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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society

Drawing on insights shared at the 2023 BiGS Global Leadership Roundtable in Detroit, this report offers a comprehensive summary of discussions and of strategies for how... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Social Enterprse Forum Discusses Strategy

How are the models of strategy that have been developed for business organizations being applied in the nonprofit world? What new strategy models are emerging that reflect the... View Details

2016
Working Paper

The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market

By: Feng Zhu

Strategy scholars have documented in various empirical settings that firms seek and leverage stronger institutions to mitigate hazards and gain competitive advantage. In this paper, we argue that such “institution-seeking” behavior may not be confined to the pursuit of... View Details

Keywords: Patent Wars; Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement; Institutions; Smartphone; Patent Thicket; Digital Platforms; Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business Strategy; Telecommunications Industry

01 Dec 2017
News

HBS Fund Advances Global Strategy

Publishing. Gifts of all sizes to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation help fuel the School’s ambitious international strategy to expand the scope of faculty research,... View Details

20 Mar 2017
Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

who took notice: Harvard Business School Professor Karim Lakhani. As a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1990s, he took von Hippel’s class on innovation. After reading... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2015
Working Paper

Corporate Sponsorship in Culture—A Case of Partnership in Relationship Building and Collaborative Marketing by a Global Financial Institution and a Major Art Museum

By: Ragnar Lund and Stephen A. Greyser

Purpose: This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership and relationship marketing perspective. It studies a case of how a partnership between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, adds value to both in terms of interaction with... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Partners and Partnerships; Marketing Strategy; Culture; Banks and Banking

October 2013
Article

How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure

By: Anil R. Doshi, Glen W.S. Dowell and Michael W. Toffel

Mandatory information disclosure regulations seek to create institutional pressure to spur performance improvement. By examining how organizational characteristics moderate establishments' responses to a prominent environmental information disclosure program, we... View Details

Keywords: Information Disclosure; Institutional Theory; Environmental Strategy; Mandatory Disclosure; Environmental Performance; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Improvement; Environmental Sustainability; Manufacturing Industry; United States

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July 1993 (Revised November 1993)
Case

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Marketing Strategy for the Debut Bond Offering

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the first supranational financial institution of the post-Cold War era, is planning its debut in the international capital markets through a bond issuance of $500 million. The bank must determine its marketing... View Details

Keywords: Bonds; Marketing Strategy; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Europe

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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society

Global Leadership Roundtables Harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. The goal of the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) Global Leadership Roundtables is to empower... View Details

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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society

executives to create BiGS learning networks. Mariana Castaneda Digital Communications Manager Mariana Castaneda is the team’s Digital Communications Manager. They engage leaders around the world by overseeing all View Details

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

strategies. 8 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Enroll by April 24 $1,850 Certificate Complete any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization in strategy . Complete the year-long CLIMB... View Details

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Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society

Europe’s green transition Global Leadership Roundtable Paris, France October 2024 In partnership with the HBS Europe Research Center . More Global Leadership Roundtables A new world of risks and opportunities In October 2024, Harvard... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the CLIMB program and Strategy track. Introduction to Business Strategy LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI... View Details

2013
Working Paper

How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in Two Financial Institutions

By: Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes and Yuval Millo

This paper, based on a five-year longitudinal study at two UK-based banks, documents and analyzes the practices used by risk managers as they aim to gather and establish influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1)... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Banking Industry

2015
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Issa Baluch and the African Agribusiness Knowledge and Innovation Leadership Initiative (AKILI)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Renee Vuillaume

A veteran of the freight forwarding industry, Issa Baluch wanted to transform the education space in Africa by introducing hands-on practical teaching in agriculture and agribusiness. In the summer of 2015 his vision of a practical learning institute for African... View Details

April 2003 (Revised December 2003)
Background Note

Winning the Influence Game: Corporate Diplomacy and Business Strategy

Provides a framework for influencing key outside players--businesses, governments, and NGOs--in support of business strategy. This could mean negotiating contracts with major customers and suppliers, concluding acquisitions and alliances, and securing financing from... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Business Strategy; Power and Influence

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the CLIMB program , Leadership & Management and Strategy track. Introduction to Strategy Execution LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost.... View Details

May 2025
Teaching Note

Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen

This Teaching Note helps instructors teach students the HBS Case, Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City. In late 2016, Bridj was expanding its digital platform to help address urban mobility problems faced by cities across the country... View Details

Keywords: Transportation; Urban Development; App Development; Innovation; Stakeholder Engagement; Collaboration; Startup; Ride-sharing; Entrenchment; Disruption; Digital