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01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

Pisano and Shih: It’s naive to believe that manufacturing can be shipped abroad without harm to U.S. competitiveness. Related Links Why Manufacturing Matters - HBS Working Knowledge Making Their Way James McNerney Jr. After decades of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

November 2024
Background Note

Social Enterprise in the MENA Region

By: Brian Trelstad and Ahmed Dahawy

This research note provides an overview of the socio-economic landscape of social enterprise in the Middle East and North Africa. It highlights the diversity of players in the region including social enterprise organizations (in their many forms) and supporting... View Details

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Educators

01 Mar 2011
News

A Man without a Pause

Between the ages of 30 and 40, James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59) lived a life most would find enviable. An Olympic fencer and graduate of both law and business schools (he cofounded a laundry service at HBS), Wolfensohn landed in London during... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; World Bank; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

January 2023
Case

Natura: Weathering the Pandemic at Brazil's Cosmetic Giant

By: Brian Trelstad, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira

Brazil's Natura, a multi-brand cosmetics group, has taken several measures to safeguard the livelihoods of its thousands of employees and millions of sales representatives during the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. The company has also made strides in its efforts... View Details

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Educators

01 Jun 2005
News

Marked Managers

They became skilled at watching the bottom line, managing scarce resources, and forming relationships with government and business organizations outside the company. At Abbott, young MBAs most often were... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Career Imprints; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2010
News

This Is What I Do

eliminates the need for noisy generators or air-conditioning systems. “We are just applying sound business principles in relation to the fundamental success factors of our business,” says Bailey, who resists... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; time travel; Health, Social Assistance; Accommodation; Hospitality; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

by customers who may be in an anxious state, such as in health care, education or in certain government service interactions. This embodies the rigor of academic research and the relevance of real world problems that are the hallmark of... View Details

05 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: January 5

TarontsiHarvard Business School Case 710-002 In March 2009, the government of Iraq decided to hold its first oil field auctions. The auctions were for service contracts on the country's southern oil fields;... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

effectively is a governance issue as well as a prerequisite for profitable growth.” Related Reading Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator Want a Happy Customer?... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

action over a period of time versus just simply one year. But in this one year, things have been on a good path. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

the way society at large views the role of nonprofit organizations and their management. "There's a growing willingness to work together across the nonprofit, business, and government sectors to build systemic solutions to problems," she... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

high-status people who have gained a wide-ranging knowledge of the business based on long, varied experience across clients and even industries, as well as their formal training and education. Customer-specific experts know their client... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

include the World Economic Forum, IDEO, airlines, and many government and border operations. SEPTEMBER 18 Sara Vicente Barreto (MBA 2009) is a corporate strategist whose blog, “Make Space for Growth,” offers insights on personal and View Details

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

shared benefits; they don’t just benefit IBM. Making systems better for everybody is also good for your company. About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStockphoto/Vladimir... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

partaking of many in strategy making. The paper contributes to theory by relating the current findings to the literature on the connection between commitment and performance and on the strategic management literature that focuses on the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

commitments that influence the supply chain, and governments creating proper incentives and market dynamics to fuel innovation and usher in improvements.” Puri and his team did indeed make the decision to use plastic despite its negative... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

04 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 4

resulted in evaluations strongly related to products' attractiveness or desirability, viewing prices first appeared to promote overall evaluations related to products' monetary worth. Consistent with this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

specifically about COVID-19 impacts and responses, we spoke with several Harvard Business School alumni committed to reducing the impact of mental illness and addiction on individuals and communities. Here are some examples of how they... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

26 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

Farronato, a Harvard Business School assistant professor, and Andrey Fradkin, postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative on the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "You might find a Fifth Avenue apartment or a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel

06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

reluctant to meet them for fear of more idea-theft suits. Smarter government intervention might loosen these buyer’s participation constraints, Luo says. Related Articles HBS Cases: Branding Yoga Protecting... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

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