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01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Ngoyi at the Fund for Export Development in Africa: creating sustainable development at scale. (Courtesy of Marlene Ngoyi) Born in Brussels to Congolese parents and raised in Gabon, Marlene Ngoyi (MBA 2009) has lived and worked in countries including Guatemala, the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

about a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Understand power and how to use it responsibly to make a positive impact on society. The program expertly leads you through... View Details

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

this as a process of socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization (SECI) that takes place in progressive phases to generate innovations over time. Published in October by Oxford University Press, The Wise Company... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

the lackluster progress and had decided that maybe they should seek a new CEO. Luckily, months before that, we really had come to understand, or at least I did as CEO, some of the problems I had in terms of wrong strategy and changed it,... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

in any organization, teach them how to be more inclusive. One of the reasons there hasn’t been as much progress on DEI as you would expect is that the sequencing of the words—diversity, equity, inclusion—is in the wrong order. We have... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

research papers, rare books, ephemera, and visual materials—provide the documentary evidence that allows scholars to investigate firsthand the important business theories, organizations, movements, and individuals that have shaped our nation’s history and globally... View Details

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

If Google is forced to exit China, will it be a blow financially? A: I don't think so, although they were looking to make progress in China with other lines of business, such as the Android mobile phone platform. Q: Do you think Google... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

level of "consensus" they had achieved. One by one, team members celebrated their achievement. The head of marketing went first. "We made some great progress today," he said, "I'm excited—passionate—committed to... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

point is the most crucial—employee trust is hard to regain once it’s lost. E = Execute your organization’s post-COVID workforce plan in a timely fashion and evaluate your progress constantly. Ultimately, the TAKE framework is about... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

Forthcoming
Article

Half the Firms, Double the Profits: Public Firms' Transformation, 1996–2022

By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang

The number of public firms in the United States has halved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, causing consternation among corporate and securities law regulators. The dominant explanations, often advanced by Securities and Exchange commissioners when... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Concentration Levels; Antitrust; Initial Public Offering; Public Ownership; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; United States

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07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

information that instructs people about the crisis, how to protect themselves during it, and the progress being made to fight against it. For example, Unilever’s Dove brand released a video on social media that illustrated proper... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

describe processes of discovery and invention, of the progress of science, is nothing less than fraud. Actually, though, I would not really label this "accidental innovation." The innovation itself can't really be said to be... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

easy to see yourself making progress in baking, and it feels so good to see everyone loving my food! I remember Getting my HBS offer and telling Mia that we were going to come to HBS together was a big moment in my life. That made me feel... View Details

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

solutions to educational gaming to online learning courses for computers in classrooms. This interest and activity should allow us to make great progress in the years ahead. We also recommend investing in technological platforms that will... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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What Black Executives Really Want

EXECUTIVES FEEL SEEN? If I am a Black executive, I want to know that others see me as a person, as a valued contributor, and as someone who is progressing over time. I want to look around and see people with intersecting identities close... View Details

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

harassment – why should I be ‘independently’ appraised by the person who harassed me? Discrimination and gender inequity is damaging to everyone, not just women. I choose to challenge. Over the course of my life, I commit to progressing... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

model could have implications well beyond the corner of West Baltimore and South Calhoun. “What Nadine is doing is essential for the future of Baltimore—and for the future of all of our cities,” Abdelal says. The stop-work order that has temporarily halted View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

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