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- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
optimism and nerves clearly felt among our group regarding the current state of climate change and corporations’ importance in preventing and mitigating the urgent, omnipresent challenge. Our morning started with a sneak preview of our later visit to the Godrej Group’s... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Hands-on Experience in Hospitality
Hotel and the Hotel Arts. Now, it's time to head to London and start the second half of my internship. I'll be working at Marriott's European Headquarter and apply this newly learned knowledge while working with the View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana
from business partners across the company. “We created a virtual tour experience that allowed interns to see the facilities in a different way in 2020,” said Layfield. “In 2021, the internships will be largely remote as well, but we will be incorporating visits to the... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group
on consulting projects at both the corporate and subsidiary level that provide strategic insights, innovative ideas and fresh perspectives to Samsung’s top executives worldwide. The program has had more than 120 alumni all over the globe.... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
data network, the easier it is for workers to lean on superiors and rely on them to make decisions. It's also easier for executives to micromanage and keep all the decisions in the corporate office. Trust is also a key factor in... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
operations. The problem, according to Harvard Business School professors Allen Grossman and V. Kasturi ("Kash") Rangan, rests in inevitable tensions and battles for power that arise between national headquarters and local... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
executive roles at Kemin since joining the company in early 2006. Most recently, as corporate vice president, she managed marketing, sales, IT, operations, and HR. She honed in on personal care in 2010, as consumer demand for natural... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
Oreck’s guidance, New Orleans–based Oreck Corporation had steadily grown into a national brand known for its lightweight, powerful vacuums. As it prospered, the company acquired a manufacturing plant eighty miles east in coastal Long... View Details
- 28 Sep 2018
- News
Pushing Progress at Panasonic
spent the next two and a half decades at HBS, BCG, Apple, and Microsoft, Panasonic fell into steep decline. Now Higuchi is back, leading the connected solutions business, and Panasonic is pursuing a new path: one that focuses on corporate... View Details
- Profile
Nathalie du Preez
views with others, it sharpens your emotional intelligence — you become more astute. As a leader, you have to take into account different perspectives. HBS courses give you a taste of what you'll face when you graduate." As an example, Nathalie refers to a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Weather Channel Forecast: Challenges Ahead
Channel each day. And its weather.com site draws one of the largest audiences on the Web. The network is so popular that it opted not to hang its corporate logo on its Atlanta headquarters for fear of being... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
power in a small socio-economic class. Such an environment was less tolerant of the elitism and paternalism found in large, family-dominated companies in Britain. A corporate meritocracy emerged that fostered the development of a new... View Details
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
So you really watched your step and were careful about what you said.” Can’t you just imagine it? Headquarters vs. the engineers, engineering vs. manufacturing, manufacturing vs. sales, etc. leading to Boeing vs. customers and the public.... View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract I model inefficient resource allocations in M-form organizations due to influence activities by division managers that skew capital budgets in their favor. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- News
Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry
alumni and guests gathered at the HYP Club. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) was founded in 1883 and is now the world’s largest manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty materials, with $15 billion in sales.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
Finnegan (MBA ’24). Headquartered in Mumbai, CleanMax offers a range of services, including rooftop solar installations, project commissioning, and asset management to over 350 corporate companies across... View Details
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate." During his tenure, Andersen had divided what had previously been operated as almost a single... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
be living there. That’s very rewarding.” Since her arrival at Habitat’s Atlanta headquarters three years ago, Song has expanded the lending program she oversees from an $8 million annual fund supported by pro bono services and two... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
Business, Aaron Chatterji, call “CEO activism,” in which corporate executives speak out about social or environmental issues not obviously related to their core businesses. “What prompted this research is that we kept observing instances... View Details