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- November 2010 (Revised June 2015)
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B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy, B Lab: Can it Scale Business as a Force for Good?
By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 411047 and 415080 View Details
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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Private Equity Finance Course Number 1440 Senior Lecturer Ted Berk Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Overview This is an advanced corporate finance course focused on private equity (PE) investing. The course... View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
less likely to be promoted to management than men. And Hispanic, Latino, and Black employees make up 11 and 12 percent of entry-level hires but only three to five percent of corporate vice presidents. View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
profit, decently” inspired him to consider what he really wanted to do with the next chapter in life. He also credits the curriculum with integrating corporate ethics and values throughout, and challenging... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
“The world’s needs and desires have been irrevocably homogenized. This makes the multinational corporation obsolete and the global corporation absolute.” —Theodore Levitt (1983) They were bold, even... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- In Practice
COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change
The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46779 Working Papers An Analysis of Firms' Self-Reported Anticorruption Efforts By: Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim Abstract—We use Transparency International's ratings of self-reported anticorruption efforts for 480... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Lyn Baranowski
ultimately achieving global peace and prosperity. I will be a corporate champion in the public and private sectors and will help companies build relationships across borders for two reasons. First, I believe that trade ties between... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards
managing director of FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm, were awarded first place for their January–February 2011 article “Creating Shared Value.” The article lays out the concept of shared value, which focuses on the connections between societal and economic progress.... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
of maximizing shareholder value [originated by HBS Professor Emeritus Michael Jensen] was so quickly accepted and absorbed into how people think about corporations and boards because it's so simple? A: Yes,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
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Harvard Business School
Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
were to their investment opportunities," Farre-Mensa explains. Investment opportunities are usually measured by market-to-book ratio, the relationship between the market value of a company and the book View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
and leading others. This is a fundamental concept discussed in Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations (CCMO), one of the MBA Program's most popular electives. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach to organizational problem solving and View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
established markets - is sounding a wake-up call for corporate strategists. How did you first become interested in these disruptive technologies? It was the sudden demise of Digital Equipment Corporation... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
"...But the good news is your old Enron stock has become a high-priced collectible." © 2008 www.cartoonstock.com Nearly seven years after its collapse, Enron continues to fascinate those interested in corporate leadership and governance.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
of value investing? Jay Lorsch: Getting Boards Up to Speed Under the present system of corporate boards, independent part-time directors are not sufficiently familiar with the business — they have to be... View Details
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Q1Q2 3.0 Finance Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) C. Fritz Foley Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Creating Value Through... View Details
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
Insights Team (BIT), which became the world’s first government organization dedicated to incorporating behavioral economics into policy. BIT saw the tax letter as an opportunity to test the value of behavioral interventions in a context... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
decision-making and even to the future and viability of capitalism. One debate concerned the primacy of profit as a goal. Deaver Brown led this argument by saying, "Profit is the only legitimate goal of a corporation ," pointing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett