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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
culture and how a strong culture can be a competitive advantage—or a disadvantage. Identify the managerial tools you can use to change your organization’s culture. Highlights Takuya Shimamura, current Chairman and former CEO, AGC Dr.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
vanguard. With such a topnotch group of advisors volunteering their time and sharing their expertise, the California Research Center is off to a good start. The Center, which Dean Clark has called a "three-year experiment," has received financial support from steering... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
here. Within the past few weeks, a decision by Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart (and, by implication, the Walmart board), has given us an opportunity to judge the Roundtable’s new criteria. (Worth noting: McMillon was named chairman of the... View Details
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
and Mario Morino, cofounder and chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP), based in Washington, D.C. Panelists agreed that the goal for philanthropy should be to help an organization scale to the point that it can sustain itself.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
Setting the Standard for Commercial Success As chairman of Esquel Group, Marjorie Yang (MBA 1976) oversees one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-end cotton shirts. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Esquel employs... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
York, and is founder and past chairman of the Nassau Land Trust and a former board member of the Peconic Land Trust. Zuckerberg says he thinks of his career as taking place within a triangle defined by social, business, and philanthropic... View Details
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
family-owned businesses employ a family member as the CEO. Sam Walton founded and the Walton family still owns Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., for example, and the founder's son Rob Walton is chairman of the board, but the company's president and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It was proposed by Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder and chairman emeritus of the MIT Media Lab. The time seemed ripe: The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Foundation quickly signed up Google, News Corp.,... View Details
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
food security (a key national security priority) by extending its control of the global food system through overseas acquisitions. At the same time, COFCO sought to grow its market share in China's fiercely competitive branded-foods market. To help achieve these goals,... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
raises topics of fund selection and investing in country-specific funds such as Mexico. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208097 Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (A) Harvard Business School Case 808-142 Alok... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
global organization to working within the Indian bureaucracy. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712412-PDF-ENG Chairman Zhang and Broad Group: Growth Dilemmas Christopher Marquis, Nancy Hua Dai, and Lynn YinHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14
Federal Reserve Chairman exerts exceptional influence over the U.S., in fact global, economy. As Janet Yellen prepared to take over the position, she would look back on Chairman Bernanke's tenure during the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
been particularly active) is a major factor in this phenomenon. Gaston Azcarraga (MBA 1983) is chairman and CEO of Mexico City-based Grupo Posadas (www.posadas.com), the leading hotel company in Mexico with operations in Brazil,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
Recently featured on the cover of Forbes with Intel chairman Andrew Grove, Associate Professor Clayton M. Christensen is the author of The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. His research on "disruptive... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
Jr. (MBA '56), former head of McKinsey & Company worldwide and president of The Bendix Corporation and now chairman and CEO of Avenir, a private investment group, became founding chairman of the Trinity... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
Shipbroker's Association, introduced a proposal to value ships using discounted cash flow analysis (to determine a long-term asset value, LTAV) rather than market prices from comparable transactions. Thomas Rehder, the chairman of VHSS,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
former chairman and chief executive of Medtronic, and author of True North, a book about authentic leadership. He serves on the boards of ExxonMobil, Goldman Sachs, and the Mayo Clinic. View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Esquel Group Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Earlier Education MIT, 1974 B.S., Mathematics Other Jobs Jardine Fleming, January-June, 1974 Having whizzed through MIT in 3 ½ years, Yang... View Details
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly saturated in the cities, China Mobile needed to broaden its base of subscribers. Wang believed that further investment in China's rural villages was a key... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
follow, observe the authors, since more than a few failed companies have run straight into the tiger's jaws while believing that all they had to do was outrun their competition. Ghoshal and Moran, both of the London Business School, and Bartlett, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace