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  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

more just, and greener society, and this entails reforming our economic system and the way businesses operate. Even though these changes that diverge from deeply rooted norms are challenging to implement, now is the time to push for them. View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

time now many business historians have been moving beyond the walls of the firm to consider the social, political, and cultural place of private enterprise in American society. As I see it, the trick—one... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services
  • 11 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman

magazine's fifty most powerful women in corporate America for the past two years, smiled and nodded knowingly. "Treat the appointment with your family like you would treat the appointment with your CEO," she counseled. "Put it right on your calendar.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

Catherine Kuehn Price (MBA 1986) and Malcolm Price (MBA 1987)

committed bequest pledge, as a way to support an institution they believe in without compromising their family’s financial security. “Harvard is great at providing vehicles that allow you to achieve your... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2024
  • In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

From tech to media to management consulting firms, layoffs are back. Downsizing during a healthy economy can help lay the foundation for efficient growth or make space for new roles that harness newer technology, such as artificial... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 20 Aug 2008
  • Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

employment patterns, market share, business investment, and most prominently, stock market performance. Given Gates's achievements, it is interesting that he is throwing down a gauntlet to have global capitalism direct itself toward social contribution View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
  • Profile

Peter Gumulia

What do I value? What kind of culture do I want to build? Why?” HBS impressed Peter with its richness of classroom discussion. “Often times in business, there is no right or wrong answer – only trade-offs. View Details
  • Research Summary

Political Risk, Foreign Intervention and International Arbitration

The Empire Trap:  America's Attempts to Protect Property Rights Overseas, 1898-2008, is a history of the U.S. government's attempts to protect the property rights of American investors when they venture outside the boundaries of the United... View Details

  • 23 May 2018
  • News

Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987

Institute of Education and Research Claudio Haddad is a dreamer with a unique ability to temper his idealism with practicality. Having served as economics professor, government leader, and bank CEO, the modest Brazilian is now View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • Career Coach

Layla A. Ramirez

Layla A Ramirez has more than 7 years of experience leading global, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) initiatives and coaching C-Level executives as they navigate their DEIB journeys. She is well known for coaching the... View Details
Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Technology
  • May 2003 (Revised October 2003)
  • Case

BEA Systems, Inc.: Constant Reinvention to Cope with Market Waves

Developed in 1995 as a specialist software vendor, BEA Systems, Inc. had already transformed itself twice from a transaction processing product company to a server application provider. By July 2002, it had become the fastest company in history to reach $1 billion in... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Business Growth and Maturation; Management Practices and Processes; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Culture; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 23 May 2018
  • News

Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

order to make room for innovation.” “It is important to figure out how to balance long-standing traditions with new insights in order to make room for innovation.” Growing up in Boston as the eldest of three children, Johnson enjoyed... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • September 2007 (Revised October 2007)
  • Supplement

Children's Hospital and Clinics (B)

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Ingrid M. Nembhard and Kate Roloff
Explores the numerous initiatives Children's Hospital and Clinics has undertaken to improve patient safety since the late 1990s--from the perspective of 2007. The case thus updates the A case by revisiting the hospital to find out what happened as a result of the... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Legal Liability; Leadership; Management Teams; Health Industry
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  • 25 May 2016
  • News

Backing Harvard’s Work for Children

impressed me about the Center on the Developing Child is its emphasis on rapid testing of possible interventions and strategies, not unlike how a business approaches R&D,” Tichio explains. “Jack Shonkoff, who directs the center, is an impressive leader with a strong... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

Academy of Management Review, HBS professor Christopher Marquis and coauthors Gerald Davis and Mary Ann Glynn develop a framework for understanding an important aspect of this issue: how social and governmental forces in local communities influence corporate decision... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

Excerpt   Second, I wanted to demonstrate the relative importance of business compared to governments and other institutional actors in building global capitalism. In both the historical and economics literatures, firms are typically black boxes responding to exogenous... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical
  • 13 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

A View from the Horizon

then. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but as always, I was open to the opportunity to learn. It was then that I met Dr. Cash for the first time. He was a respected academic, a keen business mind and a man of color. This was an... View Details
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Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About

Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct At Harvard Business School, we strive every day to build and nurture a culture where every member of our community can thrive. Please note: HBS Sexual Assault Counselors are available 24/7 on... View Details
  • March 2003 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Noodles & Company

Aaron Kennedy has successfully grown Noodles & Co. from a single global noodle shop to a chain of 58 restaurants spanning six states in seven years. In the face of increasing competition, Kennedy has plans to roll out 240 new stores in the next four years. He must... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Expansion; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Culture; Franchise Ownership; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 05 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

of whether someone will behave unethically. Two, among those who do cheat, cheating reduces levels of the hormone associated with psychological stress. In other words, people may use cheating as a means of relieving stress. The good news... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel