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Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond
By: Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini
In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which governments owned and ran corporations and broadly controlled the allocation of financial resources into two new varieties of state capitalism: Leviathan as a majority and as a... View Details
Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Industrial Policy; Development Banks; Capitalism; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance Theory; CEO Effects; Public Sector; Economic Systems; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; State Ownership; Privatization; Public Ownership; Emerging Markets; Banking Industry; Mining Industry; Energy Industry
Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini. Reinventing State Capitalism: Leviathan in Business, Brazil and Beyond. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014.
- December 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
DoubleTwist, Inc.
By: Joseph L. Bower and Christina L. Darwall
John Couch, CEO of DoubleTwist, has transformed a software products company into an Internet application service provider, racing to provide databases and tools for those working to explore the human genome. Crafting strategy and building organizational capability are... View Details
Keywords: Growth Management; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Information Technology Industry
Bower, Joseph L., and Christina L. Darwall. "DoubleTwist, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 301-023, December 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
- 30 Mar 2023
- Video
Generating Breakthrough Therapies: Risk and Reward
Robert S. Huckman
Robert Huckman is the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the Howard Cox Faculty Chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative, and the Unit Head for
- March 2010 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Toby Johnson (A): Leading After School
By: Boris Groysberg, Leslie Danford, Amy Lodge and Tereh Sayles
After completing her MBA in 2007, Toby Johnson, a former army pilot with the 18th Airborne Corps Rapid Deployment Force, joined PepsiCo's Leadership Development Program (LDP). For her first assignment with PepsiCo, Johnson accepted a position as a manufacturing-manager... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Compensation and Benefits; Business or Company Management
Groysberg, Boris, Leslie Danford, Amy Lodge, and Tereh Sayles. "Toby Johnson (A): Leading After School." Harvard Business School Case 410-103, March 2010. (Revised October 2018.)
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
The problem with using crises to reduce complacency and create urgency is that the tactic is a potential diamond sitting on a rock surrounded by quicksand and very nasty beasts. Any naiveté about the downside risks can cause disaster. Big Mistake Number 1: Assuming... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 04 Oct 2011
- News
Corporate Culture Quantified?
- 2013
- Report
Lasting Impact: A Business Leader's Playbook for Supporting America's Schools
By: Jan Rivkin, Sara Allan, Allen Grossman and Nithya Vaduganathan
This booklet provides a practical approach for business leaders seeking to understand the complex issues involved in transforming PK-12 education. It lists actions that businesses can take, as well as best practices that they can follow, to help educators create... View Details
Keywords: PK - 12 Education; U.S. Competitiveness; Competition; Education; Business and Community Relations; Cooperation; United States
Rivkin, Jan, Sara Allan, Allen Grossman, and Nithya Vaduganathan. "Lasting Impact: A Business Leader's Playbook for Supporting America's Schools." Report, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, November 2013.
- 27 Apr 2016
- News
How the FBI Reinvented Itself after 9/11
- November 2020
- Supplement
Improving Access at VA (Update)
By: Ryan W. Buell
In November 2020, Chief Veterans Experience Officer, Lynda Davis, and Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer, Barbara C. Morton reflect on a busy four years leading the Veterans Experience Office at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The case provides an update... View Details
Keywords: Government; Service Management; Leading Change; Transformation; Service Operations; Management; Health Care and Treatment; Government Administration; Performance Improvement; Public Administration Industry; United States
Buell, Ryan W. "Improving Access at VA (Update)." Harvard Business School Supplement 621-070, November 2020.
- January–February 2017
- Article
The Truth about Blockchain
By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
Contracts, transactions, and records of them provide critical structure in our economic system, but they haven’t kept up with the world’s digital transformation. They’re like rush-hour gridlock trapping a Formula 1 race car. Blockchain promises to solve this problem.... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Information Management; Information Technology Industry
Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "The Truth about Blockchain." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 1 (January–February 2017): 118–127.
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
How do countries and companies work to achieve their carbon reduction goals? Is a Green New Deal necessary to transform the United States economy? These were just a few of the questions driving discussions at the 16th annual Symposium... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Who Guarantees Your Workplace is Safe for Return?
- Program
General Management Program
organization, the program delivers the tools you need to capitalize on technological disruption and digital transformation and play a more strategic role in corporate success. This includes: Read More Considering global and industry... View Details
Robin J. Ely
Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change.... View Details
- December 2023
- Case
Raízen: Helping to Decarbonize the World?
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Pedro Levindo, Daniel Tong and Rafaella Mazza
Raízen, the world’s largest sugar and ethanol producer, strived to find ways to expand the second-generation ethanol (E2G) market, which it pioneered. The company planned to invest R$24 billion (around $4.6 billion) in 20 production plants, with a total capacity to... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Renewable Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Production; Expansion; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Energy Industry; Brazil; Europe; North America; United States; Argentina; Paraguay
Trumbull, Gunnar, Pedro Levindo, Daniel Tong, and Rafaella Mazza. "Raízen: Helping to Decarbonize the World?" Harvard Business School Case 724-014, December 2023.
- October 1997
- Background Note
Family Firms in the Newspaper Industry
Changes in newspaper publishing, specifically the introduction of new technology and concurrent changes in tax policy, which led to a consolidation of the industry are described. Also describes the transformation of family firms into public corporations in response to... View Details
Barnes, Louis B., and Peter K. Botticelli. "Family Firms in the Newspaper Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 898-075, October 1997.
- 22 Dec 2009
- News
When home isn't where the heart is
- 06 Oct 2020
- Video