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Is Silence Killing Your Company? (Spanish version)
Perlow, Leslie A.; Williams, StephanieArticle HBS-R0305CLeadership and People ManagementMany times, often with the best of intentions, people at work decide it's more productive to remain silent about their differences than to air them. But as new research by the authors shows, silencing doesn't smooth things over or make people more productive. It merely pushes differences beneath the surface and can set in motion powerfully destructive forces. When people stay silent about important disagreements, they can begin to fill with anxie...Starting at €8.20
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Manage Your Team's Collective Time
Perlow, Leslie A.Article HBS-F1406A-ELeadership and People ManagementIt's long been known that time management and designated time off improves employees' quality of life. New research shows that it also dramatically increases companies' productivity. The key to success is not to focus on individual behavior but rather to empower teams to collectively manage their time.Starting at €8.20
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George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (C)
Perlow, Leslie A.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-410118-ELeadership and People ManagementGeorge Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the challenges they face managing the demands of their work lives with their desire for more predictable time with their families. BCG had instituted multiple initiatives to help its consulting staff better achieve work-life balance, yet some of Martin's top consultants still struggled. The case consi...Starting at €5.74
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Meridiam Infrastructure Africa: Madagascar Airports
Cole, Shawn; Schenk, LynnCase HBS-218068-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Root Capital and the Efficient Impact Frontier
Cole, Shawn; Reimers Brumme, Caitlin LindsayCase HBS-218084-EIn 2015 Root Capital, a pioneer in the impact investing space, began to explore how to more systematically integrate impact and financial management. After much deliberation, Root Capital landed on ex-ante rating system for any potential investment which produced a proprietary expected impact. With this tool in place, Root Capital had an integrated picture of impact and financial performance for a loan, and across its portfolio. The next question...Starting at €8.20
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Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact
Cole, Shawn; Gandhi, Vikram; Reimers Brumme, Caitlin LindsayTeaching Note HBS-219005-EFinanceStarting at €0.00
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Acumen Fund - Managing Towards Impact 2018, Teaching Note
Cole, ShawnTeaching Note HBS-219024-EFinanceTeaching note for case 218086.Starting at €0.00
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DBL Partners: Double Bottom Line Venture Capital, Teaching Note
Kramer, Mark R.; Cole, Shawn; Reimers, CaitlinTeaching Note HBS-219048-EFinanceTeaching note for case 217022.Starting at €0.00
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Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (A)
Cole, Shawn; Norris, Michael; Zochowski, T. RobertCase HBS-220026-EFinanceIn 2017, Darren Walker, the President of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world, was preparing to meet with his board of directors to discuss beginning a mission related investments (MRI) program. Walker hoped to devote $1 billion of the Ford Foundation's $13 billion endowment to the MRI program. The case explores the reasoning behind the program, design choices that were made in its development, and potent...Starting at €8.20
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UBS and Auction Rate Securities (C)
Bergstresser, Daniel B.; Cole, Shawn; Shenai, SiddharthCase HBS-209135-EFinanceSupplement to 209119 and 209131Starting at €5.74