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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
support for education and health care—particularly for underserved populations—can be seen in the Boston area as well as in Mumbai, where the couple met as teenagers. Working with Shamim, a medical doctor who has survived two bouts with cancer, Ash Dahod has funded...
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Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,...
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- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
top management positions at several media companies—including TNT and Cartoon Network Asia, where he was deputy general manager, and Discovery Networks Asia, before becoming View Details
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Constantine von Hoffman
- November 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
The Big 3 Roar Back
By: William W. George
The "Big 3"—Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Chrysler—were all headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Born between 1903 and 1928, they dominated the automobile industry in the U.S. for decades until they became complacent. In the 1970s they started losing share to...
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Production;
Labor Unions;
Labor and Management Relations;
Industry Clusters;
Competitive Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Michigan
George, William W. "The Big 3 Roar Back." Harvard Business School Case 412-072, November 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
of the Boston area who graduated from West Point in 1943, McDermott became a fighter-bomber pilot in World War II. He then served on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff before being sent to HBS to learn the View Details
- 18 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?
Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts. The answer could help to explain why CEO salaries tend to be very high across the board. “There’s always been this black box surrounding what happens in the boardroom,” says Gallani, an assistant professor in...
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- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
economy was managed spectacularly, with inflation brought down to single digits relatively quickly, budget balances within a reasonable ability to pay, and political stability guaranteed by the ANC's (African National Congress)...
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by Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
generalized toolkits to business users or get bogged down in custom software consulting engagements that solve nonrepeatable use cases. There are more opportunities today for entrepreneurs to focus on solving vertical problems than...
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by Rocio Wu
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
functioning of the team. Together with Leigh Plunkett Tost of the University of Michigan and Richard P. Larrick of Duke University, Gino explores this question in When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance, forthcoming...
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by Michael Blanding
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
biggest problems in innovation is that it can generate uncertainty, says Thomke. Even in an age of Big Data, companies are stymied by the fact that they don’t know what they don’t know. “If something is very novel, there is little data...
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by Michael Blanding
- Web
HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
generated record revenue in fiscal 2021. Revenue (in millions) 800 FY17 856 FY18 925 FY19 861 FY20 805 FY21 Revenue Components 34% Publishing 30% Endowment Distribution & Current 14% MBA Tuition & Fees 10% Executive Education Tuition 9%...
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- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
Commitment, High Performance: How to Build a Resilient Organization for Sustained Advantage describes organizations that, Beer says, "are diametrically opposite to the firms we saw fail on Wall Street. The book's perspective also leads to answers to the question...
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by Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers
Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in...
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Demonstration Policy | About
designate a moderator in consultation with the event's host. A moderator will generally be a member of the faculty or senior staff of HBS or Harvard. The moderator's aim is to act as a neutral arbiter and to ensure that speakers take open...
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rig data, equipment marketplace, and more. + – Entertainment Billboardbiz Read the latest music industry news as it relates to everything from the growth of streaming services to the legal and management issues impacting the world of...
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- 2021
- Working Paper
How to Fix ESG Reporting
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Investors, advocacy groups, academics, and the 200 CEOs of the US Business Roundtable have asked corporations to take on an added purpose beyond a narrow pursuit of shareholder value. In response, many companies now issue ESG (Environmental, Societal, and Governance)...
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ESG Reporting;
Sustainability;
Corporate Purpose;
Greenhouse Gas;
Activity-Based Costing;
Environmental Sustainability;
Environmental Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Measurement and Metrics;
Goals and Objectives;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Corporate Accountability
Kaplan, Robert S., and Karthik Ramanna. "How to Fix ESG Reporting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-005, July 2021.
- 27 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets
of our clients who saw how we managed to overcome the crisis.” —Antonio Madero, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Sanluis Corporation (a leading Mexico-based automotive parts maker) Silverthorne: Was this focus on reputation development pushed...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
the easy, obvious answer. This is one reason techniques like point-counterpoint, which requires groups to generate at least two alternatives, are so often associated with superior decision making. Usually, keeping track of the number of...
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by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
processes driving bad behavior. "In the general area of ethics, we seem to have learned a lot over the last few decades about when and why good people do bad things," Francesca Gino says. "But we wondered if there were biological or...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870-1940
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by Geoffrey Jones & Andrew Spadafora