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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
make up for lost years, he was surprised to find himself at Harvard at age 23. Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures through the Science of Total Motivation by Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor (MBA 2013)... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
and Julie Battilana Abstract—This paper examines the critical role of gender in the commercialization of social ventures. We argue that cultural beliefs about what is perceived to be appropriate work for each gender influence how founders... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow. Denial The "change journeys" of the leaders and laggards, which often come in three phases, could not be more different. For laggards, that journey looks like this, Kanter said.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month | Baker Library
locate nonprofit organizations who list Indigenous Peoples (which include Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders) and people of Asian descent as populations they serve. View Mintel 's reports on "Marketing to Asian Americans" and "Asian Americans' View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
world, the past fifty years have been especially rich with menacing surprises, one response to which was the rise of strategy. Consider a few of the most significant jolts, which sometimes seemed like the four Horsemen of the View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
“I was incredibly nomadic, open to going wherever,” she recalls. A Luce Fellowship followed, offering Brooks the opportunity to settle in one spot for a while. She spent two years in Vietnam working with the International Finance View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
while BOP individuals may only have tens of dollars a year to spend, that disposable income, multiplied several billion times over, represents significant purchasing power. With this realization have come some dramatic shifts in business... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
for social investors. These are people who put their money where their mouth isand they pay a very significant price.— Sam Hayes Hayes related an experience as a member of a Swarthmore College investment committee, which was responsible... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Doing Business in Helsinki, Finland
By: Martin A. Sinozich, Lena Duchene, Tonia Labruyere and Daniela Beyersdorfer
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Finland. It highlights Finland's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Foreign Direct Investment; Crisis Management; Culture; Environmental Sustainability; International Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Finland; Europe
Sinozich, Martin A., Lena Duchene, Tonia Labruyere, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Doing Business in Helsinki, Finland." Harvard Business School Case 323-079, February 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
Business School Case 508-028 Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
made a significant contribution to the growth and development of public education in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast. "Dick does things quietly," observes Richard H. Jenrette (MBA '57), a longtime friend. Among those "quiet"... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
Richard Branson, the British entrepreneur, corporate titan, and death-defying balloonist, touched down at HBS last fall to share his wit and wisdom with a large Burden Hall audience. Branson, founder and chairman of the Virgin Group, a... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010
source of the recent financial crisis. It may be more accurate, however, to say that a deregulatory mindset was an important source of the crisis—a mindset that, to a very significant extent, grew out of profound changes in academic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008
with an increase in service quality, in this setting there is no significant relationship between service quality and profitability. My findings highlight the importance of attending to process discipline in certain service settings. They... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report
periphery—alerting leadership to shifts in markets, behaviors, and risks that homogeneous teams might miss. But as Professors Robin Ely and David Thomas emphasize , representation alone is not enough . Without a culture that supports... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
become even more closely linked, I believe the long-term benefits of these efforts will be significant. Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Values Our Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Values (CGLV)... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
front-page stories in the Wall Street Journal. As a result, some fifty major companies have made significant changes in their corporate governance procedures within the last year. His most recent monograph... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
welfare of US soldiers. For decades, as president of American Research & Development Corporation (ARD), an early venture capital firm founded in 1946, Doriot fostered the development of startup companies that focused on emerging... View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Exploring the World of Retail as an Intern at Walmart
consulting, and while I learned a ton, I wanted to see some execution. Thus, I knew I needed to work in industry rather than any sort of services firm, and I soon decided that I wanted to see what a large corporate environment would be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
New Fellowship Program Encourages Young MBAs to Work for Nonprofits
cochair of ISE and an expert on nonprofit organizations, “The carryover effects of a program like this are fantastic. The fellows will bring a culture of change to nonprofit organizations that can be tremendously helpful. In addition,... View Details