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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases CSV in Practice Creating Shared Value in Practice Not... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

in three two-week modules. The first two modules take place in Johannesburg and the third in Boston. Between sessions, participants return to their workplaces to test out the new theories and practices they've learned. With participants... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

01 Mar 2021
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Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

Development has gathered best practices from companies who crafted remote internships for the first time in 2020, and those who have managed virtual teams for years. Using these strategies and tools will help set your company up for an... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

09 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Education

1996
Book

The Private Company Board: Benefits & Best Practices

By: Robert B. Stobaugh

Keywords: Corporate Governance

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Fall 2014
Article

Price Restrictions in Multi-sided Platforms: Practices and Responses

By: Benjamin Edelman and Julian Wright

In connecting buyers to sellers, some two-sided platforms require that sellers offer their lowest prices through the platform, disallowing lower prices for direct sales or sales through competing platforms. In this article, we explore the various contexts where such... View Details

Keywords: Intermediaries; Strategy; Pricing; Vertical Restraints; Price; Distribution Channels

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2005
Chapter

Building Inter-Firm Collaborative Community: Uniting Theory and Practice

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Business Ventures; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Cooperation

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01 Feb 2023
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The Dying Practice of Time and a Half

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit Credit and Charity Pre-Industrial Credit in... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox

By: Tobias Fredberg, Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote and Flemming Norrgren

We tend to assume that great leaders must make difficult choices between two or more conflicting outcomes. In an interview study with 26 CEOs of top American and European companies (incl. IKEA, Campbell Soups, Nokia, H&M), we find that instead of choosing between... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance; Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Decision Choices and Conditions

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Transportation Security Officers’ Work, Motivations, and Practices Study

Because of its unique history, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a strategic setting to explore employees' possible distinct and evolving relation to their work. Since its inception in the wake of 9/11, the TSA has... View Details

2000
Working Paper

Future Possibilities in Finance Theory and Finance Practice

By: Robert C. Merton

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25 Apr 2014
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Applying business practices to nonprofits to strengthen impact

The nonprofit need of for-profit acumen is acute, says Jeff Bradach (AM 1990, PhDOB 1992), cofounder and managing partner of The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit advisor and resource for mission-driven organizations and philanthropists. Bridgespan collaborates with... View Details

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Models of Best Practice in Integrated Reporting 2015

By: Robert G. Eccles, Michael P. Krzus and Sydney Ribot

In March of 2015, the authors reviewed the integrated reports of 25 multinational companies that participated in the International Integrated Reporting Council's (IIRC's) Pilot Programme Business Network. Because it was not until December 2013 that companies had any... View Details

Keywords: Integrated Reporting; Integrated Corporate Reporting

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2007
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Management Practices across Europe, the U.S. and Asia

By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen

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December 1999 (Revised April 2001)
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Becton Dickinson: Ethics and Business Practices (A) Survey

By: Lynn S. Paine

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Keywords: Ethics; Business Ventures

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2013
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Logic Pluralism, Organizational Design, and Practice Adoption: The Structural Embeddedness of CSR Programs

By: Mary Ann Glynn and Ryan Raffaelli

The institutional logics perspective highlights how organizations are embedded within broader systems of meaning and how this embeddedness activates salient institutional logics in organizations that can enable or constrain organizational decisions, practices, and... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application

based on his own experience in the program, Barnes dove in headfirst. She returned to work with a much broader understanding of risk management—and some very practical steps she could take in her new role. (Learn more about Barnes's... View Details