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- August 1998
- Case
Electronic Commerce at Air Products
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
In 1998,chief information officers (CIOs) in the highly competitive international gases and chemicals business faced the reality that electronic commerce capability was a strategic necessity. The results of annual surveys of technology officers in the chemical industry...
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Globalized Markets and Industries;
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Internet and the Web;
Technology Adoption;
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McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "Electronic Commerce at Air Products." Harvard Business School Case 399-035, August 1998.
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Abstract—The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling-reducing our global footprint to sustainable levels is the defining issue of our times, and it is one that can only be addressed with the active...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work
Business: Markets, STEM, Gas Restoration William R. Kerr 29 Oct 2018 | Bloomberg Radio Global talent fosters innovation and collaborative patents Sari Pekkala Kerr & William Kerr 28 Oct 2018 | LSE Business...
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Finance - Faculty & Research
produces research addressing issues of present and future importance to managers, regulators, and policy-makers. Finance Unit Our intellectual roots are based in a long line of scholars from Robert Merton whose collaborative work on risk...
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
consequences of a range of alternative policies. 2015 Book Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective By: Rebecca Henderson , Ranjay Gulati and Michael Tushman The business case for acting sustainably is becoming increasingly compelling—reducing our...
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Allen S. Grossman
Allen Grossman was appointed a Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice in July 2000. He joined the Business School faculty in July 1998, with a concurrent appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
leading in the digital world, as well as elective courses, so that participants can tailor their learning to their professional needs. It concludes with a capstone project where participants can apply their learning. HBS Online Press Release kaltura MBA View Details
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Stakeholder Relations (4) Business or Company Management (19) COVID-19 (127) Capital Markets (13) Capital Structure (1) Capital (63) Cash Flow (1) Cash (2) Central Banking (2) Change Management (67) Change (115) Civil Society or Community (7) Cognition and Thinking...
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Case Research & Writing Group - Faculty & Research
the HBS Global Initiative and its off-campus centers, and provides RA training services. Services CRG case researchers have contributed to over 1,900 projects across all the HBS academic units. Field cases (which involve interviews at the...
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- 14 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis
Sweden has long seemed like a social-welfare capitalist dream come true, where companies and labor unions collaborate in harmony with government support. Swedish citizens are among the wealthiest in the world, and they enjoy publicly...
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by Lane Lambert
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the economic crisis have made them more visible and increase their urgency....
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
around town, firms operating in these types of highly competitive environments need to maintain strong internal linkages between units and create a culture of collaboration among workers across distances, according to the working paper...
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by Dina Gerdeman
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Business History - Faculty & Research
quantitative and qualitative evidence highlights how inventors and intermediaries in Japan interacted to create a market for new ideas. Article The Way to Wealth Around the World: Benjamin Franklin and the Globalization of American...
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- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
BlackBerry had gone from being a corporate world must-have to a global has-been. Chen tells Ranjay Gulati that the key to turning Blackberry around was being prepared to make hard calls, even in midst of uncertainty. He says that, in...
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by Danielle Kost
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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online
created by renowned faculty Yes No Collaboration with fellow online learners through unique simulations and interactive activities Yes Some Discount for repeat participants Yes Some Certificate awarded upon completion of program Yes Some...
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
Location ; Urban Scope ; Corporate Accountability ; Collaborative Innovation and Invention ; Business and Community Relations ; Business and Government Relations ; Opportunities ; Culture ; Value Creation ; Real Estate Industry ;...
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- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
found over decades of collaboration that clever piecemeal solutions to international security problems were always inadequate on a global basis because they omitted existing linkages. Also, American...
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by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2023
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GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council recently marked the grand opening of "The House"—a new permanent club headquarters and collaborative space located in Dubai and open to all HBS alumni living in or visiting the Gulf region. According to...
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Margie Kelley
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
Work-from-home employees whose days seem longer, with more meetings and emails than ever before, may find a new Harvard Business School study validating. An analysis of the emails and meetings of 3.1 million people in 16 global cities...
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by Danielle Kost
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
decades of research on global companies’ best practices and in the gray areas of business—where responsibilities to investors, customers, employees, and society pull companies and their leaders in different directions. She is on the...
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