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From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
- 21 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
HBS Student Club Spotlight: Sustainability Club
worked in Shenzhen, China, continuing with my pre-MBA role at a solar tracker startup, and most recently at a pre-seed industrial decarbonization company. Co-leading the Sustainability Club allows me to help others explore where their... View Details
- 18 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Family Business Club
finance, or for an operating company that is similar to their family’s business before returning to home base. The general management curriculum at HBS exposes students to a variety of functional roles and industries, and this breadth of... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
their work, Kanter says. For instance, Lipsey lobbied to get a young educator appointed to the Florida State Board of Education and ended up stepping into the role herself, while she was already busy growing Radical Partners. Tokenism is... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
models, not just incremental adjustments or extensions. Institutional economics can help prospective and established managers recognize the role of formal and informal institutions and enable them to work around the "institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
compassionate, and kind is apparent in his deep friendships as well as in the roles that he cherishes most (especially now that he’s passed the baton to a successor at Insper): husband, father, and grandfather. His wife of 47 years,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Hurry Up and Wait: Differential Impacts of Congestion, Bottleneck Pressure, and Predictability on Patient Length of Stay
- February 2024
- Supplement
Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco
By: Emily Truelove, Michelle Zhang and Alpana Thapar
Dena Almansoori, the first female and one of the youngest members of the United Arab Emirates-based e&’s leadership team, joined in 2020 just before e& began a strategic transition from being a regional telecommunications company to becoming a global technology... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Telecommunications; Employee Mobility; Leading Change; Human Resources; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Change Management; Employee Relationship Management; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry; Middle East; United Arab Emirates
Truelove, Emily, Michelle Zhang, and Alpana Thapar. "Dena Almansoori at e&: Fostering Culture Change at a UAE Telco Transforming to a Global Techco." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 424-701, February 2024.
- December 2023
- Article
When Should the Off-Grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments
By: Christian Kaps, Simone Marinesi and Serguei Netessine
Globally, 1.5 billion people live off the grid, their only access to electricity often limited to operationally-expensive fossil fuel generators. Solar power has risen as a sustainable and less costly option, but its generation is variable during the day and... View Details
Kaps, Christian, Simone Marinesi, and Serguei Netessine. "When Should the Off-Grid Sun Shine at Night? Optimum Renewable Generation and Energy Storage Investments." Management Science 69, no. 12 (December 2023): 7633–7650.
- Web
The Case Method Classroom | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Show caption Hide caption One of the key priorities, as articulated in the classroom specifications, was: “The role of the instructor should be conceived as that of a leader in a group discussion; he will not need, and may even be... View Details
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
together at every level—from the core central concepts of the strategy to the minute details of execution. New World, New Roles When companies generally made their money in a large number of mid-sized accounts, marketing was typically... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
a more resource-intensive field experiment,” Coffman says. “Plus, students are a nice population for an experiment like this because many of them will go on to have important leadership roles and make important leadership decisions.” In... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
done at Godrej. (Earlier consultants, she notes, often operated as yes-men for her father.) They didn't disappoint: Vivek Gambhir (MBA 1997), the Bain partner who headed the project, notably challenged the status quo, and Nisa went on to hire him as head of strategy... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Auditing Oligopoly and Lobbying on Accounting Standards
- 27 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
- 17 Aug 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Governance and Networks: Bankers in the Corporate Networks of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1910
Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
- March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
- Case
WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health
In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
Gulati, Ranjay, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover, and Emily Grandjean. "WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health." Harvard Business School Case 424-029, March 2024. (Revised July 2024.)
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
initial role was to capture lessons from the National Training Centers where troops engage in long, simulated battles to test their readiness and skills. As the Army's mission broadened to include 'operations other than war' such as fire... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
In her current role with Resilient, which focuses on water infrastructure and innovation in the industry, Littlefield is putting that approach into successful practice. The company is focused on water management technologies for... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services