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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Video Recording – Less Info - Video Recording Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world. 10:00-11:15 a.m. EDT Navigating Uncertain Times: Teaching Through View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
pervasive uncertainty created by COVID-19 in other ways, for example nurturing the relationship with other firms in their networks or establishing new connections that could lead to new learnings. Other firms, and especially businesses... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Publications 2013 pub The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents By: Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed-often spectacularly-at transforming their... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- September 2020
- Case
Uber at a Crossroads (2017)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Customer Satisfaction; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Price; Profit; Revenue; Investment; Government Legislation; Business History; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Employment; Wages; Lawfulness; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Style; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Attitudes; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Transportation Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Uber at a Crossroads (2017)." Harvard Business School Case 721-376, September 2020.
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
to name the building Madikizela, in honor of the late South African political activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a symbol of Black female resilience.) The upper floors will contain well-appointed rentals, whose target market includes... View Details
- 1996
- Other Unpublished Work
Policy Issues on Promoting Backward Linkages from the Garment Industry in Sri Lanka
By: C. Fritz Foley and Saman Kelegama
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
network will help you identify and assess the consequences of a planned action or decision. It will help you negotiate the trade-offs among stakeholders. And it will help you deal with the dark side of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
An internment camp for German citizens in England. Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo Global enterprises that do business in emerging economies face significant political risks—in extreme cases, imprisonment of their civilian employees during... View Details
- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
We heard question-dodging in the U.S. presidential debates not long ago. And everyone hears it in normal political discourse, in business meetings, and in typical daily life—but are people really listening? Sometimes, it seems,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
legislation. And corporate influence will only increase in the wake of last year's "Citizens United" US Supreme Court case, which asserts that corporations have the right to fund campaigns that support or denounce political... View Details
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
business strategy, part of Facebook’s business model since at least 2010. That’s when Facebook opened up its Graph application programming interface (API) to advertisers, giving them access to user data including their social network... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
basis." Passing the book. Favored by the NYSE, this approach involves creating a network of partners around the world who would pick up business in their time zone as soon as an earlier one closed down. "At the end of a typical... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
by companies to reduce the threat of politically slanted negative press, focusing on FNC and the 2000 presidential election. "Depending on what the media reports on, it can actually create reputational costs for firms" The... View Details
- January 2023
- Article
Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
By: William R. Kerr and Martin Mandorff
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times more concentrated in self-employment for dry cleaning than other... View Details
Kerr, William R., and Martin Mandorff. "Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship." Journal of Human Resources 58, no. 1 (January 2023): 183–220.
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
Manuscript Collections Printed Collections Visual Collections Secondary Resources Credits Bacheller, Irving. Keeping up with Lizzie; Charge It (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911 and 1912). Full text available as a networked resource.... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government
In his address to HBS graduates at this year’s Class Day, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) spoke about the degeneration of American political culture and the challenge it poses. “Now, the good news is: There is a solution,” he told the crowd,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
small business. (Because of outsourcing) It is big networks made up of small partners. And the way to make this type of enterprise thrive does not really follow either model (big or small). It is a third way." The importance of small... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- August 2016 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Tom Kalil: Leading Technology & Innovation at the White House
By: Linda A. Hill and Allison J. Wigen
This case explores the role of Tom Kalil as Deputy Director for Technology & Innovation at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. With the end of President Obama's Administration drawing near, Kalil and his team of "policy entrepreneurs" must work to... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Government Innovation; Talent Management; Collaboration; Policy-making; Public Sector Management; Leadership And Managing People; Public-Private Partnerships; Ecosystems; Science And Technology Studies; Public Entrepreneurship; Business And Government; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Leadership; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Science; Technology; Technology Industry; North and Central America; United States; District of Columbia
Hill, Linda A., and Allison J. Wigen. "Tom Kalil: Leading Technology & Innovation at the White House." Harvard Business School Case 417-021, August 2016. (Revised March 2019.)
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
rely on indirect governance through regulated competition among political as well as economic actors in structures that in many ways parallel the competition found in organized sports. Inevitably these two systems develop as well as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
the club is excited to present this GNN gathering while the three faculty members are in Singapore, enabling alumni and guests to network with them while enjoying canapes, wine, and conversation. In addition, Professor Fibiger, whose... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley