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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Business in Society and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra... View Details

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

scandal offers important lessons for all companies, the first being: It’s not OK to look the other way when a leader crosses ethical lines. In the wake of #MeToo, a global campaign against sexual abuse and... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

01 Jun 2017
News

Ink: Home Cooking, Secure Retirements, and Restoring Humanity to Finance

Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain’s Journey by Linda Greenlaw “Linda Greenlaw is a ship captain up in Maine. She documented one 30-day trip—prepping, being on the ocean, jostling to get the best piece of water to fish, and even View Details

08 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

but their passive investment nature offers few checks on those companies’ executives. Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds As investors increasingly demand investment opportunities that match their social beliefs,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

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Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

strategy: Build a firm foundation for exploring and implementing strategy transformation Manage the issues that arise when implementing new approaches Lead strategic View Details

04 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

each mapped out a list of target firms and reached out to classmates, alumni, former colleagues, professors, and PE/VC Managing Partners. Key to... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital

Vikram Gandhi

Vikram S. Gandhi is the Gerald P. Kaminsky Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. He has developed and teaches two new courses in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. The first is a finance and investing course, Sustainable... View Details

Keywords: financial services

Jan W. Rivkin

Jan W. Rivkin is a Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Faculty Chair of the MBA Program, Senior Associate Dean for Research, and head of the Strategy Unit. His research, course development, and teaching focus on... View Details

Keywords: airline; computer; internet; music; transportation

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

pressures. There is some empirical evidence that family firms can make decisions that are longer-term oriented, but the evidence is not clear cut. And there can be significant drawbacks to having families... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2002
News

Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle

relationship management or ‘customer loyalty' execution," observes Brierley. A board member of numerous organizations, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, KERA-TV, The Dallas Opera,... View Details

Keywords: Charles M. Williams; Epsilon Data Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

13 Aug 1998
Keynote Speech

Ethics, Human Rights, and International Business." Panelist. "World Congress of Philosophy

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Ethics; Rights; Globalized Firms and Management

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21 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer

Sasser's presentation is part of the Faculty Seminar Series sold through Harvard Business School Publishing.One of the companies I've had chance to work with is a large global air carrier. And working for an... View Details

Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

are wreaking havoc on the workplace. Reengineering, for example, destabilizes and changes the rules by which organizations operate, he says. "Many of these programs are actually designed to make life easier for top View Details

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

Great chefs, like great artists, go far beyond their materials (in this case, food) to provoke an experience that fulfills their creative vision. Unlike artists, however, they are running a business that requires putting diners in the seats, balancing costs, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

addressed for a complete understanding of the moral mind. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52263 in press Academy of Management Perspectives Bounded Ethicality and Ethical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

26 Nov 2018
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New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

strategies prompted by a changing climate with the help of a panel of four HBS alumni with expertise in finance and energy, including Hui Wen Chan (MBA 2010), Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citigroup; Michael Ellis (MBA 2008),... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

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Strategy in Emerging Economies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

in Emerging Economies Strategy is important for companies operating in developing and emerging economies. These businesses face distinct challenges and need to adopt a new approach if they want to be... View Details

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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

most enduring contributions.” — Peter M Senge Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management “Professor Porter has been, and still is, the most influential global thinker on... View Details

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

end of the hong monopolies. The Chinese comprador, who served as a trading house employee and manager and sometimes as an independent merchant, became the essential go-between... View Details

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