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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy, & Society . Research Use Purpose to Transform Your Workplace , Harvard Business Review, 2022. With Leena Nair, Nick Dalton, and Patrick Hull. Digital Commerce and... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

says Harvard Business School professor Hirotaka Takeuchi, was their dedication to responding to the needs of employees and the community first, all with the moral purpose of serving the common good. Less important for these companies, he... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Jan 2023
  • Book

Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action

back up and running, many women are asking: What’s it going to take to effect real change? According to Tina Opie, visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and author of Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work, it’s... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

Featured Exercises Record business transactions as journal entries Construct a trial balance 8.5 hrs Module 3 Financial Statements Understand the content and purpose of the income statement and balance sheet and how the trial balance is... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2022
  • Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

identity she created within the team. Purpose is the fuel on which Corporate Explorers thrive. It is critical to success, whether it comes naturally from deep personal experience or from an intense,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • April 2018
  • Case

Globalizing Japan's Dream Machine: Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
Recruit Holdings, an advertising media, staffing, and business support conglomerate was founded in 1960 by Hiromasa Ezoe. Recruit was built on the principle that the company should add value to society. To do this, it hired young and talented employees and created a... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Crime and Corruption; Transition; Globalization; Japan
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  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

United States in a uniquely powerful position. While Europe and Asia had experienced extensive destruction and loss of life, no battles had been fought on the soil of the United States. The U.S. dollar became the world's major reserve currency. U.S. View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 07 Jul 2011
  • What Do You Think?

So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

world." Santhanam Krishnan commented on the ultimate complementarity between the two concepts this way: "Commitment to remain adaptable to changing situations is the formula for survival " Lynne Levesque argued that organizations have to commit to a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 17 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

overview of business history research worldwide aimed at both researchers and practitioners, addressing challenging issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology and innovation, and economic theory and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

about and weighs the past and future. In some places, tips are provided not so much to reward good service but to encourage good service in the future—a perception that brings the tip closer to the purpose of a bribe, which is also... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Nov 2022
  • In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

End Game

Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
  • July 2005
  • Case

Harvard Business School and the Making of a New Profession

By: Rakesh Khurana, Tarun Khanna and Daniel Penrice
Since its founding in 1908, Harvard Business School's mission has been to perform a much-needed service for American society by turning business management into a profession. One of the most important factors in the founding of HBS and the nation's other new business... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Mission and Purpose; Alignment; Social Issues; Practice
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  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

looking for meaning in their work—and are eager for roles offering a higher purpose even if they pay less than traditional positions. When graduates are willing to work for less in jobs they feel are “useful to society,” the labor market... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Companies: social responsibility

most sustainable corporations. The following websites give background information on social responsibility issues and companies: Benefit Corp Information Center: Benefit corporations have a corporate View Details
  • 11 Dec 2023
  • Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

Corporate Strategy Development group and that was really life changing for me. I hadn't realized that corporate strategy at a place like Nike existed,” Leahy says. Nike was also where Leahy learned the power... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

change that seems perfectly benign. I tell the story of Carol Hallquist, a talented corporate executive with an interest in accelerating improvement in public education so that every school is great. She came to see principals or heads of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Redefining Capitalism - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

creation Shared value thinking will drive the next wave of innovation, productivity, and economic growth A transformation of business practice around shared value will give purpose to the corporation and... View Details
  • 13 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

below, Frazier provides insights into this turbulent period of American history with Tsedal Neeley (@tsedal), the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Topics ranged from corporate America’s role... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical
  • 2009
  • Book

Supercorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Opportunity, Profits, Growth, and Social Good

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
Supercorp is based on a 3-year study involving more than 350 interviews in 20 countries to identify the leadership practices and operating methods of major companies seeking profitable growth through innovation that benefits society. For example, when the tsunami and... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Opportunities; Welfare
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