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  • September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Algramo

By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal
Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details
Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
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ESG Integration in Investment Management: Myths and Realities

By: Sakis Kotsantonis, Christopher Pinney and George Serafeim
The authors’ aim in this article is to set the record straight on the financial performance of sustainable investing while also correcting a number of other widespread misconceptions about this rapidly growing set of principles and methods. Myth Number 1:... View Details
Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Investment Management; Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance
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  • 25 Jan 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

value was being created, both for the collaborating nonprofits and for the businesses." A 1997 ISE research forum at the School provided Austin with the opportunity to delve more deeply into this... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Bridging the ESG Data Gap

Megan Murday The idea for a digital platform to help venture capitalists calculate, benchmark, and improve portfolio ESG performance crystallized while Megan Murday (MBA 2021) was studying at HBS. Now the CEO of the software startup Metric, she says that “investors... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

in serving the particular institutional interests of the partners. Since NPO's missions are generally imbued with social purpose, their general motives tend to be predominantly altruistic in nature, but... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 19 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

costs, and enabled businesses to form mutually beneficial alliances.Once two or more companies agree to do business with each other on activities beyond simple procurement,... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
  • 17 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details
Keywords: by Tim Gray
  • December 2013
  • Supplement

Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (B)

By: James K. Sebenius
This case picks up (from the end of the "A" case) the detailed story of the KGB's high-pressure negotiations with Harvard doctoral student Bruce Allyn to recruit him as a secret asset for the Soviet spy agency. The "A" case describes how, at the tense height of the... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union
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  • December 2013
  • Case

Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (A)

By: James K. Sebenius
Isolated by the KGB in Moscow, Harvard graduate student Bruce Allyn faces high-pressure negotiation tactics to recruit him for the Soviet spy agency. At the tense height of the Cold War, with CIA agents systematically being exposed and executed in Russia, Allyn was... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union
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  • December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
  • Case

Kerry Group: Inspiring Food, Nourishing Life

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, José B. Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Tonia Labruyere and Tonia Junker
The Irish company Kerry Group, one of the leading global players in the taste and nutrition industry, wants to ensure its future growth in developing and developed markets. Founded in 1972 as a dairy cooperative, it had grown into a provider of taste and nutrition... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Environmental Sustainability; Food; Nutrition; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Range; Market Entry and Exit; Customer Relationship Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • 22 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention

climate change. ESG in fact has little to do with impact. The problem here is less of the product but misleading marketing and a whole bunch of opportunism on behalf of asset... View Details
  • 22 Jul 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power

have both financial and social returns. A company that doesn’t live its ESG goals is fundamentally more risky over the long term.” Like other young entrepreneurs whom Climate Stories is profiling, Janice’s... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores

is further solidified by their top ranking in the Sustainalytics ESG risk rating for the construction materials industry group, encompassing over 140 companies. Overall, our visit to JSW Cement was an... View Details
  • 04 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

  Working PapersThe "Fees Savings" Link, or Purchasing Fifty Pounds of Pasta Authors:Michael I. Norton and Leonard Lee Abstract Many consumers have had the experience of entering discount membership clubs to make a few... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

of principles for responsible investment, a standard that falls well short of integrating ESG considerations into their investment decisions. Myth Number 3: Companies cannot influence the kind of shareholders that buy their shares, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

a way to compete with bigger incumbents while using far fewer resources. To succeed, Isenberg has found, global entrepreneurs must cultivate four competencies: They must... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

with the challenges of long-term large-scale performance improvement in public education, and examine Ensina!'s goals in public education reform and different operational strategies for organizations like... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

goal is not to identify the "best" program, but rather to lay out the range of innovations to meet the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Porter, Value-Based Health Care is a framework for restructuring health care systems around the globe with the overarching goal of value for patients. Key Concepts Value-based health care is one of the most... View Details
  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

business should be doing beyond maximizing shareholder value. With ESG advocates on the defensive, business leaders need a new roadmap to determine which factors View Details