World Health Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

Westinghouse, and AT&T), and Telefunken (a joint venture of the two European leaders, Siemens and AEG). After World War II knocked out Telefunken, RCA took the lead in commercializing television worldwide. It was then solely... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

31 Jan 2014
News

Body, Heal Thyself

itself. It's all very exciting in theory, but moving a company from a one-man, one-patent startup to an organization that could change the face of therapy takes some business strategy. "We have a big sense of responsibility to make this... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

suggests that economic clusters—usually used to explain development in local economies—have had a much wider impact on world economics than generally recognized. Harvard-Newcomen Fellow Valeria Giacomin calls clusters “the building blocks... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

2024
Chapter

Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society

By: Joseph L. Badaracco

Mark Twain observed that, “Prediction is very difficult—particularly when it involves the future,” and he was right. One way to reduce the risk of becoming an infamous forecaster—like the experts who told us the Internet would quickly collapse, that Apple would never... View Details

Keywords: Trends; Business and Government Relations; Organizations; Power and Influence; Society

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01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

but relatively unknown organization with assets of $200 million. The firm was drowning in paperwork, and its employee turnover rate was 43 percent. McDermott changed all that, successfully diversifying USAA into areas such as mutual... View Details

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

Corporations, Wells collects case studies from companies that have learned this lesson—some of them the hard way—and explains how all companies can strategize more intelligently. Michael Blanding: Why did you decide to write a book about strategy? John R. Wells: We... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

patient satisfaction, and problems with patient safety. Nearly all U.S. health care organizations have used similar evidence to justify their investments in safety and quality. Herein, we provide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

concluded that this thinking gained momentum after the scandalous failure of organizations like WorldCom and Enron 20 years ago. These companies supposedly were led and managed for the primary benefit of shareholders (and the top... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Family Business Club

by a multiple of three. We believe that students who have worked with or for family businesses bring in a unique perspective of how such businesses operate and allow other students to think from the perspective of owners. We value Several professors at HBS are View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips

health preferences and tastes. Some customers may prefer smaller portions. Meanwhile, the prices for certain organic foods and things like wild-caught fish seem to be going up in a very transparent way, and... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

2021
Book

Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving Society

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Business leaders have tremendous power to influence our society, how it operates, whether it is fair, and the extent to which it impacts the environment. And yet, we do not recognize or call out the responsibility that comes with that power. This book is meant to... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Power and Influence; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Leadership

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01 Jun 2008
News

You Only Thought You Were Republican

smart guys, whose opinions on the state of the world are noteworthy — but mainly because I am hoping to get each of them, and all those in front of us in Aldrich 112, to give me $28,500 for the Democratic National Committee, by whom I... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias; national debt; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

reflects their aggressive decarbonization goals Another interesting facet of our visit was a discussion with Maersk’s government affairs director. He talked about how new rules by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—a UN agency... View Details

Research Summary

Capitalism as a System of Governance

My research interest is in further exploration of the analytic utility of an original conception of capitalism as an indirect, three level system of governance for the economic relationships within political entities, and mostly within nation states. This three level... View Details

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

world with two pieces in particular, both published in Harvard Business Review: "Marketing Myopia" (1960) and "The Globalization of Markets" (1983). With nearly 900,000 reprints sold to date, "Marketing... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

19 Jan 2022
Blog Post

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

road to get there. I started my career in music, interning for a variety of organizations as an undergrad. However, when I moved to New York City, I stumbled upon a unique opportunity to work for an emerging fashion line, which... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

of local leadership: An individual manager can be an authentic communicator even if their organization is not. Jennifer Petriglieri’s colleague and husband, Gianpiero Petriglieri, recommends that leaders “tell your people what will happen... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

tragedy and a point of departure for thinking more carefully about the institutions humans have created to organize our economic lives, according to Salter. In a wide-ranging talk with Harvard Business School alumni on June 4, weeks... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 18

enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After World War II it diversified rapidly, forming part of a cluster of business groups that dominated the Turkish economy alongside state-owned firms. This study shows... View Details