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Fall 2012
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Climate Science as Culture War

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Today, there is no doubt that a scientific consensus exists on the issue of climate change. Scientists have documented that anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases are leading to a buildup in the atmosphere, which leads to a general warming of the global climate and... View Details

Keywords: Public Opinion; Culture; Climate Change; Values and Beliefs

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19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

senior leadership team, and managers down the line. This won't happen without a collective, public conversation. Several levels of management across important functions and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader

December 2018 (Revised May 2019)
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Bord Bia: Strategically Growing Irish Exports

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Forest L. Reinhardt and Emer Moloney

Agriculture was Ireland’s largest indigenous industry. Its agri-food sector was export driven, with almost 90% of production exported. Bord Bia was the Irish government agency charged with the promotion, trade development, and marketing of the Irish food, drink, and... View Details

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March 2010 (Revised June 2010)
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The Greening of DUMBO

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Abhijit Prabhu

The Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass (DUMBO) has seen a revitalization since the late 1970s. The neighborhood's business improvement district (BID) is charged with supplementing New York City's efforts in several areas, including... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Local Range; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Wastes and Waste Processing; Urban Development; Public Administration Industry; New York (city, NY)

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15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Press in 2000. Reinhardt evaluated current trends and tensions for managers, and outlined tactics that managers use to try to reconcile what at face value seem competing objectives: how to maximize shareholder value while at the same time... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Oct 2000
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Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

depends on the personal connections of a few people and can be scaled up to include many mechanisms and managers networking on behalf of numerous companies. This advantage is important when comparing networked incubators with venture... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

01 Jun 2007
News

Uncorked

an advertisement for perfume.” In 1972, E. & J. Gallo Winery called out of the blue and invited McClelland to its Modesto headquarters to manage its network television purchases. Eventually becoming the family company’s first female vice... View Details

Keywords: sanitary napkins; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services

15 Nov 2016
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Uncovering The Secrets of Mittelstand Success

companies prevalent in German-speaking countries—has long captured the attention of global business practitioners and scholars. Why are these firms so competitive globally, particularly in emerging markets, and how have they managed to... View Details

11 Jun 2014
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In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

focuses on a new adaptation of an older sport: auto racing. In December, the partners invested $21 million toward Formula E Holdings, the management team behind an all-electric racecar circuit that will launch its inaugural championship... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

Student-Profile

Kala Viswanathan

has found that her background in engineering serves her well in the Technology and Operations Management program at HBS. “Engineering requires a problem-solving mindset,” she says. “Many of those same skills I developed in my studies are... View Details

14 Nov 2005
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How Can Start Ups Grow?

published by the Academy of Management (August, 2005) as part of its Best Paper Proceedings. Her research on how young firms grow is based on data looking at new advertising agencies in New York and Chicago from 1977 to 1985. In this... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

01 Jun 2024
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Conducting Business

just made the biggest mistake of my life by thinking that I could fit in at HBS. I learned that my 75 sectionmates had been working on Wall Street or in banks or as salesmen for Xerox and IBM. At least six of them were certified public... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Sep 2011
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‘Green’ Trailblazers

and Santiago, Chile For-profit conservationists David Blood (MBA 1985) Generation Investment Management London, New York, and Sydney Investment management that integrates sustainability factors and... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management; Management; Management

13 Nov 2013
News

The Philippines Tragedy

June 2010
Case

Cypress Sharpridge: Raising Capital in a Time of Crisis

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Adam Benjamin Nebesar

Cypress Sharpridge, a REIT investing in agency securities, launched its IPO just before the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. The IPO failed. In June 2009, an IPO window seemed to be opening. Should the company try again? CEO Kevin Grant knew that his company's... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital; Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Leadership; Crisis Management; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry

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01 Mar 2018
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Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

program, which can be completed in as little as nine months, Lakhani says participants “will be able to bring data analytics from the periphery to the heart of their respective organizations.” Another new program, the Certificate in School View Details

July 2022
Teaching Note

TraceTogether

By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah Mehta

This Note provides guidance for teaching "TraceTogether," HBS Case No. 820-111. View Details

Keywords: Government Administration; Crisis Management; Health; Health Pandemics; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Social Issues; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Singapore

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01 Dec 2007
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Rediscovering America

for more companies to practice “values-based capitalism.” Could you cite any examples? There is a growing number of well-run, profitable companies that have values at the center of their management strategy. One outstanding example is... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

October 1982 (Revised December 1984)
Case

Air Traffic Controllers (Condensed)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Government Administration; Labor and Management Relations; Human Resources; Management; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States

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April 2011 (Revised January 2024)
Case

The Greek Crisis: Tragedy or Opportunity?

By: Dante Roscini, Jonathan Schlefer and Konstantinos Dimitriou

After its 2009-2010 fiscal crisis shook the euro, could the Greek government stabilize debt, avoid default, and stay on the euro? This case looks at the Greek social and political road to fiscal crisis; the economics of that crisis and efforts to recover from it; the... View Details