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05 May 2021
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How Do You Embed a Sense of Purpose Into a Company?

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

(MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration) – Professor Roscini’s research focuses on sovereign debt, monetary policy, central banking, and international investment. He... View Details

29 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

An old adage says that it's not what you know, it's whom you know. But outsiders can take heart: even for those who don't belong to a high-power social network, there's power in simply keeping track of who went to school with whom.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

freedom in the country where the factory was located. Factories in countries with greater press freedom were substantially likelier to improve. “Factories in countries with more press freedom might perceive more pressure to act on audit... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Friends of Executive Education Harvard Business School Leadership Fellows HBS News MBA Executive Education More HBS RSS Feeds: Alumni Baker Library New Books Executive Education HBS Alumni Bulletin HBS News... View Details

07 Jul 2014
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter on How Corporations of the Future Will Behave

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Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog

learning—traditional case-based classes, talks by key arts leaders, and consulting assignments with Boston-area arts institution. Cases : Cases and required background reading will cover leadership issues encountered by an extensive range... View Details

02 Jul 2021
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Bezos’ Exit Is One of Many Among Amazon’s Top Ranks

22 Sep 2014
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Jack Ma on Alibaba, Entrepreneurs and the Role of Handstands

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

would also require an enormous investment by incumbent players to upgrade their existing production capacity.4 Industry leader Goodyear acted quickly to deflate radials' progress, and in 1967 introduced the belted bias tire, an extension... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

16 Nov 2022
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US DOE’s Jigar Shah & the State of Carbon Removal

13 Feb 2017
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A guide for CEOs in the age of Trump

21 Mar 2025
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What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”

everyone acting like that, certainly not in high finance. People can be very pragmatic, very utilitarian about their relationships. A lot of that is just a matter of time and... View Details

Keywords: Finance

28 Mar 2019
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California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

discussion concluded that making money couldn’t be the only reason for business to tackle the problem “To say we should stop climate change because we can make money misses an important part of the answer,” she said. “Without purpose,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Jun 2014
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In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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NatureSweet

By: Jose Alvarez, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred

This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the United States and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated... View Details

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Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

Introduction to Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy This Credential Includes Leading in the Digital World, Design Thinking and Innovation, Digital Marketing Strategy, and Winning with Digital Platforms + team activities and a... View Details

June 2005
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Transformation of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 2005 (A)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Yukihiko Endo

The company, once an outstanding Japan-based global leader in electronics and major appliances, suffered poor performance during the 1990s. Kunio Nakamura became CEO in 2001 and sought to transform the company in a fundamental way. Examines the company's history,... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Business History; Leading Change; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Electronics Industry; Japan