Financial Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2016
News

Vive la Madeleine!

Viana also admired their grit. And he recognized the global cachet of quality French products. Here was something different, and maybe more meaningful, than leading a technology company. France’s manufacturing sector was still struggling in the wake of the 2008 View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

ownership is concentrated in a few individuals. In contrast, those multinational corporations surveyed, where ownership is diversified and anonymous, had no misgivings about the link between social policy and financial return. According... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

15 Jun 2021
News

HBS Addresses Racial Equity

Association)—all of whom felt strongly that developing a Racial Equity Plan was the right thing to do. Because of our experience addressing the pandemic, the School had a proof of concept—the ability to collaborate virtually and innovate... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

was the first national brand to seal roasted coffee beans and sell them in one-pound packages for travel, the company did not highlight its innovations in this series of trade cards. Instead, it aimed to associate itself with what it... View Details

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

research is widely confirmed throughout the essays of the Handbook. Chandler was primarily concerned with understanding the growth of large, diversified, and professionally managed firms from the late 19th century. The growth of big business, and its role in generating... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

to scale couldn’t find a chief financial officer or a chief operating officer, so we got into executive search,” adds Bradach. To address this need, in 2003 Bridgespan launched Bridgestar, offering a full range of executive search... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

inventory problems and dire financial crises—and whatever the symptom, the root cause was usually that the company had lost touch with its customers. “It’s one of the main reasons the country continues to fall behind,” she says. Her job... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

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