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- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
managers to "'personally' drive innovation and competitive advantage." Gerald Nanninga placed the blame on "infestation" (parasites that successful organizations attract) View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- November 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Teaching Note
Social Salary Setting at Spiber
By: Ashley Whillans and John Beshears
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 920-050. The case tells the story of Spiber, a Japanese technology start-up company. To reflect the company’s values, the leadership team implemented a new and unique salary-setting process: each employee had the authority to choose their... View Details
- 13 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Care Innovation and Impact with Anita Gupta (GMP 29, 2020)
anesthesiologist, I was back on the frontlines, intubating patients, managing critical care, and witnessing firsthand how fragile our health care system could be. At the same time, policies I had spent years... View Details
- 1992
- Article
Public Policy and British Multinational Banks 1914-1982
By: G. Jones
Keywords: Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Banks and Banking; United Kingdom
Jones, G. "Public Policy and British Multinational Banks 1914-1982." Business and Economic History 21 (1992): 209–218.
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
the heritage my father left us," says Bertarelli, who has led the Ares-Serono Group, already strong, to even greater heights. During the last five years he has formed a management executive committee and... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
cafeteria. My father’s request was breathtaking and anxiety-producing.” Over the next 35 years, Rosenberg would turn Dunkin’ Donuts into a global icon—which last year sold to Inspire Brands for a stunning... View Details
- 17 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
From Tech to Coaching: Empowering Women and Minority Leaders with Yue Zhao (MBA 2013)
most meaningful and urgent challenges in their professional lives. It’s a different kind of impact, but one that feels personal and lasting. Looking back, I realize that my career has always been about... View Details
- June 2023
- Case
Investing in the Climate Transition at Neuberger Berman
By: George Serafeim and Benjamin Maletta
By mid-2023, Neuberger Berman (NB), an active asset manager, had grown its assets under management to about half a trillion dollars and took pride in its client centricity and innovative spirit. Responding to client demand for investment products that integrated... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Sustainability; Decarbonization; Performance; Risk Assessment; Opportunities; Environmental Sustainability; Carbon Footprint; Business Analysis; Investing; Regulation; Asset Management; Investment Strategy; Climate Change; Transition; Analysis; Product Positioning; Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry
Serafeim, George, and Benjamin Maletta. "Investing in the Climate Transition at Neuberger Berman." Harvard Business School Case 123-092, June 2023.
- Article
Control, Performance, and Knowledge Transfers in Large Multinationals: Unilever in the United States, 1945-1980
By: G. Jones
This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the nature of that "control" is far from... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Performance; Business or Company Management; Ownership; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Jones, G. "Control, Performance, and Knowledge Transfers in Large Multinationals: Unilever in the United States, 1945-1980." Business History Review 76, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 435–478.
- 1986
- Chapter
New and Old Multinationals: Competitors or Partners?
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "New and Old Multinationals: Competitors or Partners?" In Multinationals of the South: New Actors in the
International Economy, edited by Kushi M. Khan. London: Pinter Publishers, 1986. (Reprinted in Technology Development and Overseas Investment (Taipei: Macagno, Webb, & Associates, 1988), pp. 71-84.)
- November 1993
- Supplement
Sierra On-Line (C): The Insiders' Perspective, An Interview with Ken and Roberta Williams
Presents the insiders' perspective using an interview format. Ken and Roberta Williams, Sierra's founders, discuss issues raised in the (A) and (B) cases and present their vision to become the world leader in educational software. Teaching Purpose: Analysts typically... View Details
Wilson, G. Peter, and Elizabeth H. McNair. "Sierra On-Line (C): The Insiders' Perspective, An Interview with Ken and Roberta Williams." Harvard Business School Supplement 194-051, November 1993.
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Three Decades of Change and Counting
Now in its 31st year, the Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) offers rising college seniors who are typically underrepresented in the business school classroom the opportunity to live the MBA experience for one week each... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
September 2018 Strategy Science Applying Random Coefficient Models to Strategy Research: Identifying and Exploring Firm Heterogeneous Effects By: Alcácer, Juan, Wilbur Chung, Ashton Hawk, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 1976
- Conference Presentation
The Transnational Corporation and the Host Country
By: Louis T Wells Jr
- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
chairman of a major African retailer at one of the 21 global roundtable discussions we held with leaders of digital-first and incumbent companies. [div class=infogram-embed... View Details
- 2012
- Case
Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd.
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Jie Jiao and Yuren Fang
With the rapid growth of China's economy and China's increasing integration into the global economy in the past two decades, China's leisure clothing and garment enterprises achieved a rapid rise and became an important competitive force confronting the foreign brands... View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, Jie Jiao, and Yuren Fang. "Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd." Tsinghua University Case, 2012.
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace
notes, "and it was very exciting to be a part of it." In 1999, Marshall decided to do something completely different. The result, VentureThink, is a start-up that aims to create, build, and manage e-commerce... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Article
Young and No Money? Never Mind: The Material Impact of Social Resources on New Venture Growth
By: Mukti Khaire
Although growth is a desirable outcome for new ventures due to the many advantages of large size, most new firms fail to grow, largely due to their limited resources and adaptability. This paper addresses the question of how new ventures grow despite their limited... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Status and Position; Advertising Industry; Chicago; New York (city, NY)
Khaire, Mukti. "Young and No Money? Never Mind: The Material Impact of Social Resources on New Venture Growth." Organization Science 21, no. 1 (January–February 2010): 168–185.