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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

Iberoamerican Academy of Management Humanistic Leadership and Support for the Sustainable Development Goals MAR 21 2023 Book Faculty Research Deeply Responsible Business: A Global History of Values-Driven... View Details
  • August 2009 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth

By: Christopher Marquis, Marya Besharov and Bobbi Thomason
In 2009, Whole Foods stands at a crossroads. Their incredible growth over the past 25 years has vaulted them into the ranks of the largest US supermarkets and they have arguably led to the widespread acceptance of natural and organic foods in the United States. Yet... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 15 Oct 2019
  • News

Bridging Business and Engineering

team leader. Perelson was especially pleased to learn about HBS’s new MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, which would enable him to bridge the worlds of business and engineering by developing insights needed for success in leading... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

"True North." The book offers methods for personal reflection and includes targeted exercises that help leaders hone in on the purpose of their leadership and develop their View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

My First Job

the rest of the employees were safely leaving the building and that the fire was contained. I learned that real leadership means running toward the fire and being concerned about the safety of others before your own. —John Fees (MBA 1999)... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • Web

Research - Health Care

more patient-centric therapeutic development by generating evidence that captures how patients feel and function, enabling decentralized trial designs that increase participant inclusivity and convenience, and collecting... April 29, 2024... View Details
  • January 2024
  • Case

Vibrant Health

By: Henry McGee and Sarah Mehta
This case is about nutritional supplements company Vibrant Health, among the 100 largest Black-owned businesses in the U.S. After acquiring the company from its white founder in 2007, co-owners Ted and Paige Parker significantly grew its sales. Set in September 2023,... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Race; Entrepreneurship; Nutrition; Ownership; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Eastern United States
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  • 29 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

companies, the researchers found that rich opportunities for mutual learning exist between the business world and nonprofits. They found that no matter what type of organization they were looking at, strategy and leadership were the two... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
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Join the MOC Affiliate Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

leadership and participation in cluster and competitiveness initiatives, and development of competitiveness institutes. Requirements for MOC Affiliate Institutions We seek institutions that are leaders in... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

apparent more quickly in today's knowledge and highly interactive society ." KB raised an interesting point with this question: "How many times (do) you have an answer as soon as you heard the main topic, suddenly your mind stopped listening and started View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

quality, low cost, short lead-time and flexible production. And Toyota's operating system—the Toyota Production System—had been widely credited for Toyota's sustained leadership in manufacturing performance. Furthermore, Toyota had been... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 01 Aug 1998
  • News

High Honors

Baker Scholar. After spending a year at HBS as assistant to the legendary Professor Georges F. Doriot, Barford moved on to work as a financial analyst at Doriot's American Research & Development Corporation, one of the first U.S. venture... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

it, they should call on their junior colleagues. The problem: subordinates don't want to offend the boss. Therefore, as executives become more senior, they tend to get less feedback. Why it matters: over time, senior leaders can become confused about their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Debora L. Spar | About

of Barnard College from 2008 to 2017, and as President and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts from 2017 to 2018. During her tenure at Barnard, Spar led initiatives to highlight women’s leadership and advancement, including the... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Generation Next

generated an operational loss. "My feedback was, 'You're in trouble,'" recalls Kahn. By the spring, Kahn was in Mumbai, part of a team tasked with turning Agrovet around—the first foreigner the Godrej Group had ever hired in a leadership... View Details
Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management
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Career Support - Business & Environment

Professional Development . Events Agribusiness Seminar Networking Session An opportunity to network with alumni working in agribusiness. Open to members of the Food, Agriculture, & Water Club. (January) Career Panels (login required) BEI... View Details
  • April 2012
  • Article

How Many Direct Reports?

By: Gary L. Neilson and Julie Wulf
If senior executives are feeling ever more pressed for time, why would they add more to their plates? It might sound counterintuitive, but research by Booz & Company's Gary L. Neilson and me shows that over the past 20 years the CEO's average span of control, measured... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Adaptation; Personal Development and Career; Cooperation; Management Teams
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  • 02 Oct 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

not prone to attack.” He goes on to suggest that it is likely that a nation that is recovering from terrible leadership will decide to adopt a cryptocurrency instead of relying on a central banking system.” This might appeal to... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services
  • 2011
  • Book

Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business

By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Leading Change; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy
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  • 20 Aug 2008
  • Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

demand novel commitments from business are creating new standards of conduct for even those actors least willing to change. Finally, though less obviously, there is a palpable thirst among people around the world for leadership that is... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn