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Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
Copenhagen: Focus on the (Carbon) Negative
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleThere are plenty of reasons to be disappointed with the Copenhagen climate talks that start today: the meeting will not result in a binding agreement, the timeframe for such an agreement is potentially years away, and of course, neither the US nor China has committed to binding reductions. While all this is certainly disappointing, the […] -
Calculating the Value of Impact Investing
Business and society Magazine ArticleAn evidence-based way to estimate social and environmental returns -
We Need Universal ESG Accounting Standards
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA new initiative, the International Sustainability Standards Board, holds promise. -
Rethinking Country Brands in an Age of Climate Change
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleIn this era of globalization, countries find themselves increasingly competing with each other for a share of trade, investment, and tourism. Country brands provide an opportunity for creativity and differentiation: Spain, India and New Zealand, for example, all successfully built brands that greatly boosted local tourism. Moving forward, country brands — just like corporate brands […] -
Accountants Will Save the World
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleFactor social benefits and the use of resources into a company’s value. -
What Every Leader Needs to Know About Carbon Credits
Business and society Digital ArticleDo you know the difference between a high-quality carbon project and one that risks your reputation? -
More and More CEOs Are Taking Their Social Responsibility Seriously
Global Business Digital ArticleAre we finally at a tipping point? -
A Bretton Woods for the 21st Century
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleIf you are the leader of a large organization (or only of yourself) who cares about improving the world, here’s a question you should consider: How will you participate in the global solution networks that are increasingly managing to address the world’s problems? A global solution network is a group of independent parties that have […] -
The Microwork Solution
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhat's the best way to lift people out of poverty? The social entrepreneurs in the new "impact sourcing" industry believe the answer is providing work,... -
Greener B-Schools, Greener Employees
Hiring and recruitment Digital ArticleAs an opening post on Harvard Business.org, I figure no topic could be more appropriate than the change happening at Harvard, among other places. I’m talking about the big shift in what business schools are teaching students and, more importantly, what those future business leaders want from their employers. According to a recent article in […] -
Campaign Spending Now Open for Business
Transparency Digital ArticleAs American companies and unions mobilize to organize Political Action Committees (PACs) with an eye to the upcoming mid-term elections, it is worth taking a step back to ask: Does it pay to donate to political candidates? Such a question might seem touchingly naïve, but in reality, the empirical evidence on this issue is much […] -
Changing Employee Values: Deepening Discontent?
Economics Magazine ArticleA consensus is emerging that there has been a shift in the attitudes and values of the U.S. work force and that this shift has been accompanied by increased dissatisfaction with many aspects of work. The evidence for this shift and disaffection has emerged from two camps: systematically recorded observations from case studies and surveys […] -
What Small Businesses Know About Corporate Responsibility
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleThey’re good at building ties to the local community. -
Copenhagen: 8 Reasons You Should Cut Carbon (Aside From Climate Change)
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleThe big global meeting going on in Copenhagen (called COP15) is all about reducing carbon emissions in order to combat climate change. But is climate change the only reason your business should reduce energy use and carbon emissions? Hardly. But first, let’s get out of the way the “scandal” about hacked emails from climate scientists, […] -
The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhy is it that effective business start-ups frequently grow into corporate giants, but effective new nonprofits rarely reach national scale? Because,... -
Divided We Lead
Corporate social responsibility Big IdeaCEO activism has entered the mainstream. -
How Much Will We Do and When?
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleThe strategic question about global warming isn’t: are we going to do something about it? All three of the remaining candidates for President call it a real problem and assail the Bush administration for eight long years of idleness; the Congress is flirting with real legislation and the polling indicates its Democratic ranks will be […] -
Changing Capitalism, One Organization at a Time
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWe're delighted to announce the winners of the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge, the third leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. Reimagining... -
The Untapped Opportunity in Unformed Markets
Social enterprise Digital ArticleMarkets are emerging for social problems. Consider these numbers: $158 billion = size of the low-income health care market $332 billion = size of the low-income housing market $2.90 trillion = size of the low-income global food market And there are other unformed markets that cut across income levels: For example, what’s the size of […]
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LangKomm Sweden: Traversing Middle East Politics
Management Case Study8.95View Details The in-coming Social Democrat-Green coalition government in Sweden cancelled a decades-long arms treaty with the Saudi Arabia, on the grounds of the latter's... -
France Telecom (C): An Unprecedented Trial
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom... -
Responsibilities to Employees
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The note provides a framework to conceptualize managers' responsibilities to employees in relation to economic, legal and ethical considerations. The... -
Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details This case study briefly describes the outcome of the Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A) case. -
Natura: Weathering the Pandemic at Brazil's Cosmetic Giant (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Brazil's Natura, a multi-brand cosmetics group, has taken several measures to safeguard the livelihoods of its thousands of employees and millions of... -
Jim Sawyer (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Google and the Government of China: A Case Study in Cross-Cultural Negotiations
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Based on the negotiation between Google and the Chinese government to allow access by Chinese citizens to a high-speed Chinese version of the Google search... -
The Palm Oil Dilemma
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case explores the events leading to the creating of a multi-stakeholder platform, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The promotion of... -
Burning Man: Moving from a For-Profit to a Nonprofit, the Ultimate Act of Gifting
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case study focuses on Burning Man as an organization, and how its leadership intentionally moved from a for-profit limited liability corporation... -
The Fox Island Wind Project (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Fox Island Wind Cooperative faces criticism from local residents. -
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
Finance & Accounting Case Study15.05View Details In 2014, as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has just brought former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on as chairman of the board,... -
Walden Woods
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman and Ed Linde, through their firm, Boston Properties (BP), acquired land in Concord, MA to build a 147,000-square-foot, first-class... -
The Pebble Mine (C): Chairman of the Bristol Bay Native Association
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W16178. Alaska's economy had struggled for many years; however, in spring 2014, the Pebble Mine presented an opportunity to revitalize... -
BeautifulCoffee and Fair Trade: Working with Local Farmer Co-operatives in Nepal
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Not long after John, BeautifulCoffee's (BC) newly appointed producer partnership manager, began his evaluation of the business relationship between BC... -
Integrated Packaging Corp.: Struggling to Do the Right Thing (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details As a child, Al Fuller had seen his working-class, African-American neighborhood disintegrate as factory jobs moved away. He resolved to help inner-city... -
China Metal Recycling Holdings Limited: Scrap King Gets Scrapped
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details China Metal Recycling Holdings Ltd ("CMR" or "the Company") was said to be the largest scrap metal recycling company in mainland China. It was listed... -
Antegren: A Beacon of Hope
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The CEO of Biogen Idec faces a set of difficult decisions regarding a promising drug for Multiple Sclerosis that is headed for early approval by the FDA.... -
INEOS ChlorVinyls (B): A Positive Vision for PVC
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IN1253. When a Greenpeace campaign to boycott PVC products seemed to spell disaster for Hydro Polymers, it embraced the challenge... -
Carrefour China and the Olympic Torch Relay: Managing Corporate Crisis amid Evolving Expectations of Multinational Firms
Global Business Case Study9.95View Details Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chinese people were outraged by repeated interruptions of the Olympic torch relay in Paris on 7 April 2008.... -
Trinity College (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Trinity College was an elite, private, liberal-arts college of some 1,800 students located in Hartford, CT. When Tom Gerety was chosen as Trinity's 17th...
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Bringing the Environment Down to Earth
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleManagers should make environmental investments for the same reason they make other investments: because they expect them to deliver positive returns or to reduce risks. -
Copenhagen: Focus on the (Carbon) Negative
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleThere are plenty of reasons to be disappointed with the Copenhagen climate talks that start today: the meeting will not result in a binding agreement, the timeframe for such an agreement is potentially years away, and of course, neither the US nor China has committed to binding reductions. While all this is certainly disappointing, the […] -
LangKomm Sweden: Traversing Middle East Politics
Management Case Study8.95View Details The in-coming Social Democrat-Green coalition government in Sweden cancelled a decades-long arms treaty with the Saudi Arabia, on the grounds of the latter's... -
Calculating the Value of Impact Investing
Business and society Magazine ArticleAn evidence-based way to estimate social and environmental returns -
France Telecom (C): An Unprecedented Trial
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom... -
Responsibilities to Employees
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The note provides a framework to conceptualize managers' responsibilities to employees in relation to economic, legal and ethical considerations. The... -
Financial and Environmental Impact Analysis of Sustainable Retrofitting, Teaching Note
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching Note for [KEL430]. -
Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details This case study briefly describes the outcome of the Shareholder Activists at Friendly Ice Cream (A) case. -
We Need Universal ESG Accounting Standards
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA new initiative, the International Sustainability Standards Board, holds promise. -
Rethinking Country Brands in an Age of Climate Change
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleIn this era of globalization, countries find themselves increasingly competing with each other for a share of trade, investment, and tourism. Country brands provide an opportunity for creativity and differentiation: Spain, India and New Zealand, for example, all successfully built brands that greatly boosted local tourism. Moving forward, country brands — just like corporate brands […]