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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 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. -
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... -
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 […] -
The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleMost companies feel compelled to give to charity. Few have figured out how to do it well. -
What's the Matter with Business Ethics?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe more business ethics secures its status in campuses across the country, the more bewildering it appears to actual managers. It's not that managers... -
25 Years Ago I Coined the Phrase "Triple Bottom Line." Here's Why It's Time to Rethink It.
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIt was supposed to be a radical rethinking of capitalism, but it's become a mere accounting tool. -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their actions. In response, corporate... -
Challenge of Going Green
Global Business Magazine ArticleResponding to environmental problems has always been a no-win proposition for managers, report Noah Walley and Bard Whitehead in "It's Not Easy Being... -
What Makes Great Boards Great
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn the wake of meltdowns at WorldCom, Tyco, and Enron, enormous attention has been focused on the companies' boards. It seems inconceivable that business...
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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... -
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.... -
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... -
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... -
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,... -
John Mackey and Whole Foods Market, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Traces the history of organic agriculture from its pre-industrial roots to the present day, and examines the growth of Whole Foods Market in the context... -
The Novartis Malaria Initiative
Strategy & Execution Case Study12.00View Details The Novartis Malaria Initiative was designed, as a result of a precedent-setting agreement with the World Health Organization in 2001, to provide a breakthrough... -
Nature Conservancy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Almost immediately upon being appointed CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Steve McCormick undertakes a radical reorganization of this global institution.... -
The Dannon Company: Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility (A), Spanish Version
Organizational Development Case Study14.00View Details At the end of 2009, The Dannon Company was considering pro actively communicating its CSR efforts to consumers. With the strong connection between Dannon's... -
Net Zero to Net Hero - Can We Gross It? Part 2
Management Case Study5.00View Details NET ZERO TO NET HERO - CAN WE GROSS IT? is a two-part case that highlights the pressing need for businesses to move towards sustainable practices. This... -
Indupalma (A1): The Initial Years, 1961-1977
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Indupalma was managed as a plantation since its creation in 1961. Labor conditions were grim, and labor unrest was at a peak when the general manager...
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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 Circular Business Model
Business models Magazine ArticlePick a strategy that fits your resources and capabilities.