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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
outstanding contribution to the community and potential to drive change for years to come. When fully implemented, Connections will allow 2,600 students from eight to 10 schools to participate in a sequential, four-year curriculum of...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
world’s top corporations. Why do some of these organizations enjoy generations of success while so many others flounder? “The answer,” say Lorsch and Tierney, “lies in the ability to develop and motivate star talent, while explicitly aligning individual needs with the...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
functions that are strategically important. The School also works aggressively to control benefits expense through disciplined vendor selection and management. As a result of these efforts, the increases in staff FTE positions and total...
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- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
the need for change puts itself at a distinct disadvantage to one that tracks the Four Rs along with indicators of learning and innovation. The Rise and Consequences of Corporate Sustainability Reporting Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? lays out the thesis that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and the changing wants and needs of a...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
goals for Arctic research is to put in place an environmental observing system that helps us understand changes in the Arctic, a critical component of the global system. We can’t get a fix on climate change...
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- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
an individual's operating unit) to emphasize the importance of integration and cooperation. "Many of the strategic changes we made were well known and discussed at IBM before I arrived," he notes. "The...
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Patrick Akl
combine a CPU and a graphics processor on one piece of silicon. While the engineering work was rewarding, Patrick became increasingly intrigued by the strategic complexities of running a large corporation like AMD. “I already had a good...
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- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
to a new co-ed school. If the plan failed, Deza knew, her husband no longer offered a financial safety net. But the OPM program had given Deza the confidence to rely on her strategic judgment. Over a month, she outlined the plan with her...
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- February 2013 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency
By: Michael W. Toffel, Kira R. Fabrizio and Stephanie van Sice
Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term financial and environmental benefits. With early success serving customers in the cold storage and industrial...
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Groom Energy Solutions;
Jon Guerster;
Salem, MA;
Energy Management;
Energy Efficiency Paradox;
Sustainability Management;
Manufacturing;
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Commercial Real Estate;
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Toffel, Michael W., Kira R. Fabrizio, and Stephanie van Sice. "Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency." Harvard Business School Case 613-054, February 2013. (Revised December 2015.)
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
In his pathbreaking 1990 book The Competitive Advantage of Nations, HBS professor Michael E. Porter emphasized the strategic importance of clusters, which he defined as "geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: Brand New
visionaries shared an ability to anticipate the significant shifts in consumer needs and desires being generated by changing times and mores. Koehn draws from diaries, correspondence, interviews, and official business records to tell the...
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- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Research Brief: The Power of Could
question unwittingly locks you into a tradeoff, upholding your moral principles in one way but breaking them in another. Instead, strategically asking yourself what you could do often generates an array of new solutions that might satisfy...
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- 04 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?
show us a way of regaining what we have lost." Another reason for such insecurity, Reinhold Gerbsch proposes, is "the increasing rate of change in the marketplace." Citing an old Buddhist saying, "When the pupil is...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
innovators alike grapple with both the impacts of climate change and how to build a more sustainable system for the future. Right now there is enormous opportunity (and need!) for strategic thinkers and...
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Energy / Cleantech
- 08 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Writing the Case for Public School Reform
transforming a human resources department from a paper-pushing backwater to an entity that is strategically incorporated into the district's overall mission. "One observation that we made early in PELP is that school systems have...
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
of the School’s budget in fiscal 2023 centered on our most important asset—our people. Salaries and benefits totaled $457 million, or 46 percent of total operating expenses, an increase of $29 million, or 7 percent year over year. The View Details
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand biography to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
PublicationsBlending Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Organizational Research Authors:Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul Publication:In Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, edited by D. Teece and M. Augier. London: Palgrave,...
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Carmen Nobel
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
design, openness to trade, quality, as well as internationalization, and strategic flexibility. Italy’s family capitalism has shown it can evolve and adjust to a changing world. Students will analyze how it...
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