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- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
emergent factors to which they must respond. "Leaders will be blindsided if they rely only on their past experience or expertise when making decisions." Leaders must be comfortable moving forward with ambiguous and incomplete information about what’s happening around...
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- November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within
By: Krishna G. Palepu, Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Eliot Sherman
In September 2006 it was revealed that the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) had been carrying out an extended investigation of its own employees, board members, and journalists outside the company. The investigation was launched in response to a series of leaks to the...
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Problems and Challenges;
Employee Relationship Management;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Communication Technology;
Conflict and Resolution;
Newspapers;
Computer Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Palepu, Krishna G., Jay W. Lorsch, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Eliot Sherman. "Hewlett-Packard Company: The War Within." Harvard Business School Case 107-030, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- 14 Jun 2023
- Op-Ed
Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't
how external factors impact the company and leverage this knowledge to create strategy. LTL specialists are transactional leaders. Individual contributors or managers here handle task heavy processes and...
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by Hise Gibson
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Want from Your Products
frequently bought milk shakes. Next, they invited people who fit this profile to evaluate whether making the shakes thicker, more chocolaty, cheaper, or chunkier would satisfy them better. The panelists gave clear feedback, but the consequent improvements to the...
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- 11 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains
as their primary revenue constraint. In some settings, like fast food, migration will impact this talent access mainly by increasing the general pool of local workers. In other settings, like computer programmers, employment-based visas...
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by Rachel Layne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
novel, as well as individual cases). Four principles guided development of the series and its associated pedagogy: 1) emphasis on integrative, soft-skill, and business-oriented aspects of IS, independent of underlying technologies; 2)...
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Martha Lagace
- January 2019
- Case
Capitalism, Entrepreneurship and Responsibility
By: Geoffrey Jones
This case contains excerpts from prominent business leaders and others expressing their views on the responsibilities, if any, of business leaders to other stakeholders in society. It begins with an excerpt from Andrew Carnegie, the nineteenth century steel magnate, in...
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Capitalism;
Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Leadership;
Attitudes;
Perspective
Jones, Geoffrey. "Capitalism, Entrepreneurship and Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 319-081, January 2019.
- 01 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes
consumers can more flexibly adjust habits. More sophisticated firms take this into account when formulating their strategies and making long-run forecasts. Attention of regulators. The Federal Trade Commission recently released a report about the View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
complex "system of systems"-or array-project. Organizations cope with complexity by decomposing a project into different levels of systems integration with clearly defined interfaces and buffers between levels and individual...
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Carmen Nobel
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
can manage yourself. That's the key thing that we talk about. That's that's something, that's something that was actually impactful for you, wasn't it? Winfrey: Yes, because one of the, one of the challenges, especially when you're going...
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by HBS Staff
- 26 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest
and insufficient confidence on the other. Leaders must act decisively when faced with challenges, and they must inspire others to do so as well. A lack of confidence can enhance anticipatory regret, or the apprehension that individuals...
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by Michael A. Roberto
- 21 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish
Botswana, for instance—that the creation of profitable businesses is the key. They provide the jobs, income, and motivation for education and individual development that raise standards of living. Small- and medium-sized domestic...
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by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental...
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by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
Representative Robert Mrazek spearheaded the AHA legislation, which passed in 1987. The congressman speculated that new arrivals would find it easier to integrate when they were younger, an instinct that proved correct, the authors write. Tracing the ‘third wave’ of...
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by Rachel Layne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
experts to discuss how researchers can impact a broader audience, by lending their scientific expertise to pressing social issues, current events, and public debates. The landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the Supreme...
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Carmen Nobel
- 02 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Profits and Economic Development
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by Dan Schwab & Eric Werker
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
UnileverA Case Study
chairmen and one other director. Beneath the two parent companies a large number of operating companies were active in individual countries. They had many names, often reflecting predecessor firms or companies that had been acquired....
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- 02 May 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?
US? Congress? It’s possibly the one group of individuals that knows less about AI than I do. Is it conceivable that AI is impossible to regulate in any meaningful way? If so, what are the alternatives, efforts such as more effective...
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- November 2018 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Israel at 70: Is it Possible to (re)Brand a Country?
By: Elie Ofek and Sarah Gulick
In the spring of 2018, Israel was set to celebrate its 70th anniversary. While there was much to rejoice in reaching this milestone, the country’s brand image internationally was far from ideal. Past efforts to impact perceptions of Israel, spearheaded by the Ministry...
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Branding;
Brand Management Of Places;
Nation Branding;
Brand Positioning;
Public Diplomacy;
Marketing Communication;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Communications;
Perception;
Change;
Israel
Ofek, Elie, and Sarah Gulick. "Israel at 70: Is it Possible to (re)Brand a Country?" Harvard Business School Case 519-006, November 2018. (Revised February 2019.)
- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets...
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by Avery Forman