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- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
capital firm Accel Partners; Susan L. Decker (HBS MBA '86), president of Yahoo! Inc.; and Eric Kim (HBS MBA '81), senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation's Digital Home Group. The first computer, the ENIAC, cleared... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Carbon Trading Simulation: Green Cement Inc. (TN)
By: Peter A. Coles
Teaching Note for 911051. View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Trade; Decisions; Risk and Uncertainty; Production; Pollutants; Price; Sales; Profit
- March 1999 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Keurig
By: Paul W. Marshall and Jeremy Dann
Nick Lazaris becomes Keurig's third CEO in three years, after one founder was fired and the other decided to leave the company. He inherits a company that has made several abortive attempts to launch its new coffee brewing system. Now, problems with crucial suppliers... View Details
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
our choice(s) in life." Henry Kwok commented, "The field of neuroscience and brain scanning will only get more advanced, and thus we can expect better reading However, the job of managing and leading will be evolving in a fast... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
help-friendly organization has to be actively nurtured, however, because helpfulness among colleagues does not arise automatically: competition, pride, or distrust may get in the way. The trickiness of this management challenge-to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
transformation and connection are spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array of business opportunities and threats. The digitization of tasks and processes has become essential to competition. General Electric, for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
it for the first time last December in the elective course Managing International Trade and Investment. Some said flatly that they would walk away from the deal, while others thought that it was a worthwhile View Details
- 27 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right
million toys manufactured in China with lead paint and/or loose, potentially dangerous magnets. Clearly Mattel did not have sufficiently tight quality control procedures in its supply chain to compensate for the extra risks of outsourcing... View Details
- October 2008
- Teaching Note
Samoa Tala (TN)
By: Joshua D. Coval, Bhagwan Chowdhry and Konark Saxena
Teaching Note for [209053]. View Details
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
data?'" That's Paul Nicholas' reaction after reading most of the responses to this month's column. It's not a bad "sense of the meeting," in which many contributors offered suggestions to managers wishing to get the most out of so-called... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
your biggest buckets of cost and rethinking those strategically in ways that give your customers something they value," notes Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at Harvard Business School. Morriss (HBS MBA '04),... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
the Euro. The First Ten Years, 149-178. Madrid, Spain: Banco de España, 2010 Abstract This article explores the demand for the euro for risk management purposes and the evidence of stock market integration... View Details
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
intelligence firm for nearly $2 billion, he remained active in venture capital, start-ups and charity work. In 2009 he founded the risk management consulting firm K2 Global Consulting with his eldest son.... View Details
- August 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Background Note
A Note on Water
By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, George Serafeim and Sarah E. Farrell
This note provides background on the complex issues regarding the supply and consumption of water and how this natural resource is at increasing risk, resulting in significant economic, political and environmental issues. View Details
Keywords: Economics; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability
Eccles, Robert G., Amy C. Edmondson, George Serafeim, and Sarah E. Farrell. "A Note on Water." Harvard Business School Background Note 412-050, August 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- November 29, 2011
- Article
The Role of The Board in Creating a Sustainable Strategy
By: Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
While conceptually elegant, the belief that a corporation's role is to maximize value for shareholders is under increasing challenge as society's expectations for companies change. An equally elegant new concept that takes account of these dual pressures has yet to... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Expectations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Practices and Processes; Decisions; Risk and Uncertainty; Cost vs Benefits; Information
Eccles, Robert G., Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim. "The Role of The Board in Creating a Sustainable Strategy." TrustLaw (November 29, 2011).
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
conduct was valued, manage reputation risks by meeting customers and demonstrating the Mahindra Group's commitment, and restore faith within customers through newfound business models of delivery and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
society as a whole. Publisher's link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118646983.html April 2015 Management Science Private Equity and Industry Performance By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- June 2010
- Case
FoldRite Furniture Company: Planning to Meet a Surge in Demand
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Afarin Bellisario
Demand for folding and stackable chairs and tables at FoldRite Furniture Co. is unexpectedly strong. The company spent the previous two years improving manufacturing quality and efficiency, dropping poor-performing product lines, developing new products that are... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Production Capacity; Production Scheduling; Risk Management; Growth Management; Production; Logistics; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Europe
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Afarin Bellisario. "FoldRite Furniture Company: Planning to Meet a Surge in Demand." Harvard Business School Brief Case 104-555, June 2010.
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
encourages people to take more risks when they decide to post. So the impression from those posts can linger in the mind of an observer, say, a colleague or employer, and “come back to haunt,” according to new research published in a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
available during organizational development, and the conditions of its acquisition that all work together to create a powerful influence on management behavior and organizational culture." It is therefore imperative, Grossman argues, that... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner