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Global Business Course | HBS Online
sort of a planetarium, right in the tea fields in Asia, learning about the dangers of palm oil. And hearing from the executives at huge companies about their strategies solving their problems was amazing. Alberto de la Rivaherrera Product... View Details
- 20 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms
sort into boards of predominantly Republican or Democrat, increasingly, they’re shifting right, the researchers found. Already Republican-leaning to begin with, the share of Republican executives in the companies studied increased from 63... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
which they have been successful at demonstrating their competence and getting rewarded for it. Yet, these are the very people who, because they have achieved success and hold positions of power, may be best positioned to lead the sorts of... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
answers to the question depend on "the magnitude and complexity of the choices to be made " Yedendra Chouksey and S. Huang appear to agree that, in the words of Chouksey, "creation of choices is more of an art and evaluation (of alternatives) a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
to pick the coffee cherries in the cooler morning air. Then they spend days tending to the drying beans, meticulously sorting them for sale. To ensure that more of the value produced in the supply chain is returned to the farm laborers... View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
subsidiary in an international market. These sorts of assignments, almost by definition, require individuals to establish direction, communicate that direction (vision and strategies) to diverse stakeholders, and figure out how to... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
improving public education. The book is titled Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. According to the authors, "Our goal in writing this book was to dig beneath the sorts of surface... View Details
- 18 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?
lot of tech firms make big investments in growth upfront, and then the payoff is long-term in the future. In our current macroeconomic climate, it’s harder for them to find money for those sorts of investments, and so that type of... View Details
- 21 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?
help with the data analysis. Thus began the long saga of extracting statistics on inspections and sorting out which were randomly assigned, which followed accidents, and which followed complaints. In addition, Toffel and Levine... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)
them. Ellevation serves a third of English learners in the United States, and has plans to reach 70% within the next five years. While I sort of stumbled into EdTech, as a former English learner, this role perfectly marries my personal... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer
about Embraer versus Bombardier in the regional jet market. In addition, Embraer is selling or has sold a fraction of its equity to a French consortium. Plus, an IPO is being planned." "What problems confront a company that's trying to become internationally... View Details
- 10 Apr 2023
- News
Leading the Way
designed to develop leadership skills, self-awareness, and familiarity with pathways to postsecondary education. High school BALF programs provide students with critical skills and support to successfully prepare for, apply, and transition to a college or trade school,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 May 2022
- Blog Post
Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research
where we cover all sorts of topics from experimental roadmaps needed to prove out the tough tech concepts we work with, how to tell your sustainability story while fundraising, how to incorporate DEI principles while growing a company,... View Details
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
company website. "It's sort of a 'whistle while you work' philosophy, and we not only have a heck of a good time with it, we work better because of it." Why rituals are important Rituals have two key traits: They involve a repeated... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
best groups were those who had formal leaders not influenced ahead of time to feel powerful—they solved the mystery nearly 80 percent of the time. “Oftentimes we behave the way we do because we are not aware of the effects of our actions.” "My sense is that the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club
within and beyond the HBS community. We’re very connected with other university departments and foster the opportunity for our Club members to connect with the broader society around HBS. What activities do you organize? We organize all View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat
Who really runs the world? We're not talking in a power-brokers-conspiring-in-the-back-room sort of way. Rather, by looking at the institutions that countries themselves have set up to organize the world's affairs, can we determine who is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
sorting all these clothes." But with those additional inventory risks and associated expenses come greater control and higher absolute dollar margins. Growth is much easier and more capital efficient, however, under the MSP model. "eBay... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Feb 2019
- Book
How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption
going to be really fun. So there is a lot of discussion about tolerance for failure, experimenting, collaboration, and all sorts of other really pleasant things. But, there is a harsh reality of innovative cultures. They are not much fun.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
"visibility" of your trading partners' performance, thereby reducing risk. Broaden cooperation. Supply chain and risk managers regularly work with colleagues in purchasing, logistics, traffic, and other departments. But sorting... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer