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- March 2010
- Article
Female Empowerment: Further Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines
By: Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan and Wesley Yin
Female "empowerment" has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other development goals. Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a...
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Keywords:
Goals and Objectives;
Product;
Microfinance;
Decision Making;
Policy;
Welfare or Wellbeing;
Gender;
Power and Influence;
Philippines
Ashraf, Nava, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin. "Female Empowerment: Further Evidence From a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines." World Development 38, no. 3 (March 2010): 333–344.
- Program
Leading in the Digital Era
that can transform your organization, deliver more value, and build competitive advantage, you will benefit from cutting-edge research into the culture of companies and leaders undergoing digital...
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- November–December 2023
- Article
Keep Your AI Projects on Track
By: Iavor Bojinov
AI—and especially its newest star, generative AI—is today a central theme in corporate boardrooms, leadership discussions, and casual exchanges among employees eager to supercharge their productivity. Sadly, beneath the aspirational headlines and tantalizing potential...
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Keywords:
Generative Models;
AI and Machine Learning;
Success;
Failure;
Product Development;
Technology Adoption
Bojinov, Iavor. "Keep Your AI Projects on Track." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 6 (November–December 2023): 53–59.
- 11 Feb 2020
- News
How People Succeed By Defying Expectations
- 26 Jul 2010
- News
Tony Hayward's expected departure from BP applauded in US
- September 2005
- Case
IBM Network Technology (A) (Abridged)
An unconventional manager within IBM leads the creation of a business unit with multibillion-dollar potential, winning over customers and nudging the organization to make the changes needed to achieve dramatic growth. Exemplifies how organizational design and...
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- Career Coach
Ellen Harris
Ellen (HGSE ’86) is the Director of Outward Bound Professional/Facilitator at Thompson Island Outward Bound Professional where she is responsible for business development and corporate team and View Details
Keywords:
Consulting;
Consumer Products;
Education;
Hospitality;
Manufacturing;
Retail;
Social Enterprise
- 18 Jan 2022
- Video
Professor Bob Kaplan: Origins
- 25 Mar 2014
- News
Harvard Historian Nancy Koehn On The Ever-Evolving Gloria Steinem
- August 2021
- Case
Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Emilie Billaud
Emmanuel Faber became CEO of Danone SA, the French food and beverage company, in 2014. Right from the start, he ran the company with a dual commitment to both profit and purpose (i.e., ESG objectives). In fact, in 2018, he said, “It’s time to make sustainable business...
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Keywords:
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability;
Goals and Objectives;
Consumer Products Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
France;
Europe
Esty, Benjamin C., and Emilie Billaud. "Danone S.A.: Becoming a Mission-Driven Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 722-354, August 2021.
- November 2019
- Case
Scaling at Chief
Chief is a New York-based peer network that provides mentorship, support, networking opportunities, and a sense of community to women executives. Co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan launched the company in January 2019, and just two months later, Chief has...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Development;
Expansion;
Growth Management;
Customer Satisfaction;
North and Central America;
United States;
New York (state, US);
New York (city, NY)
Coffman, Katherine B., Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley, and Katherine Chen. "Scaling at Chief." Harvard Business School Case 920-021, November 2019.
- January 2015 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Mauboussin
By: Anat Keinan, Sandrine Crener and Audrey Azoulay
Mauboussin is a French jewelry brand founded in 1827 in Paris. In the 1920s, the company earned a huge notoriety for capturing the aesthetic and emotional dimension of the Art Deco movement in its design and gained a worldwide reputation for innovation and expertise in...
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Keywords:
Luxury;
Luxury Brand;
Luxury Goods;
Jewelry;
Jewels;
Retail;
Brand Repositioning;
Brand Rejuventation;
Brand Positioning;
New Market Development;
Entry In The US Market;
American Jewelry Market;
Global Brands;
Growth Strategy;
Mauboussin;
Entrepreneurship;
Failure;
International Marketing;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Wealth;
Marketing Strategy;
Expansion;
Brands and Branding;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
France
Keinan, Anat, Sandrine Crener, and Audrey Azoulay. "Mauboussin." Harvard Business School Case 515-076, January 2015. (Revised December 2015.)
- 20 Feb 2018
- News
How One Copy Of The Declaration Of Independence Endured 200 Years
Richard L. Nolan
Professor Nolan earned his B.A. from the University of Washington in Production and Operations Research in 1962, and his M.B.A and Ph.D. in 1963 and 1966, respectively. Upon graduation in 1966, he joined Boeing Commercial Airplane Company as an Information... View Details
- July 1996
- Case
Bayside Controls, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Jennifer Kochman and Sylvie Ryckebusch
Two recent MBA graduates acquire a small and ailing metal-machining company that had manufactured small aerospace components. Through clever application of state-of-the-art manufacturing, engineering, and marketing/sales concepts, they turned the company into a growing...
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Keywords:
Business Earnings;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Machinery and Machining;
Leading Change;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Production;
Personal Development and Career;
Sales;
Aerospace Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, Jennifer Kochman, and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "Bayside Controls, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 697-004, July 1996.
- November 2006
- Case
The Pine Street Initiative at Goldman Sachs
By: Boris Groysberg, Scott A. Snook and David Lane
Almost five years had passed since Goldman Sachs launched its innovative leadership development initiative called Pine Street. Focused primarily on developing Goldman's most senior managers, Pine Street had evolved significantly since its inception in November of 1999....
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Keywords:
Executive Education;
Personal Development and Career;
Leadership Development;
Business Education;
Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Scott A. Snook, and David Lane. "The Pine Street Initiative at Goldman Sachs." Harvard Business School Case 407-053, November 2006.
Michael Beer
MICHAEL BEER
Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details