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Performance Management for Nonprofit Organizations (Executive Education, Faculty Co-chair)

This Executive Education course —a joint program presented by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative and Harvard University's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations—explores the impact of measurement on resource allocation, organizational learning, internal processes,... View Details
  • 24 Feb 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

underscore the importance of understanding where open source is most used and could be vulnerable to attack. The report, ‘Vulnerabilities in the Core,’ a Preliminary Report and... View Details
Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer
  • 08 Feb 2023
  • Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

from direct reports can help leaders. Reviewing team interactions, listening to team member exchanges, and examining follow-on actions help leaders assess whether the team effectively engages all members... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

that normative or preconceived beliefs about the functioning of the social world may guide social behavior in children. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54387 Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals

future. The Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Board of the Directors of the Associates, and the Visiting Committee all assist HBS in ways that bring a valuable viewpoint to the School. James C. Schroeder, executive director of... View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg; boards; alumni; planning; leadership; advice; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance

By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
We examine in this paper the differential response of establishments to the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in determining micro economic performance. Using a new worldwide dataset that reports the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Local Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Production; Performance Evaluation; Networks
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  • 22 Apr 2015
  • Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

totaling 950 million euros to the International Monetary Fund by May 12. However, major confusion exists about what has happened in this period and why we are still talking about Greece being at the... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

company had focused on its internal operations and paid little attention to external communications about its social activities. However, this changed in the late 1990s, partly... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
  • 02 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Women, Work, and the "M" Word

increasingly remote and hybrid work environments. Whether this means starting one internally for the women within the company or advertising access to external groups, these... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

(cherry blossoms) Project, where the company asked users in Japan to report about how cherry blossoms were blooming near them day by day, had opened up opportunities for the company's consumer business in Japan. The project ultimately... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

anything, it naturally follows that senior managers can't simply delegate critical decisions involving operations, the adoption of IT or other technologies, and improvement efforts to "experts," whether they're View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

contemporary circumstances so as to be relevant for managers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52977 Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2008 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Repositioning CARE USA

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
CARE USA, a large ($600 million) international nonprofit/NGO, had recently revamped its external branding and positioning in support of its international development work. The case lays out the challenges facing its new CEO, Helene Gayle, as she manages through the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Management; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Non-Governmental Organizations; Adaptation; United States
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Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Cluster Studies Cluster Studies Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized... View Details
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

innovation adoption and, over time, the breadth of the organization’s innovation practices. We delineate these processes, as well as the internal and external contingencies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2011 (Revised August 2011)
  • Supplement

Kanebo Ltd. (C)

By: David F. Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan and Akiko Kanno
The exposure of the Kanebo Ltd. fraud raises questions of Japan's preparedness to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards. View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Standards; Financial Reporting; Crime and Corruption; Japan
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  • 05 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

context in which the company operates, and so on. Designing and evaluating a business model is a complicated task, given all the considerations that must influence your decisions—external opportunities View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2001 (Revised March 2002)
  • Case

Progressive Insurance: Disclosure Strategy

By: Amy P. Hutton and James Weber
Progressive Insurance had refused to play Wall Street's earning game. Progressive didn't manage reported earnings nor did management give guidance to analysts. Management then considered taking their unique disclosure strategy one step further to become the first to... View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Stocks; Corporate Disclosure; Insurance; Volatility; Insurance Industry; United States
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  • 03 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51347 Harvard Business School Case 118-061 The Whistleblower at International Game Technology Robert Mayhem, a senior manager at International... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Sep 2016
  • News

Ideas with Economic and Social Impact

given at a G8 summit in 2013 and resulted in a report published by the OECD in 2015. That work has continued with the next report coming out at the end of 2017. “We’re looking... View Details