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  • June 2022 (Revised August 2023)
  • Case

Strategic Innovation at the United Nations: A Network of Ecosystems

By: Frank Nagle, Elizabeth J. Altman and Amy Klopfenstein
In 2021, Gina Lucarelli, leader of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Accelerator Labs, prepared for a meeting with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. The two planned to discuss the future of the Accelerator Labs, a network of social innovation labs located... View Details
Keywords: Change; Disruption; Transformation; Change Management; Education; Learning; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Local Range; Geopolitical Units; Country; Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Information Technology; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Psychology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Society; Social Issues; Welfare; Strategy; Cooperation; Adaptation; Public Administration Industry; North and Central America
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  • 19 Aug 2021
  • Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

productivity. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/WvZ0cFGPFEU8Igj4vKIZ][/div] Diagnostic tools, such as surveys and small group discussions, are critical to developing a more holistic view of the employee experience. In the Army, officers use “command View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
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By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

greenhouse gas emissions. The case describes challenges facing this small agricultural biotechnology company, notably uneven enforcement of intellectual property in emerging market countries and uncertainty regarding the provision and market value of carbon credits... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

Every Trick in the Book

conversation; “Nature and Our Planet” spans everything from climate change to gardening. The adult fiction section features authors from a diverse array of backgrounds, and half of the store is dedicated to... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

Elon Musk at Tesla

By: George Serafeim and Amram Migdal
This case gives an overview of Elon Musk’s career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information is included on Tesla’s unique strategic decisions, its operational and reputational struggles and successes, and the... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Decision Making; Design; Energy; Renewable Energy; Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Society; Social Issues; Strategy; Transportation; Value; Auto Industry; Transportation Industry
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  • 01 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan

tend to fluctuate wildly, along with market demand. A one-percent difference in demand can equal up to a 10-percent change in price, according to the HBS case. Economic downturns hit the industry especially hard, as the expensive cheese... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Food & Beverage
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

negative impact on organizational climate while taking action had a positive impact. Results suggest that solving problems as they arise (e.g., Toyota's approach) with intense and substantive actions is more productive than gathering... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

quickly to produce and air new advertising creative that tapped into the rapidly changing zeitgeist. The result, the Retail Heroes campaign, featured CEO McMillon Zooming in remotely from home to thank the one million Walmart front line... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
  • 25 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

of the supply chain economy will be a good way to keep America a leader in growth and innovation. [About the Author] Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. Image: VM Related Reading: Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs Research Paper: Engaging... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service
  • 21 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

dishonesty. Using hypothetical scenarios (Study 1) and real tasks involving the opportunity to cheat (Studies 2 and 3), we find that dishonest behavior increased moral disengagement and motivated forgetting of moral rules. Such changes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

of about $70 billion. Daft's solution was an aggressive shift in the opposite direction. On taking over, he avowed, "The world in which we operate has changed dramatically, and we must change to... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

Stream insisted that their projects were aimed at fulfilling goals of the EU's energy policy (reducing the use of fossil fuels to combat climate change and guaranteed physical availability and affordability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

Japan consented. We conclude that Chimerica cannot persist for much longer in its present form. As in the 1970s, sizeable changes in exchange rates are needed to rebalance the world economy. A continuation of Chimerica at a time of dollar... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

two locations shared knowledge of palm oil production even as they competed for market share—a contest that Malaysia eventually won thanks to its more stable political climate and higher quality of institutions. “Because the Malaysian... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 07 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

capitalist Ray Rothrock discuss the case for using the next generation of nuclear power to combat the dual challenges of climate change and energy poverty (the lack of access to sufficient energy sources in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 06 Jan 2012
  • Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

Environmental Protection Agency, illustrating the widespread belief that environmentally conscious corporations should respond to climate change by striving to yield net-zero carbon emissions. But just a few... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing
  • 20 Mar 2019
  • News

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

From left: Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), president, HBSASC; Jennifer Nash, director, HBS Business and Environment Initiative; Professor Rebecca Henderson; Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director, View Details
Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
  • 06 Oct 2022
  • News

Untapped Potential

India, and Bangladesh alone under threat from rising sea levels by 2100, “our ability to steward the water molecule is going to be fundamental to our ability to respond to whatever inevitable climate change... View Details
  • 18 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 18

directions of change on processing times. Using data from 283 hospitals, we find (1) high congestion increases a patient's hospital stay up to 28%, indicating inefficiencies from overloaded resources; (2) a patient stays up to 11.7%... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel