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  • 18 Jul 2018
  • Blog Post

Amira Rashad: An Ambidextrous Mind Meets Consumer Needs in the Middle East

After serving significant stints with Booz Allen, Yahoo! and Facebook, Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) can justifiably claim expertise in strategy, consulting, and social media. Although she regards her track record with pride, she sees herself... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)

outlined in a forthcoming paper in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, The Sharp Spikes of Poverty: Financial Scarcity Is Related to Higher Levels of Distress Intensity in Daily Life. Higher income amounts to lower... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • March 2001 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

Circon (A)

By: Brian J. Hall, Guhan Subramanian and Christopher A Rose
In 1996, U.S. Surgical launched a hostile takeover bid against Circon Corp. After building the company for 20 years, CEO Richard Auhll takes a defensive stand that includes inviting an old HBS friend (George Cloutier) to join the fight as a director of Circon. A... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Governance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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  • 07 Jan 2020
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Capitalism Be Fixed by Making Companies More Just?

Keywords: Re: Ethan C. Rouen & Charles C.Y. Wang; Financial Services
  • October 2006 (Revised February 2007)
  • Background Note

How Media Choices are Changing Online Advertising

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
What is the response by advertisers as media consumption moves to the digital medium? Provides an overview of online advertising in mid-2006 and discusses the impact of an increasingly fractured media landscape and its accompanying expanding advertising options. View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; News; Media; Emerging Markets; Internet and the Web; Perspective; Disruption; Journalism and News Industry
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  • November 26, 2019
  • Article

Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning Favors the Greater Good

By: Karen Huang, Joshua D. Greene and Max Bazerman
The “veil of ignorance” is a moral reasoning device designed to promote impartial decision-making by denying decision-makers access to potentially biasing information about who will benefit most or least from the available options. Veil-of-ignorance reasoning was... View Details
Keywords: Policy Making; Procedural Justice; Ethics; Decision Making; Policy; Fairness
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    Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning Favors the Greater Good

    The “veil of ignorance” is a moral reasoning device designed to promote impartial decision-making by denying decision-makers access to potentially biasing information about who will benefit most or least from the available options. Veil-of-ignorance reasoning was... View Details

    • 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
    Keywords: Climate Change; Business Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Policy
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    • September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
    • Supplement

    Genzyme Center (B)

    By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
    Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Biotechnology Industry; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Green Technology Industry
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    • 26 Mar 2019
    • Blog Post

    SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE

    This post is part of our Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlights some of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have been a part of SEI throughout the years. In this post, Misan Rewane (MBA 2013,... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship
    • 28 Dec 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic Compensation

    Keywords: by Ian Larkin, Lamar Pierce & Francesca Gino
    • 04 Apr 2008
    • What Do You Think?

    Who Owns Intellectual Property?

    consumer who rips you off), same as the old boss (the corporation who ripped you off).'" So many questions, so little time and space. What do you think? Original Article Two Chinese students, entrepreneurs designing a start-up... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • September–October 2022
    • Article

    The Essential Link Between ESG Targets and Financial Performance

    By: Mark R. Kramer and Marc W. Pfitzer
    Despite heightened attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, surprisingly few companies are making meaningful progress in delivering on their commitments. Most firms are not integrating ESG factors into internal strategy and operational decisions... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance; Financial Strategy; Decision Making; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure
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    • 01 Dec 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

    corporations, which are under increasing pressure to demonstrate corporate social responsibility in addition to generating profits. She acknowledges that the idea could be a... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • Research Summary

    Research Summaries

    Sameer's research examines the dynamics of social networks inside organizations and their consequences for individual attainment and organizational success.  His research encompasses three broad streams of activity.


    Social Capital... View Details

    • March 2022
    • Article

    How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons

    By: Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
    The vast majority of the pay inequality in an organization comes from differences in pay between employees and their bosses. But are employees aware of these pay disparities? Are employees demotivated by this inequality? To address these questions, we conducted a... View Details
    Keywords: Salary; Inequality; Managers; Career Concerns; Pay Transparency; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Perception; Behavior
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    • March 2014
    • Module Note

    Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations

    By: Michael W. Toffel
    Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Sustainability Reporting; Sustainable Supply Chains; Sustainable Operations; Environment; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Environmental Management; Environmental Operations; Environmental Performance; Environmental Policy; Environmental Protection; Environmental Strategy; Environmental Regulation; Operations Management; Operations Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Supply Chain; Business Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Safety; Social Enterprise; Quality; Production; Working Conditions; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Buildings and Facilities; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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    • June 2009 (Revised October 2011)
    • Case

    Mina O'Reilly at Logan Airport's TSA

    By: Michel Anteby and Erin McFee
    Mina O'Reilly, an officer at Logan Airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Boston, must discipline an employee responsible for a security breach that resulted in a 45-minute terminal closure during peak hours, a potential threat to traveler safety,... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; Boston
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    • June 2018 (Revised July 2023)
    • Case

    John Chambers, Cisco, and China: Upgrading a Golden Shield

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
    This case examines the role of Cisco led by John Chambers in facilitating web filtering in China. It begins by tracing the origins of Cisco as a pioneer of networking equipment. John Chambers, who had worked as a sales manager at IBM and Wang Laboratories, joined Cisco... View Details
    Keywords: Cisco; Internet and the Web; Governance Controls; Ethics; Rights; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technology Industry; China
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    • June 2011 (Revised September 2011)
    • Case

    Two Key Decisions for China's Sovereign Fund

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Xiaoyu Gu
    The China Investment Corporation (CIC) was China's sovereign wealth fund (SWF), established with $200 billion of registered capital in September 2007 to diversify China's foreign exchange holdings and increase risk-adjusted returns on those assets. CIC was unusual in... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Growth and Maturation; Decisions; Capital; Investment Banking; Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Wealth; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; China; United States
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