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Public Education Leadership Project
learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method. Review Our Campus Health & Safety...
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Past Issues - Alumni
blueprint may just end up saving the pharmaceutical industry too. Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL The world's premier league of spectacle and sport has an ambitious plan for growth. But some formidable challenges—everything from player View Details
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
suppliers' production processes—whether it be their pollution emissions, the human rights of their workers, or the pay and safety conditions under which their workers operate. Wal-Mart's recent initiatives that have been so widely...
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by Martha Lagace
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Montessori care by our network of tech-enabled nannies. Social Enterprise Track, 2017 Flare Quinn Fitzgerald (MBA 2017) Sara de Zarraga (MBA 2017) Social Enterprise Track Winner Flare is reinventing personal security by creating tech-enabled View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
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3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)
I went to a Montessori preschool. My parents were very big on the idea that children are people and treated me with great seriousness. If they asked me to do something, I was allowed to ask why. Debate was a big part of my high school experience. Coaching debate...
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- 24 Jan 2011
- HBS Case
Terror at the Taj
recover after the attacks. Underlying this framework is a central conundrum: Why did the Taj employees stay at their posts, jeopardizing their safety in order to save hotel guests? And is this level of loyalty and dedication something...
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- 17 Apr 2022
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How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
opportunity, motivation, and rationalization, and typically can be seen through measures of at least five types of misconduct: abuse, lying to employees, discrimination, health and safety violations, and stealing. Worldwide, 20 percent of...
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by Lane Lambert
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
West and Southwest Influence: High 90 1990 s Immigration tops 9 million (largest number since first decade) Baby boomers age Hispanics become fastest-growing minority Population grows from 250 million to 281 million Influence: Medium-High 1900 s 19 Model T Plastic...
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Redefining Productivity in the Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
intensity Improving employee health and safety Enhancing the productivity and wages of lower income employees Recruiting that represents the diversity of customers and the communities where a company operates More about the value chain
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- 31 Aug 2021
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Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
can map them with ever more accuracy is always within your reach. We can all observe the environment we’re seeking to influence; and knowing that everyone harbors a deep need for safety and self-esteem, you can gain insight into how the...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
ESG ; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance ; ESG Ratings ; ESG Reporting ; ESG Disclosure ; Sustainability ; Climate ; Climate Finance ; Climate Risk ; Social Accounting ; Investment ; Governance ; Safety ; Climate Change ;...
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- 07 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams
create an inclusive culture for employees so that they have the psychological safety to be motivated to contribute to the company.” Zou coauthored the paper Inclusive Managers with Ethan Rouen, assistant professor of business...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 23 May 2018
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How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
team also examined how local business activity varied with changes in a StreetScore rating, a computer-generated, crowdsourced measure of how people perceive the safety of a street scene captured in Google Street View images. The data,...
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by Dina Gerdeman
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Health-care Applications
Active postmarketing drug surveillance. There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details
- 07 May 2020
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The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
distancing. New patterns of consumer and worker behavior and expectations have emerged during the first weeks of the crisis. COVID-19 represents a tremendous economic shock and burden. In recent weeks, the focus has begun to shift towards ways to address its health and...
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by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
- November 1994
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Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)
By: Willis M. Emmons III, Monica Brand and Greg Keller
In early 1994, Dow Corning Corp. debates whether to participate in a proposed $4.2 billion product liability settlement. Specifically, the firm must decide whether to contribute $2 billion to end a class action suit filed by women suffering from connective tissue...
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Government Legislation;
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Legal Liability;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Business Strategy;
Communication Strategy;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Health Industry;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Emmons, Willis M., III, Monica Brand, and Greg Keller. "Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 795-047, November 1994.
- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
chicken, for example, included multiple vendors providing a handful of birds each. Food safety is a big concern for Chinese consumers, and it was Su's decision to build the supply chain from the ground to help ensure quality. "We...
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The Adventures of an IT Leader
By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges-from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. Ultimately, a good IT manager must be a strong business leader, not just a technical...
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Personal Development and Career;
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Information Technology
Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell. The Adventures of an IT Leader. Harvard Business Press, 2009.
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Term 1 & 2 Course - 3-4 Modules Dynamic Teaming Dynamic Teaming explores the dynamics and leadership of effective teams. You’ll define psychological safety and cover various elements of leading effective teams, including decision-making,...
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- 01 Jan 2011
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Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
President, The Baupost Group Download Klarman profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1957 Born, New York City 1979 Joins Mutual Shares full time 1982 Baupost is launched 1990 Creates Klarman Family Foundation 1991 Publishes Margin of View Details