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Women's Leadership in Technology and Finance - Blog: RGE Report

The opening panel focused on women leading in technology, moderated by Professor Tsedal Neeley, and featured three women who have served as leading tech entrepreneurs and executives at crucial periods in the... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Truth Be Told

“cash for information” may not be the right way to talk about it, because it comes across as if someone is making a lot of money without any costs. It’s more like an insurance payment. Whistleblowers incur a lot of costs and get some money as compensation. That View Details

Keywords: April White; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

28 May 2019
News

Cure All

of competition and the quality of management practices adopted in hospitals. LD: There’s also quite a lot of research demonstrating that hospital consolidation causally leads to higher prices without any evidence of quality... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2010
News

Head Games

either from the run of play or impact with the playing surface. Improvements in equipment and rule changes can make things better but probably not eliminate the longer-term danger of life-shortening injury or impairment. Is it possible... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

systems. That translates into long and inconsistent lead times." 50 A number of technology providers are offering Internet-based products that address exactly this problem. Some of them concentrate on integrating information systems... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

22 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 22

Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way You Work Author:Leslie A. Perlow Publication:Harvard Business School Press, 2012 Abstract Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device?... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2015
What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

that, "It's very hard to change one's habit and society's perception. You may be the only executive strolling in the park with young mothers and playing kids. You feel completely out of place, and feel like 'getting back to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

A company's internal deliberations and changing beliefs about women in the workplace over the course of two decades, particularly about their role as leaders, is the subject of a recent paper that traces how fundamental societal views can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

30 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One

dramatically. However, this flurry of activity was relatively short-lived, reducing to pre-movement levels within 10 days. The majority of protests didn’t alter people’s views. Most movements did not lead to significant View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

The new book Retail Revolution: Will Your Brick-and-Mortar Store Survive? lays out the thesis that traditional store-front retailing is at an inflection point, under tremendous pressure from ecommerce and the changing wants and needs of a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

27 Mar 2014
News

From Marx to Marketing

Enterprises were over, and was very sorry about that," he recalls. "But that was superseded by my elation that East German people would be freed from the horrible yoke and terror of the Soviet system." For its part, as the world's leading... View Details

22 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights

increased public activity is largely the result of rapid opinion shifts, and Millennials and Generation Z are often at the leading edge. Sixty-seven percent of young adults in the U.S. do not believe that small business owners should be... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Portrait Project

Heidi Brooks

the NY marathon. Tempt fate. Share my infectious enthusiasm/energy. Lead courageously. Cherish friendships. Help others as I have been helped. I am a devoted citizen of the world, and studying and working abroad has been my passion since... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Style Check

run at a particularly glamorous assignment: managing the Benetton Group’s Formula 1 racing team. Named deputy chairman of the company last spring, Benetton has now been charged with revitalizing the firm’s line and leading its expansion... View Details

Keywords: Formula 1; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
Case

Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal

The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on... View Details

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May 2017
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Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund

By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley

Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at conferences around the world and typically holding court wherever she went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street... View Details

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29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

interest of privacy, I have used pseudonyms for the participants.) Williams, an African-American, was born and raised in a middle-class neighborhood in Washington, DC. After earning his bachelor's degree at one of the nation's leading... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

01 Dec 2015
News

Accelerating Research in China

of the world will be critical for future economic growth. “Harvard Business School can play a key role in shaping aspects of these global economic relationships,” says Plummer, the chief strategy officer at TalkingData, China’s leading... View Details

17 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

that eight of the 10 most-read HBS Working Knowledge stories of the year were COVID-focused. Readers sought insights from HBS faculty about everything from managing large-scale remote work to leading during a crisis. The year was also... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

funding is renewed. "Over the long term," warns Grossman, "these experiments may be too few and too late for sustaining a large number of service delivery nonprofit organizations." To lead the charge for more broad-based change—or... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

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