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How Brands Can Sell to Environmentally Conscious Nonconsumers
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThere is an undeniable gap between what consumers say they want and what they are actually putting in their baskets. -
The Dark Side of Solar Power
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
Your Rainbow Logo Doesn’t Make You an Ally
LGBT rights Digital ArticleHere’s how to materially benefit LGBTQ+ communities year-round instead. -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIncreasingly, multinational corporations (MNCs) are pledging to procure the materials and services they need from companies committed to fair labor practices... -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
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,... -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work. -
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... -
The Circular Business Model
Business models Magazine ArticlePick a strategy that fits your resources and capabilities. -
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... -
10 ESG Questions Companies Need to Answer
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How Brands Can Follow Through on the Values They're Selling
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA roadmap for effective advocacy. -
The Case for Hiring Older Workers
Age and generational issues Digital ArticleMany companies consider age a competitive disadvantage. Here’s why they’re wrong. -
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... -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleWe’re confusing output with impact. -
The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA walk through recent research. -
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... -
Why People Aren’t Motivated to Address Climate Change
Psychology Digital ArticleOur brains have trouble planning for the distant future.
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Manan Publishing: Raising Funds for Not-for-profit
Management Case Study8.95View Details Subir Shukla, the Principal Coordinator in Ignus Pahal, was involved in improving education for marginalized children. After working for many years at... -
Rural Taobao: Alibaba's Expansion into Rural E-Commerce
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Alibaba's Rural Taobao initiative had been launched in 2014 as a public service initiative to increase e-commerce adoption in China's remote rural areas.... -
VeeV on the Rocks?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world's first alcoholic... -
A Sweet Dilemma: Sourcing Palm Oil with Ferrero SpA and Nestlé
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case focuses on Ferrero SpA's sustainable palm oil sourcing strategy in light of its acquisition of Nestlé's U.S. confectionery brands, which in... -
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the... -
Caged or Cage-Free?
Management Case Study8.95View Details When Mel Mathers, the chief sustainability officer of a food cooperative, the Independent Food Retailers Consortium (IFRC), was flooded in October 2019... -
GNFC's Neem Project: Creating the Blueprint for a Social Business
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the efforts of GNFC, a large publicly held chemicals and fertilizers company, in establishing a business of manufacturing and selling... -
Han Solar and the Green Supply Chain
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case study focuses on a sustainability corporate initiative that aims to strengthen a photovoltaic business and to understand consumer preferences.... -
Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Marfrig, one of the world's leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The... -
National Parks Conservation Association
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The National Parks Conservation Association seeks to help the U.S. National Park Service increase its efficiency by incorporating principles of business... -
Ethics Without the Sermon (Harvard Business Review Classics)
Corporate values and corporate operations have always been dynamically intertwined, but today more than ever the trend toward focusing on the social impact... -
Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Haiti Hope was to provide 25,000 Haitian farmers with world-class business and industry expertise to help them grow mangos more efficiently and abundantly,... -
Man Jit Singh at Sony Entertainment Television (A)
Organizational Development Case Study14.00View Details Explores the role of CEO Man Jit Singh and his senior management committee in leading Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. (formerly SET Pvt. Ltd.), a leading... -
Mistry Architects (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow-up of "Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability" (A) (Case 609-044) and (B) (Case 609-086). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu... -
Corporate Governance at Citic Pacific
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On the evening of 20 October 2008, Citic Pacific, the Hong Kong arm of the CITIC Group, China's largest state-owned investment company, stunned the stock... -
FIJI Water: Carbon Negative?
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Seeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States,... -
Coca-Cola Co. (B): Douglas Daft Takes Over
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Describes Douglas Daft's first quarter as chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Co. Highlights actions taken to resolve issues that arose under M. Douglas... -
Hard-Won Accord: British Columbia & EDS Canada Negotiate a Complex Revenue Management Contract
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details When a public sector agency decides to privatize a large government function (as opposed to a more discreet job), the process of negotiating the service... -
Schneider Electric in Rural India: Integrating Social Responsibility with BOP Strategy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Schneider Electric has focused primarily on urban customers in the energy management space. The question is the extent to which it should prioritise rural... -
Merck & Co., Inc.: Addressing Third-World Needs (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements Merck & Co., Inc.: Addressing Third-World Needs (A).
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How Brands Can Sell to Environmentally Conscious Nonconsumers
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThere is an undeniable gap between what consumers say they want and what they are actually putting in their baskets. -
The Dark Side of Solar Power
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
Your Rainbow Logo Doesn’t Make You an Ally
LGBT rights Digital ArticleHere’s how to materially benefit LGBTQ+ communities year-round instead. -
Company Culture Is Everyone's Responsibility
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA top-down approach doesn't work anymore. -
A More Sustainable Supply Chain
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIncreasingly, multinational corporations (MNCs) are pledging to procure the materials and services they need from companies committed to fair labor practices... -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
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,... -
Why Business Leaders Must Resist the Anti-ESG Movement
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleRetreat isn't just inadvisable; it's dangerous. -
An Inconvenient Truth About ESG Investing
Investment management Digital ArticleIt might not actually work. -
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...