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  • 01 Jan 2005
  • News

Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

difference in our world." CURRENT READING The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman As president of New York City-based Women's World Banking (WWB), Nancy Barry has changed the lives of millions of poor women and their families around the globe. The nonprofit View Details
  • 26 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Where is Home for the Global Firm?

firms to particular nation-states. In my paper "The Decentering of the Global Firm," I describe how these changes represent a natural extension of trends that have been operative for decades in how firms organize themselves, and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 27

explain how to generate ideas with these skills, collaborate with "delivery-driven" colleagues to implement ideas, and build innovation skills throughout your organization to sharpen its competitive edge. They also provide a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Blog Post

2017 Harvard Startup Fair

Allston, MA Who Should Attend: This recruiting and educational event is geared toward for-profit and non-profit startup and entrepreneurship organizations in all industries. Who Will You Meet: Students from Harvard College, Harvard... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 30 Nov 2022

Life at HBS Chat: The Latinx Experience hosted by LASO

Hosted by the HBS Latino Student Organization (LASO) familia and designed for prospective MBA students, this event is a unique opportunity to hear current HBS Latinx students share their experience at HBS, their application process, and... View Details

    William W. George

    George is credited with Medtronic’s phenomenal growth from a small producer of pacemakers to an international manufacturer of a broad line of medical devices. Through strategic acquisitions and organic growth, George catapulted revenues... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare
    • 07 Nov 2022
    • Blog Post

    Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - COP27 and the Climate Crisis

    pioneers of environmental sustainability from the private and NGO sectors who have mobilized their organizations in response to the worsening impacts of climate change: Helmy Abouleish is CEO of the SEKEM Initiative in Egypt. Since... View Details
    • 6 PM – 8 PM CET, 26 Feb 2015

    London Alumni: Determine Your Career Elements & Connect with HBS

    Join members of HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) and fellow HBS alumni to network, participate in a professional development exercise to determine your essential career elements, and gain insight on key HBS innovations and initiatives. View Details
    • Teaching Interest

    Overview

    Luciana has taught in front of MBA, Master of International Business and Economics, and Executive Education students. At HBS, she was a teaching fellow in "Managing Innovation" (taught in the MBA program by Professor Karim Lakhani) and co-developed most teaching... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Evolution; Organizational Behavior; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design
    • August 1983 (Revised December 1987)
    • Case

    Hewlett-Packard: Challenging the Entrepreneurial Culture

    By: Howard H. Stevenson
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    • March–April 1994
    • Article

    Managing for Organizational Integrity

    By: L. S. Paine
    Keywords: Business Ethics; Compliance; Management; Organizations; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Culture
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    • Editorial

    The Type of Purpose That Makes Companies More Profitable

    By: George Serafeim and Claudine Gartenberg
    Keywords: Corporate Purpose; Middle Management; Vision; Culture; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Profit
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    • 2011
    • Case

    UFIDA (A)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Bin Yang and E. Chen
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Leadership Style
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    • 2011
    • Case

    UFIDA (D)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ping He, Xiohua Wu and Lijuan Liu
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Leadership Style
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    • September 1989
    • Background Note

    Vision Thing

    Describes the challenge of creating, communicating, and committing to a "vision" for an organization. Visions are characterized as a critical building block for stimulating a successful major change in an organization. Considers characteristics of a good vision, an... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose
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    • June 2017 (Revised October 2017)
    • Case

    Becton Dickinson: Innovation and Growth (A)

    By: Raffaella Sadun, Michael Beer and James Weber
    In late 2015, CEO Vince Forlenza was reviewing Becton Dickinson’s transformation efforts designed to enable the company to innovate and grow in a changing environment. Becton Dickinson had been a successful medical device company for over 100 years. In recent years,... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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    • 21 Oct 2016

    Fall Prospective Student Diversity Day II

    Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions, the African-American Student Union (AASU), the Latino Student Organization (LASO), and the Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP), Prospective Student Diversity Day (PSDD) is an... View Details
    • 08 Aug 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?

    and concerning ways,” Polzer says. “And it’s only going to become more pervasive as we move forward.” Data, data, everywhere Over the past two decades, the emergence of “big data” has triggered enormous shifts in how organizations make... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 23 Mar 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Putting the Project Puzzle Together

    critical. Q: Most large organizations manage their portfolios as a collection of projects, rather than as an integrated portfolio. Yet, as you write, the practice of using investment portfolio management techniques to manage project... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 28 Sep 2016
    • Blog Post

    Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project

    these organizations might change as I gained a different set of skills and experiences throughout my MBA.  Did you know that nearly 80% of HBS alumni are asked to serve on nonprofit boards at some point in their lives post-HBS? In the... View Details