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The Myth of Sustainable Fashion
Global Business Digital ArticleDespite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far. -
How - and When - Should Companies Engage in the Political Process?
Global Business Digital ArticleA new set of principles to encourage responsibility, legitimacy, accountability, and transparency. -
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... -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Business and society Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
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. -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social enterprise HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business […] -
The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
The Challenge of Going Green
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleGreen strategies are necessary, but which ones, and how will we pay for them? -
The DHL EuroCup: Shots on Goal
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleFor 20 years, employees of the worldwide delivery service have held a soccer tournament to strengthen company culture across national boundaries. The trick: figuring out how to foster corporate team building through intense competition. -
Recycling for Profit: The New Green Business Frontier
Economics Magazine ArticleHow companies can turn building demand for recycled products into a competitive advantage. -
Augmented Reality Is Already Improving Worker Performance
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleOne example shows a productivity boost of over 30% — on a worker’s first use, and without prior training. -
Myths of the Gig Economy, Corrected
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFor one thing, Millennials aren't that into it. -
Don’t Assume the Shoe Fits
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleMost businesspeople will serve on the board of a nonprofit organization at some point. But the governance of nonprofits can differ dramatically from the governance of businesses. Even the best intentions can prove disastrous when new board members fail to understand that their traditional business experience can carry them only so far. -
Collaboration Is the New Competition
Social enterprise Digital ArticleFive ways to drive large-scale social change by working cooperatively. -
What California’s New Gig Work Law Gets Wrong About Gig Work
Labor ResearchAnd what we need instead. -
Davos 2010: Millennium Development Goals and the Partnership of Business, Government, and Nonprofits
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleOn Friday, I was part of a plenary session to discuss progress toward the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This was my first plenary at Davos and I noticed that the auditorium thankfully looked much smaller from the stage — it looks much bigger when you are in the audience! Nearly all the MDGs […] -
What Is the Purpose of Your Purpose?
Leadership & Managing People Spotlight"Despite its sudden elevation in corporate life," the authors write, "purpose remains a confusing topic." They argue that a primary cause of this confusion... -
The Department of Mobility
Costing Magazine ArticleEmployees are constantly in motion—making sales calls or taking service trips; visiting an international office for a few days or relocating there for a few years; soaring across oceans in the corporate jet or heading across town in the company car. Typically, these activities are administered by an assortment of departments and vendors. But we […] -
Solving Complex Social Problems Through Collaboration
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleConnecting philanthropy with need. -
New Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleForced to explain why businesses should continue to give money away while laying off workers, contributions managers in hundreds of companies have come...
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Arist: Learning Bit by Bit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Arist was a Boston, Massachusetts-based startup with a text message learning platform. It was founded by three undergraduate students and raised more... -
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... -
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... -
The Grand Afroport: Confidential Instructions for the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare of the Republic of Africania
Communication Case Study5.00View Details "The Grand Afroport" is a cross-cultural contextualization of Harvard University's Harborco exercise. The case can be used in the context of multicultural,... -
Strategic Planning on a Military Air Station: Calm Skies or Turbulence Up Ahead?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This disguised case provides a strategic plan devised and used on a military base. Senior officers clarified their strategy, outlined capabilities needed,... -
Financing Slum Rehabilitation in Mumbai: A Nonprofit Caught in the Middle
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In November 2001, an Indian non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the lives and housing of the slum-dwellers of Bombay (Mumbai) learned... -
The Robin Hood Foundation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial... -
Health Care Center for the Homeless: Changing with the Times
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Bakari Burns, CEO of the Health Care Center for the Homeless (HCCH), located in Orlando, Florida was faced with the daunting task of rebranding the organization... -
Leading Through Influence at Scale: Open Source Security at the Linux Foundation
Management Case Study8.95View Details The Linux Foundation (LF) is a non-profit consortium of devoting to supporting the worldwide ecosystem of open source software (OSS) developers. While... -
Change Without Compromise (B): The Growth of NorthRidge Church
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Brad Powell, the newly hired senior leader of a Christian church, must lead the organization to reverse a three-decade decline and return to fulfilling... -
Robert Little and the Kinship Fostercare Program in NYC
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details In the late 1980s, the way New York City cared for thousands of its abused and neglected children underwent an unplanned shift. The impetus for the change... -
Do We Shop Until We Drop?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Tom White, President of Wildcat Solutions (WS), a student run business and for-credit experiential learning class at the Inland Empire University must... -
University of Trent, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Focuses on two issues: 1) technical systems that can be employed in nonprofit organizations for control and motivational purposes. Systems discussed range... -
Jumpstart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Many in the nonprofit sector doubt whether organizational performance can be measured. Jumpstart, a 10-year-old nonprofit, developed performance measurement... -
Jieliang Phone Home! (B), Chinese Version
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators-bright and capable young men and (mostly) women... -
Tackling Fraud and Corruption in the United Nations
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Rahul Ratna recently gave up his position in a private corporation to head a new department at the United Nations (UN), Office of Internal Oversight Services... -
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 1999, the 20-year-old AIDS crisis had ravaged many developing countries and, in particular, on the continent of Africa. Of the estimated 33.4 million... -
Budget Woes and Worse Ahead... Boston's Pine Street Inn Examines Patterns of Homeless Shelter Use
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2004, Boston's preeminent homeless shelter, Pine Street Inn, faced the prospect of steadily dwindling funds for shelter services over the next few... -
Anti-Racist Leadership: Tools for Transforming Your Company Culture
Management Book125.00View Details In their book "Anti-Racist Leadership: How to Transform Corporate Culture in a Race-Conscious World," James D. White and Krista White lay out an action... -
From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case focuses on the growth of an innovative non-profit institution that motivates aboriginal children to attend school by harnessing their love of...
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The Myth of Sustainable Fashion
Global Business Digital ArticleDespite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far. -
How - and When - Should Companies Engage in the Political Process?
Global Business Digital ArticleA new set of principles to encourage responsibility, legitimacy, accountability, and transparency. -
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... -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Business and society Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
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. -
Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social enterprise HBR BestsellerGovernments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), and, despite sometimes questionable methodologies, these rankings attract considerable publicity. As a result, CSR has emerged as an inescapable priority for business […] -
The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
The Challenge of Going Green
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleGreen strategies are necessary, but which ones, and how will we pay for them? -
The DHL EuroCup: Shots on Goal
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleFor 20 years, employees of the worldwide delivery service have held a soccer tournament to strengthen company culture across national boundaries. The trick: figuring out how to foster corporate team building through intense competition. -
Recycling for Profit: The New Green Business Frontier
Economics Magazine ArticleHow companies can turn building demand for recycled products into a competitive advantage.