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School Leadership Faculty Leadership Srikant M. Datar George F. Baker Professor of Administration, Dean of the Faculty Robert S. Huckman Albert Waterhead III Professor of Business Administration, Howard Cox Healthcare View Details

28 Apr 2003
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Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

If a dike or dam has sprung a number of leaks, there are many possible ways to respond. The initial impulse is to assiduously plug one hole after another, hoping that the situation will right itself. Another approach—and often a more... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

07 Jul 2019
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Walmart's Workforce of the Future

private employer in the United States, with 1.5 million workers (2.2 million worldwide). But that size and dominance doesn’t make Walmart immune to pressures faced by any other retail operation. In the second-year Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

23 Jan 2023
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After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

answers the question, ‘Should we continue to rely on ratings, given all the times that ratings have been shown not to be correct?” Harvard Business School assistant professor Anywhere Sikochi and colleagues... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

22 Apr 2013
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Competing with Privacy

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Andres Hervas-Drane; Publishing

18 Aug 2017
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How the U.S. Navy is Responding to Climate Change

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Technology & Operations Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

Technology & Operations Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students Unit Heads Marco Iansiti David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration Co-Unit Head, Technology View Details

January 2016
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Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details

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Hosted by: Jake Mill-Meiner (MBA 2020) Find the full HBS in SEA photo library here! HBS in MIA: MBA Classes 2009-2024 Thursday, January 23 | Miami, FL Co-hosted with The HBS Business and View Details

04 Dec 2013
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The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

Editor's Note: Rapid urbanization and resource scarcity pose problems—and opportunities—for businesses and governments all over the world. But who can best lead the building... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

23 Nov 2021
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What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins

There’s a feeling among many business leaders that culture is both everything and nothing. That it’s squishy and can’t be quantified. That it’s nice to have until something... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

15 Feb 2022
Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

a distance-learning program. But this detour didn’t derail the career of Arthur Brooks, now a Harvard Business School professor. Brooks explores his unlikely shift from budding musician to hard-charging head of a Washington, DC, thinktank... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

22 Aug 2005
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Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

excluded from the Communist world. In the twenty years after 1945 the European colonial empires were dismantled. In some cases, decolonization was followed by an aggressive reaction against the businesses of the former colonial power,... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Energy; Utilities

Mastering the Management System

From HBSP: " Companies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class processes won't lead to success without the right strategic direction, and... View Details

13 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

business reasons and family reasons why we think this is true. The Business Reasons In today's competitive environment of rapid technological... View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts

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Beyond Emotional Similarity: The Role of Situation-specific Motives

By: Amit Goldenberg, David Garcia, Eran Halperin, Jamil Zaki, Danyang Kong, Golijeh Golarai and James J. Gross

It is well established that people often express emotions that are similar to those of other group members. However, people do not always express emotions that are similar to other group members, and the factors that determine when similarity occurs are not yet clear.... View Details

Keywords: Emotion Contagion; Emotional Influence; Motivation; Group Dynamics; Emotions; Situation or Environment; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior

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20 Jul 2021
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Companies Serious About Reaching Net Zero Carbon Should Do This, Says Harvard's Gandhi

21 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers

offer the short-term loans to consumers. And it’s no wonder: Consumers using the payment method often spend more than they would with a credit card, according to new research by Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Financial Services; Technology

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

HamelHarvard Business School Case 113-054 On January 1, 2012, the LEGO Group announced a major new initiative to enhance its market penetration in Asia. Later in the year, a cross-functional group of senior... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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