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- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
Kanter, an authority on organizational change who advises major corporations and governments on these very issues, lays out a blueprint to help readers get a handle on work, and life, in an increasingly connected world. Here, in the first... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
increase in information technology purchases. Wulf notes that the 1986-1999 time frame was especially significant in terms of corporate technology. The 1990s marked an era when PC prices started falling, when dot-com companies started... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
When most people think of a company's organization chart, they put the chief executive officer at the top of the pyramid. But those with an interest in corporate governance know that's not correct. After all, the CEO reports to the board... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
emerging technologies. Looking at corporate strategy, Cynthia Montgomery and Associate Professor David J. Collis recently published Corporate Strategy: Resources and the Scope... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
Potential for Global Partnerships and Collaboration The MCAP emerged as part of a broader dialogue amongst key cities from C40’s network for collectively addressing climate change. Given the global scope of climate change, coordination... View Details
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
decades have generated rich empirical data on firms and business systems that can confirm or challenge many of today's fashionable theories and assumptions by other disciplines. Business history has broadened its scope in the last two... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
disadvantage. Third, increasing wages or selecting suppliers with better environmental practices might bring a financial benefit in the long term; however, short-term pressures on the firm might make business leaders averse to making such investments. The market for... View Details
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
is a limit to the scope of top management intervention. What do you think? To Read More: Michael Birshan, Marja Engel, and Olivier Siboney, Avoiding the quicksand: Ten techniques for more agile corporate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 2009 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy
By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan and Tracy Manty
China Mobile was the world's leading mobile communications service provider with over 400 million customers. In some cities, its penetration rate was over 100%. With such huge successes, Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Investment; Rural Scope; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Telecommunications Industry; China
Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan, and Tracy Manty. "China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 309-034, January 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
programs, which are expected to increase in both scope and number," Crane observed. "At HBS, Executive Education provides a training ground for new faculty, opens research possibilities for existing faculty, and brings the entire faculty... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
housing, and safe drinking water. (One investment example includes d.light design, a company that provides solar lighting solutions to replace kerosene lanterns, which are more costly, dangerous, and unhealthy.) “Understanding the full View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
same, but the scope has expanded from just research to helping business leaders take action to make America more competitive. The number of faculty involved has grown from 15 to almost 25, and a host of HBS alumni and View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
Canada for prescription drugs as a form of civil disobedience. This kind of grassroots response is an important preliminary step toward addressing the rising costs of medicine, he said. Other speakers included Raytheon Chairman Daniel P. Burnham (now retired), speaking... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
national economy, bringing access to consumer goods, jobs, and global markets to Brazil. Having helped build Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev into one of the world’s leading breweries, Lemann now divides his time between corporate... View Details
- Article
Optimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations
By: Baris Ata, Deishin Lee and Mustafa H. Tongarlak
A waste-to-energy firm that recycles organic waste with energy recovery performs two environmentally beneficial functions: it diverts waste from landfill and it produces renewable energy. At the same time, the waste-to-energy firm serves and collects revenue from two... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Revenue; Customers; Strategy; Corporate Governance; Wastes and Waste Processing; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost Management; Urban Scope
Ata, Baris, Deishin Lee, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak. "Optimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 14, no. 2 (Spring 2012): 231–244.
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
Donaldson Illustration by Joe Ciardiello When William Donaldson (MBA ’58) was sworn in as the 27th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2003, Wall Street and the commission itself were in turmoil. A wave of View Details
- Web
Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
social media, two-sided platforms, robotics, and cybersecurity. Educational Objectives The course exists to address a gap in management scholarship between two fundamental stages of corporate development – exploration and exploitation .... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
have profoundly shaped the scope and range of organizational scholarship devoted to sexual minorities by showing that scholars using such contrasted frames have been drawn to very different research questions with respect to sexual... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
other manufacturers have abandoned it to seek cheaper labor elsewhere. Since corporations are the center of wealth and power in this country, they are the only ones that can make a difference in addressing poverty and unemployment."... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- June 2011 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Wal-Mart Update, 2011
By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim
In 2011, Wal-Mart was the world's largest company with $420 billion in sales and operations in 14 countries. Yet it found itself searching for the right growth strategy moving forward. U.S. same-store sales had declined for eight consecutive quarters and Wal-Mart was... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Global Range; Business Strategy; Retail Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Renee Kim. "Wal-Mart Update, 2011." Harvard Business School Case 711-546, June 2011. (Revised March 2013.)