Filter Results
:
(16,376)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(16,376)
- People (26)
- News (4,882)
- Research (9,115)
- Events (55)
- Multimedia (549)
- Faculty Publications (7,220)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(16,376)
- People (26)
- News (4,882)
- Research (9,115)
- Events (55)
- Multimedia (549)
- Faculty Publications (7,220)
- 06 Sep 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?
- 23 Jan 2020
- News
Bringing Education Back Home
Edgar Kelly-Garcia (MBA 1998) is founder and dean of Universidad of San Sebastian in Mexico. In this interview from June 2018 he discusses the origins of the idea to launch a school in one of the poorest areas of his country along with cofounder and Kennedy School...
View Details
Keywords:
Educational Services
- 23 May 2016
- News
Meet the 2016-2017 HBS Leadership Fellows
- 29 Feb 2016
- News
Stacey Childress: Making A Difference
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
PublicationsLords of the Harvest: Symbolic Signaling and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms Authors:Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park Publication:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2010) Abstract Firms...
View Details
Keywords:
Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
courses were general and descriptive ("Economic Resources of the United States," "Railroad Organization and Finance") and taught primarily through lectures from the economist's point of view. The situation remained...
View Details
Keywords:
by David A. Garvin
- June 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Can Goodr Fight Food Insecurity at Scale?
By: Daniel Isenberg and William R. Kerr
Jasmine Crowe founded Goodr to redirect food waste to people in need. Now a profitable enterprise, she’s searching for Series A funding and encountering pushback. Scaling and contract concerns are also at the forefront of her mind, but so are her values. Feeding...
View Details
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Investor Demand;
Food;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Values and Beliefs;
Social Issues;
Race;
Opportunities;
Contracts;
Mission and Purpose;
Financing and Loans
Isenberg, Daniel, and William R. Kerr. "Can Goodr Fight Food Insecurity at Scale?" Harvard Business School Case 822-143, June 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- May 2010 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group
By: Willy Shih and Nancy Hua Dai
As Zuo Zongshen drove the transformation of the Zongshen Industrial Group from an early imitator in the motorcycle business to a company that increasingly focused on innovation as a way to get out of the hyper-competitive commodity business, he continually faced new...
View Details
Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Learning;
Investment;
Disruptive Innovation;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Structure;
Competitive Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry;
Motorcycle Industry;
China
Shih, Willy, and Nancy Hua Dai. "From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group." Harvard Business School Case 610-057, May 2010. (Revised June 2012.)
- February 2010 (Revised March 2010)
- Supplement
Leading Change at Simmons (E)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Susan Thyne
This case updates the “Leading Change at Simmons” series by examining Simmons' increasing debt under the ownership of Thomas H. Lee, a private equity firm. Charlie Eitel, the former CEO, wonders what the company's, and his, legacy will be after declaring bankruptcy...
View Details
Keywords:
Borrowing and Debt;
Private Equity;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Leading Change;
Operations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Ownership;
Performance Improvement;
Consumer Products Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Susan Thyne. "Leading Change at Simmons (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-061, February 2010. (Revised March 2010.)
- November 2002 (Revised May 2003)
- Case
ConAgra Foods
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Ingrid Vargas
In 2002, ConAgra Foods CEO Bruce Rohde was deliberating the next steps in the process of transforming the company from an agribusiness giant to a value-added food processor. ConAgra had become the second largest food company and number one food service supplier in the...
View Details
Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Leading Change;
Change Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Food;
Agribusiness;
Product;
Business Processes;
Management Teams;
Expansion;
Brands and Branding;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A., and Ingrid Vargas. "ConAgra Foods." Harvard Business School Case 903-412, November 2002. (Revised May 2003.)
- October 1999
- Case
Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine
This case describes the decisions made by Shell in response to the situation presented in the (A) case.
View Details
Keywords:
Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Transformation;
Energy Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (B)." Harvard Business School Case 300-040, October 1999.
- Profile
Lily Wu
to gain from your internship experience? A broad hands-on understanding of museum administration and operations. I'm intrigued by the complexity and nuances of running a public serving non-profit cultural organization with mixed income...
View Details
Keywords:
Nonprofit / Government
- Portrait Project
Jeanine Barnett
life of sweet surrender in which conflicting emotions can peacefully co-exist within me as I make my way forward. Drawing on fond memories of a Caribbean childhood filled with days on theatre stages and tennis courts, she challenges me to create and compete; to build...
View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Finance and the Economic Recovery
Meanwhile, many HBS alumni, in addition to helping their own organizations manage through the pandemic, have been leading initiatives to assist businesses and individuals that have been disproportionally impacted, especially women and...
View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Brahmal Vasudevan, MBA 1997
of financial aid allows less privileged students to achieve what they may not otherwise be able to do,” he says. Vasudevan has also been pivotal in lining up global partner organizations in Kuala Lumpur for the January Term of the...
View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Saving lives through new vaccine technology
has several years of regulatory hurdles ahead, it is working in the interim with global health organizations to explore applying the technology to a wide range of vaccines. “Our goal is to lower the cost across the globe and make sure...
View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Service Leadership Fellows
group of faculty and administrators who worked on the program. Fellowship recipients and the organizations for which they will work included (back row) Mark Bearn, African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (in Botswana); Rob Zeaske,...
View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Faculty Research
legacy, Salter examines what happened, why, and what has been learned. Does Diversity Pay Off? Diversity has been a buzzword in organizations for at least fifteen years. How much is really known about its effects on performance? HBS...
View Details
- 30 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Temptation at Work
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position lacks the inherent power and control that CEOs of traditional...
View Details
Keywords:
by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney