Resource Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2005
News

Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock

Photo Courtesy MATTHEW R. SIMMONS In his new book, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy (John Wiley & Sons, 2005), Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67) sounds an alarm about a finite resource that he believes is... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

management systems for buildings. Tying in a policy perspective, Former US Energy Secretary and MIT Professor emeritus, Dr. Ernest Moniz, presented a perspective of a Green Real Deal that simultaneously must achieve a lower carbon future,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

Profile

Rob Self

conserving resources on our planet.” In addition to engineering roles at Ford, Tesla, and BMW, Rob co-founded a startup, Ceres, to help farmers manage precious water resources... View Details

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Related Collections - A Chronicle of the China Trade

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21 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 21, 2007

innovating managers will instead segment their markets by the different jobs that customers might use their products for, their probability of success will be much higher. Understanding the job is much more important than understanding... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2008
News

Summit Sound Bites

brain as well as left brain.” —Anand Mahindra (MBA ’81), Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. “This notion of the golden parachute — I wish we could just voluntarily all agree we’re not going to do that anymore,... View Details

17 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Tech for the People

free disaster-relief housing to neighbors in need. “It’s the first program of its kind in the US,” he notes. “I’m grateful to have had the chance to help add another resource to San José’s robust emergency response program.” That chance... View Details

17 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

serve all patients, all needs, and through all channels." Raffaella Sadun: I would add that their lack of focus might be the reason why it’s so hard for them to actually excel in implementation. The hospital is a complex, multiproduct organization, and spreading... View Details

Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health

08 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

and increases the chance that governments will under-invest. Policy suggestions that may alleviate this problem are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-040.pdf A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

long term. Two Harvard University faculty members—Amy C. Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, and Dr. Howard K. Koh, the Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

01 Jun 2007
News

Power Trip

as a resource for understanding and learning from business leadership legacies. “The whole process of building a canon of business leadership has been fascinating,” observes Mayo. “There are some obvious similarities in the backgrounds of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Oral Histories | Baker Library

serves as an independent consultant to corporations and non-profit organizations. She previously served as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company, Inc., as Vice President Marketing/Planning and Research for CBS/Sony Music... View Details

February 2025
Supplement

eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell

The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the young and ambitious company. In 2023, the... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Value Creation; Competition; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurial Finance; Bicycle Industry; Africa; Kenya

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February 2009
Journal Article

Domestic Effects of the Foreign Activities of U.S. Multinationals

By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.

Do firms investing abroad simultaneously reduce their domestic activity? This paper analyzes the relationship between the domestic and foreign operations of American manufacturing firms between 1982 and 2004 by instrumenting for changes in foreign operations with GDP... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Range; Local Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Compensation and Benefits; Operations; Manufacturing Industry; United States

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September 2004 (Revised October 2004)
Case

Pat Anderson

By: Leslie A. Perlow and Daisy Wademan

Patten Bank's pending sale jeopardizes Pat Anderson's prospect of receiving an expected year-end bonus. What to do now? This problem follows several earlier conflicts that Anderson has confronted during the past four-and-one-half years spent working as an analyst and... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict Management; Power and Influence; Executive Compensation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

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12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

teamed up with Priyank Lathwal, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, to mobilize South Asian student organizations across Harvard and other universities to pool resources for Indian health and aid organizations. The... View Details

01 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

always faced constraints on financial resources or production capacity, but now more than ever, management's time and attention are the most critical constraints. We have to think much more strategically about how to focus people's... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

a timber farm. Many of my family members also worked in industries tied to food and agriculture. This background led me to study food and resource economics as an undergraduate, a field of study with a very high likelihood of landing... View Details

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

manage a multi-business corporation?" to engender entrepreneurship and adaptability while maintaining control and realizing economies. All companies, whether large, diversified multinationals or small entrepreneurial startups, wrestle... View Details

October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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ghSMART & Co: Building and Scaling a Time Smart Firm

By: Ashley Whillans and Sara Coronel Rodriguez

"For ghSMART, freedom is the first principle from which all good things flow”—Geoff Smart, Chairman and Founder, ghSMART. ghSMART was a leadership advisory firm that was grounded in the principle of freedom. Talented Consultants and Partners could work remotely from... View Details