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  • 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

May–June 2018 Harvard Business Review The Surprising Power of Questions By: Brooks, Alison Wood, and Leslie K. John Abstract—Much of an executive’s workday is spent asking others for information—requesting status updates from a team... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Aug 2015
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Business for the Other Billions

Keywords: impact investing
  • 01 Mar 2016
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

Connection between Food Waste, Hunger, and Climate Change by John M. Mandyck and Eric B. Schultz (MBA 1983) (Carrier Corp.) One-third or more of the food produced each year is never eaten. This book details the sources and consequences of... View Details
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

Chairman of the Emergency Department of the world-renowned, university-based Mercy Hospital, was deeply disturbed when he read the letter from the family of John Samson, a patient who had come to the emergency room one week earlier, that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Business Answers the Call

together an ambitious agenda for change and hired a charismatic leader named John Stanford, a former Army major general with no ed-ucation administration experience, to be superintendent. Stanford would die tragically of leukemia three... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • March 2023
  • Article

Reaching for Rigor and Relevance: Better Marketing Research for a Better World

By: Shilpa Madan, Gita Venkataramani Johar, Jonah Berger, Pierre Chandon, Rajesh Chandy, Rebecca Hamilton, Leslie John, Aparna Labroo, Peggy J. Liu, John G. Lynch, Nina Mazar, Nicole Mead, Vikas Mittal, Christine Moorman, Michael I. Norton, John Roberts, Dilip Soman, Madhu Viswanathan and Katherine White
Over the past several decades, scholars have highlighted the obligations and opportunities for marketing as a discipline to play a role in creating a better world — or risk becoming irrelevant for the largest problems facing consumers and society. Climate change,... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Marketing; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Research
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  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

faculty and alums who have experience with corporate boards. It will provide a uniquely HBS perspective on the future of boards. Management Practices across Firms and Countries Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2001
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New Ventures New Gains

members, including early supporter William A. Sahlman, and passed it along to entrepreneurship club members Jennifer Scott Fonstad, David M. Rosenblatt, and John N. Iannuccillo (all MBA 1997). “We were really focused on spawning... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • June 2005 (Revised September 2008)
  • Class Lecture

Strategy: Building and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

By: Bharat N. Anand, Stephen P. Bradley, Pankaj Ghemawat, Tarun Khanna, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, Michael G. Rukstad, John R. Wells and David B. Yoffie
It's great to have a blockbuster quarter or a revolutionary product or service, but true business excellence demands sustainability. Maintaining your competitive advantage requires a strategy that makes your business unique and carries you forward as the world around... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage
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  • 01 Jun 2008
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The Prophet of Start-Ups

counterculture was spawned in the late 1950s. “He was definitely part of a social revolution that loosened things up,” says Parker G. Montgomery, founder and chief executive of Cooper Laboratories Limited now CooperVision, a successful... View Details
Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781846142734,00.html?strSrchSql=Civilization%3A+The+West+and+the+Rest/Civilization_Niall_Ferguson Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors Authors: Rebecca Henderson and Richard View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

explain their acts." Some used the message boards to offer classmates (and often friends and family of classmates) a place to stay if needed, propose ideas of how people could help, and express their hope. After reassuring her sectionmates that she was fine, Bertina... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

When MBA students returned to Soldiers Field in the fall, they had nine new second-year courses to choose from, four with an emphasis on fieldwork. For faculty, developing a course affords the opportunity to draw on research and address what they see as some of the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 12 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 12

Your Roots: Rose Carpenter's Story Davis, John A., Janet Kraus, and Lisa StropeHarvard Business School Case 813-077 Rose Carpenter is a successful entrepreneur who is considering the personal implications of leaving the business she... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52140 Winter 2017 CPI Antitrust Chronicle Google, Mobile and Competition: The Current State of Play By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract— I present Google practices that have raised objections... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

2015 Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

IEEE Security & Privacy Accountable? The Problems and Solutions of Online Ad Optimization By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Online advertising might seem to be the most measurable form of marketing ever invented. Comprehensive records... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

suffering from overcapacity and from an inefficient farming structure. CEO John Horgan is considering the best way to position Kepak for success, including the possibility of an umbrella Irish beef brand, opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

describes Palmisano's approach as a strategist, organization builder, and driver of performance. Again, video clips supplement the reading of the case. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311030-PDF-ENG Porsche: The Cayenne Launch View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

Breakups Author:Stuart C. Gilson Publication:2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010 Abstract A collection of case studies illustrates real-world techniques, implementation, and strategies on corporate restructuring. Over the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace