218-071, February 2018.
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 2007
- Book
Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Carbon Strategies describes specific steps any business can take to implement sound, practical, climate-related corporate policies. Based on Andrew J. Hoffman’s widely praised report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and significantly revised in light of... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint. University of Michigan Press, 2007. (Korean Edition: 십년 후 기업의 순위를 뒤바꿀 탄소전략, Tendedero, 2009.)
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
Serafeim, George Abstract—Combining corporate sustainability performance scores based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data with big data measuring public sentiment about a company’s... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412052-PDF-ENG Liberté, Égalité, Sororité: How Should France Achieve Boardroom Parité? Boris Groysberg and Hilary Fischer-GrobanHarvard Business School Case 412-061 The French government is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 2010
- Other Paper
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
Prior strategy research is divided on the utility of new-venture planning. Some scholars argue that planning enhances new-firm performance and others make the opposite argument. This paper attempts to reconcile these contradictory views by exploring the extent of... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Success; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Colombia
Hiatt, Shon R., and Wesley Sine. "Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence."
- 19 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Ming Min Hui: Figuring Out Her Mission
Ming Min Hui (MBA 2015) had a very specific intention in mind when she applied to HBS. After an early career in investment banking and corporate strategy, “I wanted to apply my business skills to something more fulfilling and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government