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- March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000
Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large...
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Investment;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Enterprise;
Corporate Governance;
Business Strategy;
Capital Markets;
Management Teams;
Business and Community Relations;
Trade;
Electronics Industry;
Switzerland
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000." Harvard Business School Case 701-082, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
Geoffrey G. Jones
Geoffrey Jones is the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the School's Business History Initiative. He holds degrees of BA, MA and PhD from Cambridge University, UK. He has an honorary Doctorate in Economics and Business Administration... View Details
Christopher A. Bartlett
Professor Christopher A. Bartlett received an economics degree from the University of Queensland, Australia (1964), and both the masters and doctorate degrees in business administration from Harvard University (1971 and 1979).
As a practicing manager prior... View Details
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
father, James Cole, must set compensation that meets the needs of the family and the business. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808078 Managing in the Information Age Module Note for Students: View Details
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Martha Lagace
- March 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria
By: Meg Rithmire and Debora L. Spar
In 2020, Ndidi Nwuneli, founder and CEO of Sahel Consulting in Nigeria, faced a thorny set of problems. Her firm partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in a large project to develop the local dairy industry as a way to facilitate equitable growth and...
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Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Food;
Rural Scope;
Growth and Development;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Business and Government Relations;
Equality and Inequality;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Consulting Industry;
Nigeria
Rithmire, Meg, and Debora L. Spar. "ALDDN: Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 721-026, March 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a merger. Finansbank AŞ...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Enterprise Community Partners must determine whether to rebuild the Lafitte housing projects in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans and, if so, how to mitigate the risks. Set in January 2007, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina made...
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Martha Lagace
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course)
The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Strategy;
Macroeconomics;
State Capitalism;
Political Economy;
Emerging Markets;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Global Strategy;
Economics;
Energy Industry;
Retail Industry;
Mining Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Banking Industry;
China;
Africa;
Dubai;
Pakistan;
India;
Brazil;
Russia;
Cuba;
Argentina
- Web
Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
Middle East. Alghanim is the CEO of Alghanim Industries, a multinational firm that is one of the largest privately owned companies in the Gulf region. He is also chairman of Gulf Bank, a founding shareholder of Perella Weinberg Partners,...
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
Policies page for more discount details. Discounts are automatically applied to the Program Fee upon time of payment. Offer terms are subject to change. HBS Online for Organizations What types of organizations qualify for an Enterprise...
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- January 2024
- Technical Note
The ICARUS Principles: What It Takes to Tackle the World
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
Over the course of the 20th century, most of the world’s major multinational corporations framed their mission around Milton Friedman’s famous mantra: that the sole purpose of the firm is to maximize its shareholders’ profits. Recently, however, growing numbers of...
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Purpose;
Mission;
Social Business;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Enterprise;
For-Profit Firms
Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "The ICARUS Principles: What It Takes to Tackle the World." Harvard Business School Technical Note 324-055, January 2024.
- Web
Middle East & North Africa - Global
shining a spotlight on the significant diversity of enterprises in our region and the important role played by family businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit shaping local economies. The Center has had the honor of turning some of the...
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- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
2019 New York: PublicAffairs Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract— Creative Construction tackles the myth that larger enterprises are inherently incapable of transformative innovation and are...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
their extreme positions. This will require some leadership on both sides. The United States has failed to take a strong position of leadership. Second, unlike for trade, a multilateral agreement on investment will involve obligations on the part of investors...
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- 04 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
- Web
Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Mobile Technology (8) Money (4) Monopoly (6) Moral Sensibility (23) Motivation and Incentives (146) Multi-Sided Platforms (5) Multinational Firms and Management (10) Music Entertainment (2) National Security (8) Nationality (2) Natural...
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Bridging Science and Business: My Summer Internship at Eli Lilly - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering...
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- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
institutions. It explores as well new efforts to understand the micro mechanisms and channels by which host countries can benefit from multinational activity, within and between firm productivity increases. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
multinational enterprises (MNEs) in host countries over time. We argue that a change in the policy environment in a host country presents an MNE with two sets of interrelated decisions. First, the MNE has to...
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Globalization - Faculty & Research
out that immigration can enhance the competitiveness of multinational firms. 2013 Chapter Multinational Enterprises and Incomplete Institutions: The Demandingness of Minimum...
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