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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

Research by my co-authors and myself has found that firms improving their performance on industry-specific, material ESG issues outperform their competitors , and firms disclosing more information on industry-specific material ESG issues exhibit more informative stock prices and as a result more efficient pricing of risks and opportunities.

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business

Traditionally, it has been government’s role to provide equality of opportunity (particularly through education), an effective safety net, and social, political, and economic stability. Education is critical in creating career mobility and equality of opportunity, which are at least as important as, and closely tied to, income gaps.

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

It includes changes in how an organization interacts with its customers, citizens, or patients; in operational processes; in business models; in supply chain relationships; and in how employees use information to generate insight. Operations in a Connected World. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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9 Sustainable Business Stories That Shaped 2016

Harvard Business

President Obama, with his counterparts in Canada and Mexico, agreed to some aggressive regional targets on renewable energy and efficiency. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. In the U.S., days of innovation).

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