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The Dark Side of Solar Power
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleRetreat isn’t just inadvisable; it’s dangerous. -
A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies tend to focus on their top-tier suppliers, but the real risks come lower down. -
The Elusive Green Consumer
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies that introduce sustainable offerings face a frustrating paradox: Most consumers report positive attitudes toward eco-friendly products and services,... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
The Truth About CSR
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleDespite the widely accepted ideal of "shared value," research led by Harvard Business School's Kasturi Rangan suggests that this is not the norm--and... -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
A New Model for Ethical Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleRather than try to follow a set of simple rules ("Don't lie." "Don't cheat."), leaders and managers seeking to be more ethical should focus on creating... -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work. -
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightLanding a job as a CEO today is no longer all about industry expertise and financial savvy. What companies are really seeking are leaders with strong... -
What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Global Business Big IdeaIn recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis... -
The Circular Business Model
Business models Magazine ArticlePick a strategy that fits your resources and capabilities. -
The Ecosystem of Shared Value
Business and society Magazine ArticleCompanies must sometimes team up with governments, NGOs, and even rivals to capture the economic benefits of social progress. -
First, Let’s Fire All the Managers
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleMorning Star, a leading food processor, demonstrates how to create an organization that combines managerial discipline and market-centric flexibility—without bosses, titles, or promotions. -
Why Be Honest If Honesty Doesn't Pay
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleConscience explains why most business men and women keep their word and deal fairly with one another. There is no evidence that honesty pays, despite... -
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Organizational Development SpotlightCompanies don't win over investors just by issuing sustainability reports and engaging in other standard ESG practices. What they need to do, says Harvard... -
CEO Incentives - It's Not How Much You Pay, But How
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAttention to how much CEOs are paid diverts public attention from how they are paid. A statistical analysis of executive compensation concludes that top... -
Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
Corporate governance Magazine ArticleCompanies profess devotion to shareholder value but rarely follow the practices that maximize it. What will it take to make your company a level 10 value creator? -
Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work
Employee incentives Magazine ArticleWhen reward systems fail, don’t blame the program—look at the premise behind it. -
Is America in Decline?
Economics Magazine ArticleStrange as it may seem, a nation once celebrated for its irrepressible optimism now appears to be obsessed by decline. America’s list of complaints seems endless: Real wages are falling. Productivity growth is down. Companies aren’t competitive in global markets. White-collar jobs are no longer secure. The nation’s infrastructure is collapsing. The federal deficit is […]
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Sustaining the Akshaya Patra Foundation (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TAPF), a Bangalore based non-governmental organization (NGO), has been hailed globally for running the world's largest school... -
Building Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions... -
Amarnath Gupta and Sons: The Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Amarnath Gupta and Sons was a distributor of lubricants and owner of a petrol pump based in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The business was originally set up... -
How To Use Virtue in Business: Part A
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details How important are virtue and character when the future of a company is on the line? How does the leader decide between two pressing options? Set in 1981,... -
Carrefour China and the Olympic Torch Relay: Managing Corporate Crisis amid Evolving Expectations of Multinational Firms
Global Business Case Study8.95View 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.... -
Francisco de Narvaez at Tia: Selling the Family Business
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In January 1999, Francisco de Narvaez sold Tia, his family's retail business in Argentina. De Narvaez reflects on the decision to sell and the selling... -
Moving Mountains: The Case of the Antamina Mining Company (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Danone: Adopting Integrated Reporting or Not? (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W18733 -
Business Leader's Involvement in the Improvement of Education
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the alliance that Manuel Ariztia (Don Manuel), a highly respected owner of one of the leading poultry companies in Chile, has forged with Melipilla,... -
Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement... -
EDM (Energie du Mali)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In the spring of 2005, the government of Mali was negotiating major changes in the concession of Energie du Mali (EDM), the private firm that operated... -
Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term... -
Diversity in The Workplace: A Legal and Statistical Analysis
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Although most major corporations in the United States claim they are attempting to create a workplace environment reflective of society's diversity (race,... -
Tradition and Transformation at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Spanish Riding School (SRS) was an icon of Austrian national identity, the oldest riding school in the world and the primary exponent of the art of... -
ConAgra Foods
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2002, ConAgra Foods CEO Bruce Rohde was deliberating the next steps in the process of transforming the company from an agribusiness giant to a value-added... -
Beleza Natural: Marketing Strategies for Empowering Social Change
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case features an entrepreneur striving to rapidly grow a successful chain of hair salons that serve women with afro hair. After doubling from 13... -
Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility, Course Overview
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The note articulates the ways in which strong stakeholder-company relationships developed through corporate social responsibility initiatives and other... -
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring... -
Village Ventures
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Matt Harris, general partner and founder of Village Ventures, a nationwide umbrella organization for VC firms in secondary cities, is about to negotiate... -
Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details After the Brent Spar episode and the 1995 events in Nigeria, Shell undertakes an intensive review of its values and business principles. At the same time,...
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The Dark Side of Solar Power
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleRetreat isn’t just inadvisable; it’s dangerous. -
A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleCompanies tend to focus on their top-tier suppliers, but the real risks come lower down. -
The Elusive Green Consumer
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleCompanies that introduce sustainable offerings face a frustrating paradox: Most consumers report positive attitudes toward eco-friendly products and services,... -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
The Truth About CSR
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleDespite the widely accepted ideal of "shared value," research led by Harvard Business School's Kasturi Rangan suggests that this is not the norm--and... -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
A New Model for Ethical Leadership
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleRather than try to follow a set of simple rules ("Don't lie." "Don't cheat."), leaders and managers seeking to be more ethical should focus on creating... -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work. -
The C-Suite Skills That Matter Most
Leadership & Managing People SpotlightLanding a job as a CEO today is no longer all about industry expertise and financial savvy. What companies are really seeking are leaders with strong...