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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2020

elected to hold its fiscal 2020 surplus in cash reserves. This decision was made to prepare for the potential of an operating deficit, given continued uncertainty about the duration and severity of COVID-19. Because gifts, internally... View Details

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Annual Report 2019 - Annual Report 2019

David Moss, Tom Nichols, and Sophus Reinert for outstanding teaching in the Elective Curriculum. Three faculty members were acknowledged with the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring: Anat Keinan, Jeff Polzer, and Dennis Yao.... View Details

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

the root reasons why communities of color and poor and vulnerable communities are most affected is because of power structures and the way that our economy rewards the people at the top. It's fascinating to me that all of this is happening in an View Details

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

elected mayor of Chicago because they wanted to be able to have a good relationship. So that's what helped get them to the table. And then I could work with the individual companies to explain how they would meet the commitments that the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Jan 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.

president of Morehouse. He had gone on from there to Crozer Theological Seminary, then elected to go north to Boston University to get his PhD, a very famous school at that time as well. He had married Coretta Scott and had a daughter.... View Details

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

also higher in the presence of shareholder activism. We also find that director election results matter for director retention: directors are more likely to leave in the year following activism when they receive lower shareholder support.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

David Godes now teaches Sealed Air in the second-year elective Business Marketing. Says Godes, "There are so many different layers to this case but, in particular, it captures two important concepts: reaction to competitive entry and... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

question in hundreds of companies. Should you trade down your product line to broaden the market you serve? These are issues that do not go away, and I think that’s what makes the case an enduring one.” HBS assistant professor David Godes now teaches Sealed Air in the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

apartheid and its first democratic elections in 1994, was doing everything right. They had liberalized the economy. They had enacted economic reforms that made it easy for foreign capital to flow in and out. They performed well on various... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

the students, enrolled last fall in one of three sessions of Harvard Business School's elective "Entrepreneurial Finance" course, found the possibilities intriguing. They were having fun. But then Sahlman, who was having as much... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

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Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017

Capitalism) in the Elective Curriculum. DEAN’S AWARD Three students—Andrea Coravos (MBA 2017), Tami Kim (DBA 2017), and Ryann Manning (PhD 2017)—received the School’s Dean’s Award. The annual award celebrates the extraordinary... View Details

20 Jun 2019
News

Reframing Modern Art

worked on was in the aftermath of the first election of Mandela in South Africa. So, all of that was exhilarating to me in many ways. I traveled extensively. So, one way that I became intrigued with art was that perhaps 30%, 40% of the... View Details

December 2022 (Revised February 2023)
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Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas

Marfrig, one of the world’s leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The company also pledged to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the guidelines set by the... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Acquisition; Family Business; Communication Strategy; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Bonds; Food; Global Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Leading Change; Marketing; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Brazil; Latin America; Argentina; Uruguay; North America; United States; Europe; Asia; China

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01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

elected officials.” “Where are the grown-ups?” asked Gadiesh, referring to the lack of 21st-century institutions needed to lead in government and business. Zobel described how wealth disparities in the Philippines create popular distrust... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

J.R. Klein Oxford University Press In the wake of the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump, globalization is increasingly under the microscope. The view that the reversal of globalization and a return to protectionism and... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

for classroom discussion. Recently augmented by advances in technology, his concept is leading to a significant shift in the nature of case discussion and classroom dynamics. Starting in 1991, Bhide asked students in his Entrepreneurial Management View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

12 Jul 2020
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

at Risk, Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine argue that not enough companies are stepping up to fix big global problems. The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter argue... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

resonated with several segments of the population. While many experts predicted a Clinton victory, Trump was ultimately elected president in November 2016. During his first 100 days in office, Trump tested the boundaries of the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

Eugene B. Kogan Abstract—President Richard M. Nixon was elected in 1968 with the widespread expectation that he would bring about an end to the costly and unpopular war in Vietnam. The task largely fell to National Security Adviser Henry... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Nov 2016
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First Look - November 1, 2016

Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Started in June 2013, TTIP negotiations had gone on much longer than anyone had expected. With elections coming on both sides of the Atlantic and a rising opposition in public opinion, what were... View Details