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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
WSA Speakers Kick Off W50
feminists, Spar suggested, addressed the more obvious policy issues within the system; the remaining, largely cultural issues are much subtler, and more difficult to address. "Because young women can do anything, they think that they have... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to standard leadership topics, such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
Like Muccio, Talley confronted some of the same hardball price challenges, and like Muccio, she acquired a deep understanding of the Wal-Mart culture while finding "new money" in the supply chain through innovative tactics. For... View Details
- 17 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
health and well-being, and culture and learning. After Harvard achieved its 30% GHG reduction goal (and HBS achieved a 47% reduction!), the University launched a separate Climate Action Plan, which includes the goals of being fossil fuel... View Details
- Web
Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Collection, on permanent loan to Baker Library from the French Cultural Center, Boston, reveals the ideas and ideals of a man who played a pioneering role in the emergence of the postwar entrepreneurial economy. Contact Baker Library... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Action Plan: Just Breathe
anxiety, followed by those focused on increasing happiness. On average, Whil costs around $15 per employee, per year. “For less than the cost of a T-shirt, you can help employees build a healthier and happier lifestyle for themselves, which translates into a more... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East
chains. “Fashion is an important form of art, and there are skilled artisans right in Lebanon producing modest, fashionable clothing with embellishments inspired by local culture,” he explains. “Darza is building something that has economic value because it creates... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
End of Campaign Celebrated
managerial decisions they will confront in business. Said Paine, “It’s not just a matter of teaching. Ethics must be built into the culture to work. That is the challenge we’re helping our students grapple with.” Building World-Class... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Job Interviews
you left your previous job,” he notes. “Even if there is much that you could criticize, you should talk instead about your desire for growth and change.” Candidates also should postpone detailed questions about salary and company culture... View Details
- August 2017
- Supplement
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Organization Behavior; Government; Performance; Leadership; Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Nonprofit Organizations; Government Administration; Restructuring; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Canada
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-701, August 2017.
- October 2009
- Case
A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Curtis Rising
On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it was simultaneously acquiring two public companies, Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources, in all-cash deals. The total price was about $24 billion, a figure close to Anadarko's market cap at the time.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Transformation; Negotiation; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Alignment; Valuation; Energy Industry; United States
Christensen, Clayton M., and Curtis Rising. "A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources." Harvard Business School Case 610-020, October 2009.
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of an Alumni Achievement Award honoree. "Differentiate by every means... View Details
- 04 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Making the Case for Consumer-Driven Health Care
of health care is a major research topic at Harvard Business School and its Healthcare Initiative, where some 40 faculty conduct research on questions as diverse as how "work-around" cultures develop in hospitals to the best... View Details
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
Mark Zuckerberg delayed action and side-stepped responsibility. Two Million Fake Accounts: Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Coming out of the financial crisis, Wells Fargo was one of the world’s most successful banks. But then its sales View Details
- Profile
Leila Meliani
leadership groups," Leila says. In the summer, Leila will join Deloitte's Atlanta office where she will work in the Human Capital Consulting Practice. "I'm looking for ways to expand my skill set in areas I'm passionate about, such as organizational View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity
usurers out of business, but in the long run they played a crucial role in making finance culturally acceptable and laying the foundations of European banking. “Although the montes themselves were pawnshops,” writes medieval historian... View Details
- Web
Business of Ideas - Course Catalog
How do idea generators and the businesses surrounding them create and capture value? How do different distribution models impact perception? This course complements RC BGIE, offering students a social and cultural macro-lens for... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
Helping HBS Make Big Bets
organization’s business model and launching Lincoln Center International, an offshoot that provides consulting services and convening opportunities to worldwide clients seeking to plan, build, and operate vibrant arts facilities and View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
motivated to search for novel information and anticipate alternative perspectives, leading to better decision making, problem solving and innovation. Time and again, analysis confirms this improves the bottom line of companies. “Working to impact society’s continuing... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ryan Fennerty
I learned to experience the unfamiliar not with fear but with wonder. My family would go on to live in six more countries after Pakistan. And with each move, my world grew richer for it. I was immersed in new cultures and saw the world... View Details