Double Bottom Line - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Dec 2014
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Working for a double bottom line

Sheryl WuDunn (MBA 1986) uses her experience as a writer, editor, hedge fund manager, and banker to help women and girls who face challenges throughout the world. Together with her husband, she wrote Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women... View Details

01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing directors at the Lyme Timber Company in Hanover, New Hampshire, work hard to make the double bottom line a reality. Founded in 1976, Lyme Timber... View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

October 2018
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DBL Partners: Double Bottom Line Venture Capital

By: Mark R. Kramer, Shawn A. Cole and Caitlin Reimers Brumme

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September 2016 (Revised March 2021)
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DBL Partners: Double Bottom Line Venture Capital

By: Shawn Cole, Mark Kramer, Tony L. He, Anshul Maudar and T. Robert Zochowski

This case explores the origins and current practices of DBL, a San Francisco–based venture capital fund and one of the first impact investment funds to achieve significant financial returns to scale. This case allows for a competitive analysis of DBL's investment... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Tanzania

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March 2009 (Revised June 2010)
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TOTO: The Bottom Line

TOTO, the leading manufacturer of toilets in Japan, is struggling to penetrate the U.S. market with its premier bidet-toilets, which are present in 63% of homes in Japan. The case examines the behavioral, cultural, and institutional barriers that TOTO faces in gaining... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Disruptive Innovation; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Organizational Culture; Consumer Products Industry; Japan; United States

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01 Dec 1996
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Meditations on the Bottom Line

For many managers today, the greatest business challenges are no longer technical; rather, they involve figuring out how to put more "soul" into the workplace. For Belinda L. Bothwick (MBA '77), however, the new executive director of Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health... View Details

2020
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Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan

Many companies are now attempting to achieve triple bottom line performance on financial, environmental, and societal metrics. Successful strategies for such performance, however, generally require new relationships among multiple players in multiple sectors across a... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Adaptation; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Performance; Strategy

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02 Jul 2012
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Respecting employees can boost bottom line

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The Spotlight and the Bottom Line

By: Debora L. Spar

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14 Jul 2010
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Liberal Arts and the Bottom Line

06 Feb 2023
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Think Long-Term to Improve the Bottom Line

24 Apr 2014
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A commitment to conservation supports the bottom line

Protecting the country’s conservation land while also turning a profit guides the business model at The Lyme Timber Company. David Hoffer (AB 1990, MBA 1995, JD 1996), managing director at the timberland investment management firm, says Lyme Timber stands out among... View Details

August 1, 2002
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Options Should be Reflected in the Bottom Line

By: Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan and Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Profit

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08 Nov 2009
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Serving society as well as the bottom line

19 Aug 2013
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Thanks, Edward Snowden, For Boosting My Startup's Bottom Line

20 Sep 2020
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Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan; Accounting

20 Aug 2015
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Why Employees' Long Hours Can Hurt Your Company's Bottom Line

29 Apr 2014
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Donald Sterling’s alleged racist remarks threaten Clippers’ bottom line

01 Dec 1999
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African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line

The second annual HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAAA) conference was held in Chicago, October 8-10. Titled "Creating and Preserving Wealth: Leading the Next Great Migration," the two-day conference attracted close to two hundred attendees. Organized by... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner