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Questions for Evaluating Company Culture and Community - Alumni

students and alumni who are searching for organizations that are committed to these same principles. Below is a sample of questions to enable HBS students and alumni to have thoughtful conversations with hiring managers on this important... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Environmental Management, Associate Professor Forest Reinhardt argues that managers should treat environmental management as an integral part of corporate strategy rather than merely as an exercise in public... View Details

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

growth of a company. Not surprisingly, firms spend billions of dollars on marketing. Given these large investments, marketing managers have the responsibility to optimally allocate these resources and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

Among these cases were some companies with structural vulnerabilities built into their business models, thus forcing management to create the necessary tools to face difficult times. In the case of Autopistas del Sol (AUSOL), a company... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

01 Dec 2006
News

Badaracco Addresses Japan Club

The HBS Club of Japan hosted Professor Joseph Badaracco at the Tokyo American Club in July for a talk on “The Demanding Challenges of Responsible Leadership.” Badaracco’s research focuses on business ethics, particularly on leadership and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center

call centers, with their attendant voice response units (VRUs—also known as automated voice response systems), need not be so inefficient. When a company manages its call... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service; Financial Services

October 2000 (Revised November 2000)
Case

Bridgespan Group, The

By: Allen S. Grossman and John D. Kalafatas

Bain & Co., a consulting firm with a client list that ranges from entrepreneurial start-ups to global corporations, wanted to increase its involvement with nonprofit organizations. Rather than continuing to integrate the work into the existing organization, Bain... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Consulting Industry

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March 1998 (Revised October 1999)
Case

Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler

Explores a global program of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) called "Global Volunteer Day" and examines the activities and business situation of the company in four countries. Asks students to address whether American values like "volunteerism" can be exported. View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States

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01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

then the obvious answer (to the question) is NO!" Other comments emphasized values of small business for management development. David Lindsay commented that " managers evolve their wisdom through... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2003
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Books

differences, and she suggests manageable steps to enable everyone — from the CEO to the frontline worker — to help facilitate the process. “If we take responsibility and start focusing on conveying what we... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

relationships through its "Two-in-a-box" (TIB) model. This model is based on having two people share complete responsibility for the client. In the U.S. or Europe, the "on site" person, along with his or her... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2021 (Revised August 2021)
Supplement

Airbnb Emerges from the Pandemic: Lessons for Stakeholder Governance (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Allison M. Ciechanover

As the COVID pandemic spread in early 2020, global travel ground to a halt. For Airbnb, the San Francisco-based platform for renting accommodations, the impact was both swift and severe as revenues plummeted more than 70% over the prior year. Responding to the sudden... View Details

Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Leadership; Two-Sided Platforms; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Value Creation; Decision Making; Goals and Objectives; Travel Industry; Tourism Industry; Service Industry; United States

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06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

Staffing, risks, benefits, and regulatory compliance are all increasingly externalized, most often to parts of the world where need routinely trumps prudence. Rather than manage their own corporate assets, CEOs and other top executives of... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

12 May 2011
Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

Both organizations can grow, transform, merge, or die. Success is not guaranteed for either type of organization, but requires sustained work. In both cases, cash is king. This for-profit focus is critical for a nonprofit board. In both settings, good View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!

footprints and are empowered to reduce and sort waste at the source. Centralized waste processing and district heating provide economies of scale in a carbon-efficient urban system. By managing waste for over 1 million inhabitants, Amager... View Details

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

More importantly, when the CEOs were asked "What's your past level of success in managing significant change?" only 15 percent said they had been "very successful." Another 15 percent said they had had "little or... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

01 Mar 2016
News

Takes One to Know One

2010, has assumed a new role as Strategic Advisor, External Relations. Cahill is responsible for managing all aspects of the School’s alumni relations, development, and alumni marketing and communications... View Details

17 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Tech for the People

free disaster-relief housing to neighbors in need. “It’s the first program of its kind in the US,” he notes. “I’m grateful to have had the chance to help add another resource to San José’s robust emergency response program.” That chance... View Details

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Courtney Fairbrother

and alumni engagement on the topic of addressing climate change. Prior to joining the BEI team, Courtney worked for Harvard’s Office for Sustainability as the Sustainability Manager for HBS where she was View Details

Keywords: Energy; Clean Technology; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Government

February 2010 (Revised November 2011)
Case

International Agribusiness in China: Charoen Pokphand Group

By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Tracy Manty and Yi Kwan Chu

The world's leading Thai agribusiness corporation and largest agribusiness investor in China, CP Group, is facing another crossroads in China as the country starts to undergo rural reform. The issues at hand for Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont is how CP can balance its... View Details