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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
It's easy to think that the 2010 disaster at the BP drilling platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of a chain of... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
environment, the 1990s found the U.S. Army struggling with an "identity crisis," both for individual soldiers and for the very soul of the institution itself. What was the Army all about? Fighting wars or keeping peace? With the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside Modern HR
many of them brought up the issue of talent when discussing big decisions. I found that fascinating, and as a management consultant I saw there could be a gulf between a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Start Me Up
5 Keys to Startup Success From the Nigam playbook Selling "A crucial skill, because startup founders are always selling, to potential investors, customers, employees, you name it. Get your pitch down pat!" Execution "Lots of people have... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 21 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish
reduce poverty within their borders. Several years ago, world leaders gathered in Monterrey, Mexico, and gave poverty reduction top priority. They committed themselves to halve the number of people living on... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Taking the Long View
huge national debt. He prefers shares of companies such as Canada’s EnCana, Wal-Mart de Mexico, and Petróleo Brasileiro. “At least three-quarters of whatever I own is foreign... View Details
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Service Excellence to the GCC Tanfeeth, a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm in the United Arab Emirates, was founded in July 2011 as a fully owned subsidiary of Emirates NBD, the largest bank in the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives
on women’s health in Mexico? In Mexico, 50% of health care spending is out of pocket, and the government system is underfunded and at overcapacity. Only 8% View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
Above: photo by Minesh Bacrania As mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tim Keller (MBA 2005) is focused on bread-and-butter initiatives that drive down crime and attract business. And he’s been successful on... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Accelerating a Gas-on-demand Startup
Service with a Smile: Classmates Nick Alexander (left) and Bryan Frist with one of Yoshi’s service-on-demand vehicles. (photo by Cayce Clifford) The first purpose-built, drive-in gas station opened in Pittsburgh in December 1913. The... View Details
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast region of the United States in August 2005, it destroyed homes and lives. A paradoxical effect, however, is that the storm's aftermath created an opening in... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
(NAFTA). Twenty-five years after the landmark trade pact was signed by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, considerable debate surrounded it. Trade and trade agreements were a focal point of the 2016 U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
saw them before. I think that in addition to the commonalities, the project sheds light on how business cultures differ in Latin America. Outsiders perceive the countries of the region as homogeneous, while the truth is very different.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
"Humans have evolved a leadership brain," says HBS professor emeritus Paul R. Lawrence. "Good leaders are people with a conscience who respect and reward all the four drives of other stakeholders [the drive to acquire, to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
Cultural differences can influence business negotiations in significant and unexpected ways, as many a hapless dealmaker has learned. In some cases, it's a matter of ignorance or blatant disrespect, as with the American salesman who... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
now own over 80% of banking assets in Mexico, and we show how, using a political economy model and a series of econometric tests, this has helped to stabilize the system and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
Toronto in 1979. Davies, who now lives in New York City with her husband and two teenage daughters, serves on the boards of the Public Education Association and Arts Connection. A native of View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
Asadero, a tangy, yellow cheese used in many Mexican dishes, are just 2 of more than 35 varieties of ethnic cheeses produced today at Specialty Cheese’s three rural Wisconsin plants. Soft and hard cheeses... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
providers along the Atlantic seaboard. He eventually made his home in Virginia with Eagan, who had begun studying plant spirit medicine (similar to traditional Chinese acupuncture, except that it relies on plant relationships for healing). In 1999 he made the first... View Details
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace