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23 Jun 2022
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As the World Shifts, So Should Leaders

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Fellowship in U.S. Business History - 2025 Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society - Fellowship The deadline for applications for July 2024 openings has passed. Interested applicants for positions starting July 2025 should... View Details

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By: Thomas J. DeLong

I'm currently studying how global organizations organize talent management systems in order to maintain and enhance the performance of professionals. I'm also interested in the socialization process of organizations based on size and focus of the... View Details

January 2019
Case

Accenture's Code of Business Ethics

By: Eugene Soltes

Leaders of Accenture’s compliance and ethics program are seeking to design a new code of business ethics for its global workforce of over 400,000 employees. The case explores the decision-making process that went into the design process and ultimately how they created... View Details

Keywords: Code Of Conduct; Compliance; Ethics; Law; Leadership; Governance Compliance

23 May 2013
Keynote Speech

The State of the Shared Value Field

By: Michael E. Porter

Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School presents on the importance of shared value as business strategy. This keynote presentation was filmed on May 23rd, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Global Shared Value Leadership Summit. Learn more at fsg.org. Join... View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value

21 Jul 2021
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A Conversation on Organizational Trust With Punit Renjen

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Sustainability Club

Keywords: Sustainability

21 Oct 2019
News

Solving for Climate Change’s Impact on Urban Water: Flooding, Sea Rise, and Drought?

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1.3 Academic Calendar - MBA

Projects 1.18 FIELD Global Capstone 1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) 1.20 Joint Degree Programs 1.21 Use of Course Work & Materials 1.22 Disability Access 1.23 Pregnancy, Childbirth & Adoption during Business School 1.24 Commencement 2.... View Details

August 1990 (Revised January 1992)
Case

Eli Lilly and Co. (B): Europe

By: Michael Y. Yoshino

Examines the challenges facing the company in light of the changing economic, regulatory, and competitive environment in the European pharmaceutical industry. Examines the steps taken by the company adapting to this changing situation as part of a total globalization... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Economics; Global Strategy; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Adaptation; Competition; Pharmaceutical Industry; Europe

September – October 2009
Article

Critical Decisions in Software Development: Updating the State of the Practice

By: Alan MacCormack, Michael A. Cusumano, Chris Kemerer and Bill Crandall

This article focuses on how to choose the "right" software development process, how to structure global software design chains, how to manage the interaction of project structure and software design, and how to balance innovation and efficiency in a software business. View Details

Keywords: Applications and Software; Product Development; Projects; Innovation and Management; Performance Efficiency; Information Technology Industry

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26 Mar 2015
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28 Jan 2016
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Around the world & back

December 2009 (Revised February 2012)
Case

Monsanto: Helping Farmers Feed the World

By: David E. Bell, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mary Shelman

Monsanto has led the effort to bring biotechnology to bear on food production. Through some management missteps and consumer resistance the company had difficulties in its early years. But since Hugh Grant became CEO the picture has brightened with widespread adoption... View Details

Keywords: Food; Global Strategy; Leadership; Production; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States

September 2016 (Revised December 2018)
Case

Joan Bavaria and Multi-Dimensional Capitalism

By: Geoffrey Jones and Seema Amble

The case examines the career of Joan Bavaria, a pioneer of socially responsible investing and founder of Trillium Asset Management and Ceres, the nonprofit organization advocating for sustainability leadership. It describes her personal journey from art student and... View Details

Keywords: Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Personal Development and Career