Concerns About Social Acceptance - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2021
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Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

Nonprofit Board Summit: Building High-Impact Nonprofit Boards During Dynamic Times from May 4 to May 13. The clubs worked in partnership with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) to create this multi-day, virtual conference aimed at... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

and Budget, 1977-80, 1985-87 Northern Air Freight and Danzas Corporation, 1987-90 Why HBS? "I took a year off from college to work at Boeing. There were rows of engineers sitting at desks. After about six months, I decided I'd rather... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

generous welfare state. It emerged instead from evolving coalitions between fledgling consumer lenders seeking to make their business socially acceptable and a range of nongovernmental groups working to... View Details

Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research

24 Apr 2014
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Building a better India through business and philanthropy

delivering long-term value for shareholders, Piramal is concerned about social issues. “The disparities in Indian society are increasing, and we cannot call ourselves developed... View Details

15 Sep 2016
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The Burning Man Project

Bulletin, about balancing Burning Man's books, and what a day in the life of a burner really looks like. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Jennifer, I was realizing that Burning Man has been around now for about 30... View Details

19 May 2015
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Getting Ready for Success

social entrepreneurial skills to a corporate board that wants a unique perspective. “I would love to see the day where we don’t have to talk about achievement gap, technical divide, or schools-to-prisons... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

01 Mar 2015
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Case Study: The Speed of Light

presence “somewhere” in Asia and “somewhere” in Europe in addition to our offices in New York. Facing the same concern as you—how do we make sure that our value proposition and brand remain constant across the regions—we took our time and... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

Square, set out to answer this question after she started to wonder about her own complicated feelings concerning the changing Square. Diving into Harvard Square’s past and present, Turco explores why we... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2003
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Naina Lal Kidwai

should find the capital markets attractive. Private equity and venture capital have played a major role in providing equity to firms before they are ready to access the capital markets. Foreign direct investment, at $3 billion annually, is small. Are public... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jun 2010
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MBAs on a Mission

manage its operations for another three years. At that point, Murphy says, “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep being the guy on the ground in the developing world or get the credentials to become more involved in the big picture.” His View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

modern economy. The alliance begins with managers acknowledging that great employees might leave the company, and with employees being honest about their own career aspirations. Imperiled by Helmut Horchler (AMP 100, 1987) (XLibris) Start... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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New Releases

with quality. Reinhardt reminds managers that social concerns about the environment will not go away and that the underlying conditions that made the environment relevant to... View Details

26 Jul 2018
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Running the Numbers

Basketball Association was a recently launched, little-known organization, and Gelman had accepted a promising post-college job as a strategy consultant with the Mitchell Madison Group in New York. But her decision to defer the consulting... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

25 Feb 2020
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Profits and Purpose

in its first year to 300 last year, taught in four sections by Henderson and George Serafeim, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration. Here, they talk about the shifting shape of leadership. How has the course evolved... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 2000
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The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

generation of Internet-savvy consumers, and how today's CEOs can transform their own focus and that of their organizations from "dot-com" concerns to a more sweeping "dot-corp" vision. Next up was Microsoft president Steve Ballmer, who... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right

Are millennials more concerned about their positive impact on the planet and on society—less focused on money and more on meaning? Is the shift toward a more conscientious generation a true trend or a myth?... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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One-on-One with Grover Norquist

to zero. Are you concerned about the projected $2 trillion in government borrowing that may be necessary to cover the Social Security funding gap created by the President’s... View Details

Keywords: Government

06 Dec 2021
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Truth Be Told

Heese: The concern in most countries around the world, in many different types of whistleblower regimes, is that you will get all of these frivolous tips. Regulators and politicians are more willing to talk View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Jun 2024
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The Exchange: Chance Encounters

environment. There are some real concerns we’ll have to reckon with, as a society, if we end up in a world where people spend both their social and their professional lives by themselves, at home on their... View Details