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- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governing the Family-Run Business
The topic of governance is hot. Shareholders, managers, and business advisors are demanding improved governance of (typically public) companies by strengthening their boards of directors and developing more... View Details
- 03 Oct 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Vortex: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape
- April 2009
- Case
Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community
By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details
Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks
Childress, Stacey M., and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community." Harvard Business School Case 309-089, April 2009.
- fall 1985
- Article
Supporting Innovation and Venture Development in Established Companies
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Supporting Innovation and Venture Development in Established Companies." Journal of Business Venturing 1 (fall 1985).
- March 2004 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (A)
By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
By June 2003, IBM had made significant progress in changing the way it managed new, emerging businesses. Describes the development of a separate management program at IBM designed to identify, fund, and shepherd new businesses through growth. Traces the history of the... View Details
Keywords: History; Business or Company Management; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy
Garvin, David A., and Lynne Levesque. "Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (A)." Harvard Business School Case 304-075, March 2004. (Revised February 2005.)
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
having a profound effect, for we are spending a significant portion of the fund this year on a variety of activities, including recruiting tenured faculty, providing support for the development of rising junior faculty, and bringing View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 05 Mar 2008
- News
Harvard Business School Joins 10,000 Women
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
Vikram Gandhi (MBA 1989) started Asha Impact to bring together successful business leaders and entrepreneurs to help India’s poor with affordable housing, financial inclusion, and access to energy. “India has 400 million people within the... View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: New Insights into Career Development
Harvard Business School researchers are offering unique insights into our workplaces and careers. In this world, taking a pay cut can help a career, promotions aren't always good things, and networking may send you to the nearest tub for... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
disciplines, where academic research is leading to the development of a second skin that could improve drug delivery or alerting farmers and scientists on how to reduce nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural farming. Harvard View Details
- November 1995
- Background Note
Reengineering a Business Process
By: Richard L. Nolan and Thomas H. Davenport
Describes the six steps included in most reengineering initiatives: selecting the processes for reengineering; identifying change enablers; developing a business vision of process objectives; understanding and measuring existing processes; designing and prototyping the... View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Change Management; Measurement and Metrics
Nolan, Richard L., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Reengineering a Business Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-054, November 1995.
- 2023
- Working Paper
Point Four and the Politics of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States during the Early Cold War
By: Melanie Sheehan
This article traces business influence in the formulation of the Point Four technical assistance program, the first US Cold War-era international development program. It focuses specifically on business interest associations’ efforts to secure federal incentives to... View Details
Keywords: Point Four Program; Business Interest Association; International Development; Cold War; Foreign Direct Investment; Business History; Business and Government Relations
Sheehan, Melanie. "Point Four and the Politics of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States during the Early Cold War." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-078, June 2023.
- 10 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Combining an Interest in Music and Business
The first thing most people think of when they hear “Harvard Business School” is most certainly not “arts” or “music”. I mean, that’s what music school is for, right? To be honest, when I decided to apply to View Details
- Web
Crossover Into Business
For professional athletes. By Harvard Business School. For professional athletes. By Harvard Business School. Crossover Into Business is a semester-long program in which... View Details
- 17 Nov 2010
- News
Harvard developing case study on leadership during Taj terror attack
- October 2006
- Article
Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Developing Countries
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Business Ventures
Khanna, Tarun, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Emerging Giants: Building World-Class Companies in Developing Countries." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 10 (October 2006).
- 07 Mar 2013
- HBS Seminar
Mike Toffel, Harvard Business School
- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 09 Oct 2018
HBX Business Analytics
Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies. Program Dates: October 9, 2018 - December 6, 2018 View Details
- 2013
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details
Keywords: FDI; Economic History; Business History; Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Banking Industry; Chemical Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Electronics Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, Geoffrey. Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013.
- March 2014 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
From Beijing Jeep to ASC Fine Wines: The Story of an American Family Business in China
By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
In 1985, Don St. Pierre Sr. became President of Beijing Jeep, the troubled joint venture between American Motor Corporation and the Chinese government to build Jeep Cherokees in China. Just over a decade later in 1996, leveraging contacts from his time in the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets; China; Joint Ventures; Wine Industry; International Entrepreneurship; International Business; Exports; Chinese Manufacturing; Business And Government Relations; Ownership Stake; Strategy; Operations; Auto Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; China
Kirby, William C., and Erica M. Zendell. "From Beijing Jeep to ASC Fine Wines: The Story of an American Family Business in China." Harvard Business School Case 314-053, March 2014. (Revised January 2017.)