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- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
in the advertising business. It worked for everyone. We all acquired a slight accent at that time.” A: India got its independence in 1947, and even in the 1960s the country was still very heavily influenced by the British Raj. I learned in the interview that the people... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
for PR firms and their holding-company media conglomerate parents to do so. The public relations industry in the broadest sense has undergone a tremendous amount of consolidation through acquisitions over the past 20 years. It is also... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
quantitative and evidence-based evaluation of enterprise performance and to financial valuation. The approach is generalizable to any modern industry and integrates existing well-known frameworks. The materials are consistent with what is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
processing, storage, and communication costs have long been an important constraint on innovation and a reason for innovative activities to take place inside the boundaries of an organization. However, exponential technological progress... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 22
promising ways of attracting such investors is integrated reporting, which provides companies with a means of credibly communicating the commitment of its top leadership to diffusing integrated thinking across the organization and to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
companies today, capital is not the resource that constrains growth. Global capital markets have opened up the supply side, while widespread excess industry capacity has reduced the demand side. The recent reversals in some sectors... View Details
- Web
Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment
7 am local time, we had packed our luggage into the bus and were headed to Carbfix . At Carbfix, we had the pleasure of meeting Ólafur Elínarson, the Head of Communications & Community, who taught us about what Carbfix does and emphasized... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
people he knows, but can he persuade Congress to act? If he’s a good communicator and good negotiator and good creator of shared value, he’ll figure out something that works for House Speaker Paul Ryan and for Senate Minority Leader Chuck... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- November 2010
- Case
Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian
Esquel Group, leading manufacturer of quality shirts, sought to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. Seeking to secure a large supply of specialty cotton in an ethical and... View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Leasing; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Hong Kong; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Sebenius, James K., and Jason Cheng Qian. "Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (A)." Harvard Business School Case 911-031, November 2010.
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
in real time, even as other communications were disrupted. Just as important, Twitter became an invaluable tool for people to check on loved ones and seek evacuation and medical assistance. "That was the moment I decided to work at... View Details
- Teaching Interest
General Management: Processes and Action
General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; China; India; United States
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
find a more scalable model. Viewed through that lens, we hope the community realizes how valuable this is. We can rival the impact of a ministry of education or exceed it by orders of magnitude, with a budget that is orders of magnitude... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
industries as diverse as automobiles and pharmaceuticals and began to interview and observe them to see how they created environments ripe for innovation. “We didn’t want to just espouse platitudes,” Hill says. “We wanted to tell full... View Details
- November 1997 (Revised July 1999)
- Case
Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management Business (A)
By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Mikelle Eastley
Examines the choices Guidant must make in research and development spending and new product development. More specifically, CEO Jay Graf considers the payoffs and tradeoffs of using product development skills that he learned in CPI's core business when applied to a... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Development; Business or Company Management; Management Skills; Research and Development; Business Strategy; Communication; Product Design; Market Design; Organizational Design; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C., and Mikelle Eastley. "Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management Business (A)." Harvard Business School Case 698-021, November 1997. (Revised July 1999.)
- March 1993
- Supplement
Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (B)
Describes Burroughs Wellcome's response to protests over the pricing of its AIDS drug AZT in September 1989. Also presents short-term reactions by government officials, AIDS activists, and investors to Burroughs Wellcome's strategy. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Health Pandemics; Multinational Firms and Management; Price; Crime and Corruption; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-114, March 1993.
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
Tarun Abstract—New technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don’t yet exist. Interestingly, businesspeople in emerging economies face similar... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
sorting process in industry were generally more sympathetic to business school admissions offices and the Herculean task they face in taking values into consideration in admissions. As Linda Abraham said, "Considering that ... time... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Journal of Law & Economics Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size: Evidence from India By: Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari Abstract—This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
students, and achieve top-quality research. Publisher Link: http://www.amazon.com/Building-World-Class-Universities-Asia/dp/1453707778 The Fund Industry: How Your Money Is Managed Authors:Robert Pozen and Theresa Hamacher Publication:John Wiley & Sons, forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
growing pains. RITE is the first commercially licensed tidal power project in the United States, and reaching that milestone was an odyssey: Smith reckons that the technical challenges, funding crunches, and regulatory hurdles involved in establishing a new View Details