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30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

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Limor Moshkovich

few years ago. I asked them how they arrived at their current positions and was able to relate their career paths to my own." Reflection and action HBS, Limor notes, "puts a lot of emphasis on exposing us to the world, to the... View Details

08 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

number of key aspects of the old deal offered by companies that simply aren’t as compelling to the rising generation born after 1981 as they were to their boomer parents: full-time work in a traditional office environment, gradual advancement, a retirement View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

reduces his real power. When CEOs wield direct power, they must do so very selectively and deliberately—and never without a broader plan of action in mind. Usually, power is best used indirectly, through the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

28 Mar 2019
News

California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

take action on climate now, while Roland Hwang, Managing Director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC, closed with a talk on reimagining the role of government and opportunities to create virtuous cycles with business leaders. “It was... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

Were equity markets highly efficient, these actions would be recognized; an immediate decline in share price would occur; and, anticipating this, managers would not be tempted toward misconduct or "short termism." Unfortunately,... View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

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Suppliers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations Key Stakeholders Key Stakeholders... View Details

27 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

"The best-laid schemes of mice and men go often awry." - Robert Burns, 1785 An entrepreneur starts a company with plans to go public, but ultimately accepts a low-ball acquisition offer from a competitor. A newlywed husband... View Details

Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino

27 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction

ultimately empty, promises of previous UN conferences looms large. One such promise was made 14 years ago at COP15 in 2009 – a vastly unfulfilled goal by rich nations to channel $100 billion a year to support climate action in less... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother

engagement to help reach the University sustainability goals (you can read about the HU Sustainability Plan here). Prior to working at Harvard, I worked for a number of different entities on renewable energy policy, analysis, and... View Details

13 Jul 2016
Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

advancement, a retirement plan and other benefits, along with life in a picturesque suburb. Instead, global workplace surveys portray a generation that yearns for more flexible work arrangements and prioritizes work-life balance over... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Black History Month at HBS

graduation. Learn more about the paths and passions of individual AASU members through our MBA Voices blog post series: Spotlight on the Midwest, Spotlight on STEM, Spotlight on HBCUs, and Spotlight on the Public Sector. Meet the Inaugural RISE Fellows As part of the... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Generation Next

families bring to company situations," says HBS professor Louis B. ("By") Barnes, who, with Davis and Howard H. Stevenson, taught the program. "We try to help family members develop specific action plans for... View Details

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

organization and the student interns. Start with Clear Communication Clear communication is essential as companies work to ensure all of their stakeholders are well informed about plans for the future, even if those View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Sep 2018
Blog Post

How to Thrive in an Unstructured Environment

and let those function as your north star. Every morning, look at your to-do list. Throw out the action items that may no longer be relevant given the new information you learned from the day prior. See how your remaining desired... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

Profile

Jamal Motlagh

You analyze data without much foresight into the outcome, and you arrive at a plan of action you're prepared to debate in class. We challenge each others' underlying beliefs and assumptions, and push back in... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Leave it up to HBS alumni clubs in Texas to plan events that leave big impressions on their members. Houston Club President Andrew L. Waite (MBA '93), now in the second year of his term, rattles off the high-caliber speakers his club... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

as CEO), Planned Parenthood, Habitat for Humanity, SOS Kinderdorf, and The Nature Conservancy. Each was mapped on two dimensions—one that exerts forces toward unit autonomy and the other influencing the degree of organizational... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2003
News

A Casual Approach to Success

advantage at Lehman was that I knew I wouldn’t stay there. I was planning to go back to San Francisco and work for my dad,” he explains. Hellman seemed to have a natural ability — he calls it genetic, given the legacy of banking in his... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

15 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

team. They will be responsible for designing and maintaining the business continuity and disaster recovery management plan, ensuring a robust and effective response to potential disasters. Process: Maintaining the plan iteratively and... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch

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