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September–October 2023
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What Does 'Stakeholder Capitalism' Mean to You?: A Guide to the Four Main Types

Business leaders are being urged to adopt a multistakeholder approach to governance in place of the shareholder-centered approach that has guided their work for several decades. But through hundreds of interviews with directors, executives, investors, governance... View Details

Keywords: Stakeholder Capitalism; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Organizational Structure; Trust

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23 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

descriptions of empirical research to provide their key insights in everyday language. For example, visitors to the site can learn about various audit approaches that are more or less effective under View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories

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Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society

Europe’s green transition Global Leadership Roundtable Paris, France October 2024 In partnership with the HBS Europe Research Center . More Global Leadership Roundtables A new world of risks and opportunities View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe

made a significant contribution to the growth and development of public education in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast. "Dick does things quietly," observes Richard H. Jenrette (MBA '57), a longtime friend. Among those "quiet"... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

expansion. Rather, different structures appear to have different strategic implications, and nonprofits must consider how these implications align with their particular organization and expansion goals.... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

29 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age

full-control-to-no-control spectrum, it’s more likely to fall in the ill-defined middle, where company and worker could split control factors many different ways. Trouble is, our legal system can’t be... View Details

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Transportation; Web Services

28 Jun 2024
News

Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories

New York Leadership Dinner Honors Leaders Challenging the Status Quo At its 55th Annual Leadership Dinner in May, the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) honored four leaders whose careers and contributions to the world embody this year’s theme, “Challenging the Status Quo.”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

21 May 2018
Blog Post

Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

Editor’s Note: The below post is part of our Alumni for Impact series, which features alumni who are making a difference in the social sector, specifically in K-12 education,... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

22 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

particular role or position given my prior work experience, I may be interested in leveraging knowledge gained at HBS to explore making an impact in a different role or... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

16 Dec 2011
News

Leaders must 'walk the talk,' manage differently, and communicate

08 Jun 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Loan Types and the Bank Lending Channel

Keywords: by Victoria Ivashina, Luc Laeven, and Enrique Moral-Benito; Financial Services

2023
Working Paper

Corporate Leaders Say They Are for Stakeholder Capitalism—But Which Version Exactly?: A Critical Look at Four Varieties

By: Lynn S. Paine

The past few years have seen an outpouring of articles and statements heralding the arrival of a new and more inclusive form of capitalism often called stakeholder capitalism. The new capitalism promises to strengthen companies, improve outcomes for their... View Details

Keywords: Stakeholder Capitalism; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Economic Systems; Business and Shareholder Relations

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01 May 2020
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Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

home. You also see what your favorite pundit has read since most seem to broadcast in front of their bookshelves.) The experience is different from working side by side as social animals, but thanks to 5G,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 May 2023
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Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'

said. Graffiti was also a form of escape. In the 1980s and ’90s, gang violence and drugs were rampant in Los Angeles. For young people seeking a different path, graffiti crews... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

September–October 2017
Article

Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?: Neither Great Leadership Nor Brilliant Strategy Matters Without Operational Excellence

By: Raffaella Sadun, Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen

A recurring message in business education is that you can’t compete on the basis of management processes because they’re easily copied. Operational effectiveness is table stakes in the competitive universe, it is often assumed, and thus cannot serve as a sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Effectiveness

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September 2006 (Revised February 2011)
Case

Empemex

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Regina Garcia-Cuellar

Studies an entrepreneurial venture in Mexico City. The protagonists, two MBAs from HBS, started a pawn shop chain funded from their private equity office after finishing business school. This is timed at a point where the protagonists have to decide how to grow the... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Growth and Development Strategy; Mexico City; United States

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Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data

By: Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim

As the ESG finance field and the use of ESG data in investment decision-making continue to grow, the authors seek to shed light on several important aspects of ESG measurement and data. This article is intended to provide a useful guide for the rapidly rising number of... View Details

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18 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

When Words Get in the Way: The Failure of Fiscal Language

labeling conventions—representing, in the words of the authors, "an exercise in linguistics, not economics." Like Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, which concluded that concepts like time... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2012
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May 1989 (Revised August 2006)
Case

RJR Nabisco

By: Richard S. Ruback

Gives students the opportunity to explore issues facing the board of directors in a leveraged buyout. RJR Nabisco is valued under different operating strategies and the source of gains in leveraged buyouts is stressed. View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Profit; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Valuation

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