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- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
headquarters BTG Bioliquids company profile BTG Bioliquids has developed a fast pyrolysis technology that enables its customers to convert biomass residues into fast pyrolysis bio-oil (FPBO), which has lower carbon intensity than... View Details
- 13 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01
Tell us a little about your background. I grew up in Oman, an incredibly beautiful country blessed with mountains, oceans, and deserts. I spent weekends going on treks in the mountains, scuba diving, or just spending time at the beach. But as I got older, I started to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
Dakar, Senegal, and Giza, Egypt, and observing the impact inside and outside the stadiums. “Just this season, we have engaged more than a hundred local vendors, entrepreneurs, and freelancers,” covering everything from uniform production... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 21 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics
of the many different aspects of being a business leader. That leadership requires not just an understanding of the technology, but of the importance of people and aligning the company to bring an ambitious technical vision into fruition.... View Details
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
COVID-19 has made virtual work the new normal. In a few short weeks, meeting tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, and Slack have gone from a useful supplement to the primary enablers for daily interactions with co-workers. Workspaces have transferred from... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 02 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Applying to the JD/MBA Program
interested in international policy, spent several summers working in government, and thought law school would be a good fit. After working for a few years, I became interested in corporate social responsibility because I like working in the private sector and want to... View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
software—is similar to constant social influence: it increases mean performance but decreases exploration Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54901 August 19, 2018 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 2015
- Chapter
Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations
By: Daniel A Brown, Rakesh Khurana and James O'Toole
We explore the role of the corporate leader in creating value for stakeholders throughout three eras: one of naïve idealism, one of naïve cynicism, and an emerging era of rugged idealism. We explain how the role of the corporate leader and society's perceptions of this... View Details
Keywords: Stakeholder Management; Value; Shared Value; Institution; Business School; Stakeholder Engagement; Value Creation; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Alignment; Business Education; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Brown, Daniel A., Rakesh Khurana, and James O'Toole. "Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations." In Corporate Stewardship: Achieving Sustainable Effectiveness, edited by Susan Albers Mohrman, James O'Toole, and Edward E. Lawler. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, 2015.
- 2011
- Working Paper
The Institutional Logic of Great Global Firms
Theories of the firm have been dominated by a legacy of ideas from early industrialization that pose zero-sum opposition between capital and labor (or capital and nearly everything else), differentiating the economy from society and often posing irreconcilable... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Capital; Globalized Firms and Management; Labor; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Practice; Conflict of Interests; Social Issues; Theory
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Institutional Logic of Great Global Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-119, May 2011.
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
companies that rely on employees from around the world to help the firms capitalize on the promise of their global reach and resources. Global teams, however, face significant challenges; physical separation and demographic differences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
even more difficult than in the past. Why the concern about coordination between sales and marketing? Every business exists for financial performance—making money. We know generally how to measure it across different companies and... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
ever-growing e-commerce site, and fierce competition, Amoruso wondered what opportunity to tackle next. Should she concentrate on product line expansion into lingerie, swimwear, cosmetics, and fragrances? How would a brick and mortar store View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
At Consoleya, a coworking space in Cairo’s former French Consulate, multiple levels of meeting rooms and workspaces operate at capacity, from a ground-floor café to a rooftop deck. The scene—coders bent over laptops, concepts scrawled on whiteboards, clusters of people... View Details
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
done and what he has communicated have exercised a profound impact on business schools and business executives. This impact will prove lasting. Q: You note that "Andy Grove's Intel was a pressure... View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
Foundation (BALF) has impacted the lives of thousands of underserved youth like Trejo in Arizona, and currently serves more than 14,000 middle, high school, and college students annually. Be A Leader programming—offered in partnership... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
CEO Pay? Evidence from UK Companies Authors:Joseph J.Gerakos, Joseph D. Piotroski, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract This paper examines the extent that interactions with U.S. markets impact the compensation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Supplement 411-002 The Dow board made a bid for Rohm and Haas Company in order to transition its portfolio away from commodity chemicals towards specialty chemicals. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
is a fundamental building block of everyday technologies. The increasing importance of FOSS throughout the economy became critically apparent in 2014 when the Heartbleed security bug in the OpenSSL cryptography library was discovered. By some estimates, the bug View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
transition back to “normal” (whatever that means). Although we are still living in COVID-19’s grip, companies are starting to devise plans to bring their workforces back to the office in the coming weeks and months. In recent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
my time with the companies I worked for,” says Timken, who envisions returning to business (perhaps in Europe, perhaps with a start-up) when he retires from the El Monte force in ten years. “But when I reached 30, a lot of life forces hit... View Details