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01 Oct 1999
News

Banking on Success

his oceanfront home on the North Shore of Boston. "The last quarter-century has been a time of unbelievable good fortune from an economic and capital markets perspective," notes Kneisel. "Our generation of HBS graduates didn't create this... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

as several states in the West were planning a new joint program. “Those who make poor choices feel the consequences of price uncertainty most deeply.” So clearly it's important for business managers in many industries to understand how... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

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Wyss House | About

Wyss House Hansjörg Wyss accepts the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association's Beatrice D. Ellerin Alumni Achievement Award, 2007. Wyss House is named in honor of Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965) in recognition of his distinguished accomplishments and support. Home to Harvard... View Details

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Understanding the Process of Innovation

Michael Collins is looking to diversify. His company, Big Idea Group, currently produces only children's toys, but he thinks his process for discovering, refining, and bringing ideas to market can work in other niches. As the Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gray

25 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

What CEOs Do, and How They Can Do it Better

do," says Harvard Business School professor Raffaella Sadun. "Most of the time it's difficult to codify the qualities of a good manager." “We went in with the curiosity of trying to understand the life of a CEO” Despite... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

sequencing, and coalition building certainly find application in multi-deal situations. Yet beyond such concepts, negotiation analysts can find special value in thinking in terms of campaigns, with multiple interdependent fronts, that must be artfully combined in order... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

For the general business practitioner, what are the major takeaways from your observations? How will their businesses be affected, and are there things they should be doing now... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

multiple needs not only possible, but profitable. We conclude by emphasizing the role of business schools in socializing business leaders and how these schools, by incorporating a more stakeholder-centric... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

American Big Three and many other auto companies had done major benchmarking studies, and they and other companies had tried to implement their own forms of the Toyota Production System. There is the Ford Production System, the Chrysler Operating System, and View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

states were able to build with religion have generated long-term repercussions. Fatefully, both state policies that seek to facilitate equality through the recognition of religious difference and state policies that seek to eradicate such... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

development of self-service merchandising systems in American grocery stores, but also revealing how cellophane manufacturers tried to control the narrative of how women buy food. “Cellophane changed how people shopped,” says Ai Hisano, the Harvard-Newcomen Fellow in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

01 Jan 2012
News

Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

translates to “optimism”—into one of Japan’s most successful businesses and a thriving global enterprise. Through savvy investments, strategic partnerships, and acquisitions, he has expanded the company rapidly and diversified its... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

business management including strategy, marketing, operations, human capital, and governance, and the impact of their decisions. + – Government Harvard Kennedy School Think Tank Search Think Tank Search searches the websites of... View Details

December 2006
Case

Southern Company's Investment in CEMIG

In the spring of 1997, Southern Company had the opportunity to acquire a significant portion of the electric utility in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The shares in the utility, CEMIG, were being sold by the state government as part of a comprehensive... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Privatization; Investment; Acquisition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Utilities Industry; Brazil

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01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

Biosciences: Seeds of Change (Abridged) Arthur A. Daemmrich, Forest Reinhardt, and Mary ShelmanHarvard Business School Case 711-050 Arcadia Biosciences is seeking to introduce genetically modified rice to China that will lower farmers'... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

History Matters

The stunning collapse of three high-profile banks in recent months—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank—churned up a host of headlines and fears: Are these signs of major instability? The first dominos to fall? In the second edition of their... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

11 Apr 2023
Blog Post

BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams

essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. As part of... View Details

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

Network, a social enterprise empowering the next generation of diverse business leaders by democratizing access to professional networks. She is also Co-President of the HBS Tech Club and Co-VP of Diversity,... View Details

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

New York: Springer Building a Culture of Health: A New Imperative for Business By: Quelch, John A., and Emily C. Boudreau Abstract—This ambitious volume sets out to understand how every company impacts public health and introduces a... View Details