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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Feedback Sample Class The opening of a case method class can exert a powerful influence on the success of the session as a whole but there is significant interrelatedness and interdependency among class openings, transitions, and... View Details

March 2017 (Revised September 2017)
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Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells and Carole A. Winkler

In January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and many attributed Trump’s victory to... View Details

Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Social Networking; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Communication; Communication Technology; Forms of Communication; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Crime and Corruption; Voting; Demographics; Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Location; Global Range; Local Range; Country; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; Business History; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Information Management; Information Publishing; News; Newspapers; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Human Capital; Law; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Systems; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Marketing Channels; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Monopoly; Media; Product Development; Service Delivery; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Rank and Position; Opportunities; Behavior; Emotions; Identity; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Trust; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia

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23 Mar 2023
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Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

invest in for their own operations. This innovative model was thoughtfully constructed and sparked many questions from our group. Key Takeaways: The Challenges of Decarbonizing Dairy One of our most powerful takeaways from this visit was... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

most powerful person in Boston-head of a privately held, billion-dollar company he built practically from scratch; friend and advisor to politicians of both parties, from Boston's Democratic Mayor Tom Menino to the Bay State's Republican... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Love to Profits The Current Energy System Transatomic: Bringing Nuclear Power to the Forefront Show Hide Details Concepts Lipton Tea Business Models Jumping the S Curve and Dealing with Uncertainty Featured Exercises Business model and... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

key role business leaders have to play in confronting climate change—and the power of HBS alumni to make a positive difference. Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) President, J Adams Strategic Communications; co-author of A Blessing: Women of... View Details

January 2011 (Revised August 2013)
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An Intern's Dilemma

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble

An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship by his employer in order to obtain data from industry competitors. View Details

Keywords: Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Conflict; Leadership; Conflict Management; Competition; Ethics; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Employees; Power and Influence

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Judges - Alumni

serves on the board of The Weisiger Group, a $1.5B distributer of heavy equipment and power systems. She serves as a lecturer and coach for Georgia Tech's Create-X Program and served as an EIR at HBS. Lara has a BS in Aerospace... View Details

30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE

openly gay students on campus at the time. That was a huge disappointment to me since I had only recently come out in San Francisco. The club played a powerful role in smoothing that transition to life at HBS. It was a way to connect with... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration

Psychology. “It’s not that Whites always do this—but that when given the power and the opportunity, they may seek ways to reduce the racial diversity in the spaces they inhabit to lessen contact with racial minorities,” says Jachimowicz,... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

21 May 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

HBS alumni over the past few years, I have been fortunate to meet quite a few of the pioneers in the impact industry in the region and I see the clubs' platform as a powerful way to leverage the voices of and connect those pioneers. For... View Details

27 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?

of similar backgrounds. Perhaps they were also responding to perceived “implicit quotas,” an organization’s informal goal to promote people from certain groups. However, neither of those reasons proved as powerful as the simple notion... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

10 Jan 2022
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How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone

contributions to society, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Frank Nagle. Doing so will encourage companies to spend more time working to make the world a better place, he says. Nagle points to the use of free and open source software, known as FOSS, to... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

07 May 2024
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Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

human health consequences from fossil fuel pollution. This pollution has led to an estimated 8 million deaths in 2018, and disproportionately affects low-income communities and communities of color given where power plants are located.... View Details

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

The section discusses three topics: How asymmetries power the process of disruption How to identify the company with the shield of asymmetric motivation and the sword of asymmetric skills on its side How to identify circumstances in which... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

26 Sep 2011
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HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

on the power of using popular social media avenues such as Facebook and Twitter to build a strong support base, fan by fan. Starting in March 2008, to publicize her first single "Just Dance," Lady Gaga took to the social media... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music