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26 Jul 2011
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combined to offset separate bills' costs while preserving their net benefits. We argue this method can transform unpopular individual pieces of legislation, which would lack the support for implementation, into more popular policies.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

Rosenberg: I actually had a transformational moment. I was reading David Halberstam’s The Best and the Brightest, which was a story about the Kennedy and Johnson's administration of the Vietnamese war. Basically Halberstam’s contention... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

19 Jun 2015
Blog Post

What is the HBS Show?

The HBS Show began in 1974 with a handful of students, a few comedy sketches, song parodies, and one spotlight and now has transformed into a full-length Broadway style musical that is entirely written, directed, produced, and performed... View Details

05 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

Ron Johnson's latest undertaking has the makings of a perfect business school case study. As the new CEO of J.C. Penney he's charged with transforming an aging department store chain with lagging market share. The sweeping plan begun... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

either in the Toyota system or at sites that have successfully transformed themselves, there is a palpable, positive difference in the attitude of people that is coupled with exceptional performance along critical business measures such... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

2022
Book

L'entreprise, une affaire de cœur

By: Hubert Joly and Caroline Lambert

A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic.
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Leading Change

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2020
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Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?

By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt

The two components of the advertising industry—the creative sector that develops and produces messages, and the communications sector that transmits messages via various media—have each been greatly affected by advances in creative design and communications... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Advertising; Spending; Media

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General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire

The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are teachers. Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than 40 years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes... View Details

Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation

Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

Cambridge: 2008 Hausmann, Ricardo, Bailey Klinger (2006), Structural Transformation and Patterns of Comparative Advantage in the Product Space, CID Working Paper No. 128, August 2006 Hausmann, R., J. Hwang and D. Rodrik (2005), What you... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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John H. McArthur | About

launching his remarkable career as a scholar, teacher, and administrator and culminating with his appointment as the School’s seventh dean. McArthur’s vision, passion, and unparalleled gift for building consensus transformed the School.... View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

very simple, transform and help unlock the massive potential that Panera has as a brand. That was the mandate. Gulati: You're an outsider parachuting into an organization that is deeply entrenched, has looked up to a founder. How do you... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

Manager, Strategy & Business Development Distributed Generation, NextEra Energy Resources Tanuj Deora HBS MBA 2006 Vice President, Market Development and Regulatory Affairs, Uplight “I'm addressing climate change by helping transform... View Details

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

classmates–especially including the MD/MBAs–and taking classes such as Transforming Health Care Delivery with Ariel Stern. Additionally, I began developing hands-on experience of new areas within health care by starting my own venture,... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

19 Jan 2022
Blog Post

From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business

American Art in New York. The role is part of the HBS Leadership Fellows Program, a one-year fellowship that affords new HBS graduates both outsized access to senior leadership and opportunity for transformative impact within their... View Details

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Management Essentials Negotiation Mastery Organizational Leadership Personal Branding Power and Influence for Positive Impact Strategic Financial Analysis Strategy Execution Sustainable Business Strategy Sustainable Investing Transforming... View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

industry?Two courses were particularly useful for me: Transforming Health Care Delivery (THCD) with Visiting Professor Ariel Stern, and Strategy and Technology (STRATTECH) with Associate Professor Andy Wu. THCD was a two-part course;... View Details

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