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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
memory of war on one's home soil. We know how tragic history can be, and we understand the fragility of society." A native of France who relocated to New York last summer, Hannezo recalled John F. Kennedy's famous declaration, "Ich bin...
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- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
researchers found that German companies struggling to maintain long-term survival in India adopted a mix of political risk management strategies: Disguise Some companies used a “cloaking” strategy, altering their organizational structure to camouflage ownership or...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
children, and Ray’s demanding travel schedule. To supervise my parents’ care, I relocated my family to Boston, five miles from their home, and Ray and I began commuting to our jobs in Manhattan. I soon discovered the challenges of aging...
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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
Menlo Park, where the firm relocated in 1992. Reflecting on the early days, he recalls with a smile, “Back then they would sit around a small table and make decisions to invest $200,000 to start Genentech or $500,000 to start Tandem...
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- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
encounter someone with a great deal of power, like Wal-Mart, who is also the ultimate non-negotiable partner?" The case details how P&G executive Tom Muccio pioneers a new supplier-retailer partnership between P&G and Wal-Mart. Built on proximity (Muccio...
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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Past Informs the Future of Work
changes in corporate culture needed to embrace innovation, and management of its 100,000-plus workforce, from retraining or relocating workers, to using AI to find candidates for newly created technology jobs. Balanced against these...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
disasters. Floods the previous February had displaced 14,000 city residents and caused $100 million in damages. Because his own family’s home in Texas had been damaged during Hurricane Harvey, Tsai understood firsthand the importance of quickly View Details
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Deborah Blagg
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
rethink fundamentally how and with whom they partner with suppliers. Writes Willy C. Shih: “They need to analyze their risk exposures, and then think about how to improve their resilience. They should look beyond just relocating supply,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
when single mom Roxanne Quimby met Burt Shavitz, a bearded beekeeper living in a renovated turkey coop in rural Maine. The pair teamed up to sell beeswax candles at craft fairs before branching out into a few personal care products, including its (still) best-selling...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) In a kind of twisted and sometimes painful way, I learned from a Japanese norm how to achieve great things in life, even if the path I took wasn’t...
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Cherian Kurien
thoughtful and rigorous way. It was inspiring to see fellow students take that leap of faith, and commit to trying out certain roles that they are really passionate about but ones which have short-term pain points such as lower salaries, View Details
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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Activating a Legion of People When a company I was working for relocated to Omaha, I knew I wanted to stay in New York. I'd always imagined I'd do something in the nonprofit sector, but figured it would be at some point much later in my...
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Asia Pacific - Global Activities 2021
are being felt around the world. Shih addresses the challenges companies now face in making their global supply chains more resilient without weakening their competitiveness. He also advises that they look beyond just relocating supply...
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Racial Equity Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
scholarly researchers who relocate to HBS's campus for one academic year to work on specific projects related to issues of business and society. Consisting of scholars who study climate change or racial equity, they provide intellectual...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Joss Kent (MBA 1997)
effort to relocate 100 rhinos from South Africa, where poaching is a constant threat, to safer havens in Botswana. “It’s a very raw experience to be close with a large wild animal,” he says. “Our lives are often very removed from the...
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April White
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
working mother had an unusual start. Gruver, a vice president at Bain Consulting, found out she was pregnant just when her husband was being relocated to Chicago from Boston. She didn't want to stop working, so flew back and forth for a...
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by Wendy Guild
- 28 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Entrepreneurship
Initially, I worked for three years at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, as a rotational operations analyst. Following this, I relocated to Los Angeles, California, to serve as a program manager. In this role, I helped...
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- 05 Mar 2008
- What Do You Think?
Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?
including hiring, training, and firing personnel. All reward teams at all levels for performance. All provide generally unmonitored time for employees to develop product and service innovations as well as either redesign their jobs or View Details
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by Jim Heskett
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
then joined Answerthink, a West Coast consulting firm, where he continued as EVP and managing director while he earned his MBA as a Baker Scholar at HBS. Answerthink wanted Shumway to relocate to New York when he finished his MBA, but...
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Deborah Blagg