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- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details
- September 2020
- Article
Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and a World of Surprises
In recent years, progress has been made toward AI Creativity, which I define as the production of highly novel, yet appropriate, ideas, problem solutions, or other outputs by autonomous machines. I argue that organizational researchers of creativity and innovation... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; AI Creativity; Computer Science; Organizational Behavior; Psychology; Creativity; Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning
Amabile, Teresa M. "Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and a World of Surprises." Academy of Management Discoveries 6, no. 3 (September 2020): 351–354.
- March 2004 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (A)
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
By June 2003, IBM had made significant progress in changing the way it managed new, emerging businesses. Describes the development of a separate management program at IBM designed to identify, fund, and shepherd new businesses through growth. Traces the history of the... View Details
Keywords: History; Business or Company Management; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy
Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (A)." Harvard Business School Case 304-075, March 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
- 2015
- Chapter
Is Experimental Economics Living Up to Its Promise?
By: Alvin E. Roth
The question that is the title of this essay already suggests that experimental economics has at least reached a sufficient state of maturity that we can try to take stock of its progress and consider how that progress matches the anticipations we may have had for the... View Details
Roth, Alvin E. "Is Experimental Economics Living Up to Its Promise?" Chap. 1 in Handbook of Experimental Economic Methodology, edited by Guillaume R. Frechette and Andrew Schotter, 13–42. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- January 2021
- Case
Leading Culture Change at SEB
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Elena Corsi
The Risk organization at SEB, a leading Nordic financial services group founded in 1856, undertook a culture change program focused on psychological safety, empathic listening, and strategic framing. The program enabled risk organization teams to make progress on... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Risk Management; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Decision Making; Banking Industry; Sweden
Edmondson, Amy C., and Elena Corsi. "Leading Culture Change at SEB." Harvard Business School Case 621-074, February 2021.
- January 1995 (Revised September 2011)
- Supplement
Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (B)
Updates CEO Beers' progress two years after her initiation of a massive organizational change effort. Designed as an in-class handout. View Details
Ibarra, Herminia M., and Nicole Sackley. "Charlotte Beers at Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 495-032, January 1995. (Revised September 2011.)
- September 2010 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL): Bridging the SME Early-Stage Finance Gap
By: Josh Lerner, Eli Talmor, Ananth Vyas Bhimavarapu and Thibaud Simphal
The CEO of the company set up to manage a British government effort to promote the venture capital industry considers the progress made to date, as well as how the program can be adjusted. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; United Kingdom
Lerner, Josh, Eli Talmor, Ananth Vyas Bhimavarapu, and Thibaud Simphal. "Capital for Enterprise Limited (CfEL): Bridging the SME Early-Stage Finance Gap." Harvard Business School Case 811-027, September 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
Instead of seeking patents, many inventors and firms choose to keep the details of their innovations secret, out of the public view. But what are the implications of keeping important new ideas locked away in vaults as trade secrets? Does it slow down technological... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 4 Oct 2013
- Other Presentation
Economic and Social Development: The New Learning
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Economic and Social Development: The New Learning." Americas Competitiveness Forum, Panama City, Panama, October 4, 2013.
- 5 Dec 2013
- Other Presentation
Can Japan Compete? Revisited
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Can Japan Compete? Revisited." Porter Prize Conference, Hitotsubashi University. Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2013.
- 26 Sep 2014
- Other Presentation
Economic and Social Development: The New Learning
This presentation covers topics on social and economic development, including: competitve advantage of nations and regions, clusters, the social progress index, and creating shared value. View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Economic and Social Development: The New Learning." Porter Prize Conference, Institute for Competitiveness, India, Boston/New Delhi, United States/India, September 26, 2014.
- June 2015
- Supplement
MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (B)
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael Norris
This short (B) case gives an update on the progress that MINT has made at NYP since the end of the (A) case. View Details
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michael Norris. "MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-113, June 2015.
- April 2019
- Supplement
Upwork in 2019
By: David Yoffie and Allison M. Ciechanover
Stephane Kasriel, the CEO of Upwork, the leading platform for freelance labor, updates his progress on how to redesign its business model in 2019. View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Platform; Platform Businesses; Technology; Business Model; Digital Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Internet and the Web; Labor
Yoffie, David, and Allison M. Ciechanover. "Upwork in 2019." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-509, April 2019.
- 21 Nov 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Cold Call: Building a More Equitable Culture at Delta Air Lines
- Article
What Really Motivates Workers
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer
This essay appears in "The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2010," which is compiled by this journal in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. The ten problems and the innovative solutions are discussed in each essay. This particular essay describes research... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Innovation and Invention; Research; Performance Improvement; Managerial Roles; Motivation and Incentives; Creativity
Amabile, Teresa M., and Steve J. Kramer. "What Really Motivates Workers." Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 1/2 (January–February 2010): 44–45. (#1 in Breakthrough Ideas for 2010.)
- September 2010 (Revised January 2016)
- Case
Grameen Danone Foods Ltd., a Social Business
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
Grameen Danone is a joint venture between the Grameen Group (a sister company of Grameen Bank) and Groupe Danone, a $2 billion (revenues) French food company. The company's goal was to provide nutritional yogurt (brand name Shoktidoi) for the nearly 50 million... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Food; Distribution; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Food and Beverage Industry; Bangladesh; France
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Katharine Lee. "Grameen Danone Foods Ltd., a Social Business." Harvard Business School Case 511-025, September 2010. (Revised January 2016.)
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
is how state and federal law has acted to both facilitate and constrain political movements. The fair trade movement cannot be dismissed as nostalgic or simply pro-business because their efforts contributed to a progressive movement to... View Details
- May 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Exercise
Alphexo Corporation: Confidential Negotiation Information
A two-party, multiple-issue dollar-scoring negotiation exercise dealing with the formation and terms of an IT-industry joint venture. Subordinates have made some progress on several issues but have reached an impasse. Division heads will now attempt to reach a... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation Types; Joint Ventures; Conflict Management; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
Sebenius, James K. "Alphexo Corporation: Confidential Negotiation Information." Harvard Business School Exercise 801-418, May 2001. (Revised December 2002.)
- June 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Supplement
Swissair's Alliances (B)--1991-94
By: David B. Yoffie
Updates the company's progress in increasing cooperation with its partners in the European Quality Alliance and Global Excellence Alliance. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details
Yoffie, David B. "Swissair's Alliances (B)--1991-94." Harvard Business School Supplement 794-153, June 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- February 2024
- Teaching Note
CityScore: Big Data Comes to Boston
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-050. In 2016, Mayor Marty Walsh of Boston introduced CityScore, a data dashboard that measured the city’s progress across a range of metrics. View Details