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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects

By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Shawn A. Cole, John Ehrenfeld, Andrew A. King and Auden Schendler
This working paper examines key barriers to business sustainability discussed at a multidisciplinary conference held at the Harvard Business School in 2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Opportunities
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  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

interactive control systems. The module discusses how top managers use the levers of control to inspire commitment to the organization’s purpose, stake out the territory for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jul 2024
  • News

The Beauty Guide

Courtesy Michelle Freyre When Michelle Freyre (MBA 1997) was a brand manager at Neutrogena, Michael McNamara, global president of the beauty brand at the time, asked what she wanted to do with her career. She answered, “I want to be you.... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

New Releases

practical application is no longer enough, Iansiti asserts. Firms must take control of the technology integration process from the very beginning, matching new technological possibilities to the appropriate applications in order to create... View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
  • July 2024 (Revised December 2024)
  • Background Note

District Heating: An Overview

By: Willy Shih and Michael W. Toffel
This note provides an overview of district heating: systems in which central plants generate heat that is conveyed by steam or water through a set of insulated pipes to send heat to residential and/or commercial buildings. It describes key elements of the system (heat... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Energy Efficiency; Energy Storage; Energy Transmission; Construction; Energy; Buildings and Facilities; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Climate Change; Operations; Energy Industry; Denmark; Europe; United States
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  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.

Coop's brand name, while a core Coop management group retained control of Internet and catalogue sales, Coop membership, and interactions with local universities. A $4 million renovation of the Harvard... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

clamor for accountability, it is tempting to accept the popular normative view that more accountability is better. But is it feasible, or even desirable, for nonprofit organizations to be accountable to everyone for everything? The challenge for leadership and View Details
  • 29 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 29

to deploy a system of statistical control that had been developed and applied successfully in the management of the Army Air Forces. Henry Ford II had recently assumed control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2022
  • Book

Les multinationales suisses dans l'arène politique (1942–1993) [Swiss Multinationals in the Political Arena (1942–1993)]

By: Sabine Pitteloud
En décembre 2020, les Suisses votaient sur l’initiative populaire « pour des multinationales responsables ». Cet épisode récent a rappelé que la régulation de l’activité des sociétés multinationales fait l’objet de luttes politiques, auxquelles participent les... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Enterprise; Multinational Companies; Multinational Corporations; Lobbying; Business ＆ Government Relations; Labor Relations; Relocation; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Corporate Regulation; Transnational Regulation; Multinational Firms and Management; Business and Government Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; International Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Switzerland
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  • 06 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

company to transfer assets and liabilities to certain so-called special purpose entities (SPEs). According to the Powers report, which was published by a special committee of Enron's board after the company entered bankruptcy protection proceedings, Enron's View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
  • 28 Feb 2014
  • News

The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)

within your control. In actuality, it becomes an exercise in relentlessly managing what you can control to reduce the risk of failure." What advice do you have for current HBS students, career or otherwise?... View Details
Keywords: General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Perfection’s Price

emphasize a shopping experience that includes spacious aisles, comfortable seating throughout the store, sophisticated climate control because their customers “tend to get warmer faster,” larger dressing rooms and mirrors, and a sales... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

differences appear to be associated with different models of development—open, distributed organizations developing systems with smaller cores. We find that core components are often dispersed throughout a system, making their detection and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

Beyond the Numbers

movement, in the mid-1970s Robinson was a strategic financial manager for General Foods' (GF) domestic grocery products. After scanning a decade's worth of data and analyzing GF's investments in new product development, Robinson says he... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • January 2002
  • Case

Noranda Inc.: Mining, Smelting, and Sustainability?

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
Noranda is a $7 billion international mining and smelting company headquartered in Canada. It has been cited for its fine environmental record. This case explores the issue of sustainability--in this case, for a mining company. Over time, and under nongovernmental... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Mining; Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Environmental Sustainability; Mining Industry
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  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

fields of management control and health care. Her latest book, Market-Driven Health Care, won the 1998 Book of the Year Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives. Herzlinger opened the... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

(February 2009) Abstract Pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) have a unique opportunity to promote public health and generate value in the healthcare system. However, PBMs are largely evaluated on their ability to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 12

Yuhai Xuan Publication: Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the relation between corporate ownership structure and bank loan syndicate structure using a novel, hand-collected data set on corporate ownership and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2008
  • Teaching Note

Marketing Chateau Margaux (TN)

By: John A. Deighton and Leyland Pitt
Teaching Note for [507033]. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Management Teams; Distribution; Sales; Market Entry and Exit; Price; Luxury; Demand and Consumers; Growth and Development Strategy; Governance Controls; Food and Beverage Industry; France
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  • 17 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

bundle. Dominant firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies are likely to succeed. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace