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- 19 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines
management and business development roles within healthcare startups, and/or work in strategy and investing for early-stage health care VC funds. Autonomous surgical robots, health care artificial intelligence, and AR/VR surgery: what... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
enjoy team management for the teaching aspect. It’s personally very rewarding to see someone take my advice or general direction and produce useful results. I enjoy turnarounds because they are very difficult and no one expects the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
the gender biases of those who control them, then historically male places will tend to be harder on women and to promote only those women who essentially behave "like men." Conversely, once an organization becomes dominated by women, the... View Details
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
has become more concentrated in recent years, with most of it now controlled by just 1,000 companies. That allows economies of scale and scope and very high returns of capital, all of which give those companies tremendous power. With that... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
the one hand, more measures provide more dials to turn to get the manager to take actions consistent with the firm's best interests. On the other hand, more public information imposes more risk on the View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together
two hundred young HBS alumni face-to-face with experienced "angels" (backers willing to forgo much of the business involvement and control that traditional venture capitalists typically demand). The sold-out event, which drew participants... View Details
- April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
- Case
Tiberg Co.
By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg
Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence
Beer, Michael, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Tiberg Co." Harvard Business School Case 487-079, April 1987. (Revised April 1987.)
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
every level, and effectively manage risk. At Honeywell, for example, the Automation and Control Solutions business relies on a homegrown Velocity Portfolio Manager software... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
management consultant at Monitor, which sharpened my perspective on business and industry strategy. I learned a huge amount at HBS in discussions of leadership, entrepreneurial marketing, finance, and ethics. I also spent some time at... View Details
- October 2013
- Article
How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure
By: Anil R. Doshi, Glen W.S. Dowell and Michael W. Toffel
Mandatory information disclosure regulations seek to create institutional pressure to spur performance improvement. By examining how organizational characteristics moderate establishments' responses to a prominent environmental information disclosure program, we... View Details
Keywords: Information Disclosure; Institutional Theory; Environmental Strategy; Mandatory Disclosure; Environmental Performance; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Improvement; Environmental Sustainability; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Doshi, Anil R., Glen W.S. Dowell, and Michael W. Toffel. "How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure." Strategic Management Journal 34, no. 10 (October 2013): 1209–1231. (Featured in The Regulatory Review.)
- 14 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM
during the MBA program. Giovanni Estrella (MBA 2024) Where is your hometown? Jacksonville, Florida. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was a Senior Quality Engineer for the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in the United States. Primarily, my role... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
was carrying them came crashing back to Earth. “Space is hard. Launches are delayed and, in the worst case, things blow up,” Minnick says. But because the company controls the satellite manufacturing portion of its own supply chain, it... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
when making pricing decisions in the US syndicated loans market and mutual fund managers when making asset allocations near the time of an election. 3. Entrepreneurs and inventors influenced by politics Yet another study found that... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
BP's Macondo: Spill and Response
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Metals and Minerals; Crisis Management; Infrastructure; Trade; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Rotemberg, Julio J. "BP's Macondo: Spill and Response." Harvard Business School Case 711-021, September 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Over 50 and Job Hunting?
and author of The New Job Security, says that over-50 managers can vanquish negative stereotypes by seizing control of the career-transition process. “Midcareer MBAs, especially those who have been at the... View Details
- October 2007
- Article
Opinion: Place Your Bets on the Future You Want
By: Forest Reinhardt
This piece posits that success in a carbon-constrained world will be determined by innovation and acumen, requiring companies to make bold moves. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Success; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Competitive Advantage
Reinhardt, Forest. "Opinion: Place Your Bets on the Future You Want." Forethought. Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007): 42–43.
- February 2011 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Coca-Cola on Facebook
By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
In late 2008, executives at Coca-Cola had to decide what to do with a fan-created page on Facebook that had amassed over one million followers in three months. From a legal point of view the fan-created page was in violation of Facebook's terms of service as a... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Governance Controls; Policy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Social and Collaborative Networks; Food and Beverage Industry
Deighton, John, and Leora Kornfeld. "Coca-Cola on Facebook." Harvard Business School Case 511-110, February 2011. (Revised December 2012.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Postcards from the Edge: A Review of the Business and Environment Literature
By: Andrew A. King and Luca Berchicci
Environmental issues, while of growing interest, have been outside the main focus of business scholarship. This position on the periphery may have been a good thing. It allowed scholars of business and the environment to consider unusual theories and evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Research; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Advantage
King, Andrew A., and Luca Berchicci. "Postcards from the Edge: A Review of the Business and Environment Literature." In The Academy of Management Annals, edited by James P. Walsh and Arthur P. Brief, 513–547. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
- 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
Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, Shawn A. Cole, John Ehrenfeld, Andrew A. King, and Auden Schendler. "Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-067, January 2019.
- June 2011 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Oddo Securities―ESG Integration
By: Paul M. Healy
The case describes the process of integrating environmental, social, and governance issues into valuation models and research analyst recommendations. View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Integration; Valuation; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance Controls; Investment
Serafeim, George, Paul M. Healy, and Aldo Sesia. "Oddo Securities―ESG Integration." Harvard Business School Case 111-085, June 2011. (Revised January 2013.)