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- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
catastrophically in Japan. Once fully deployed, Transatomic says its reactors could use existing stockpiles of nuclear waste to satisfy the world's electricity needs through 2083. But that's a long way off. With Transatomic, Wilcox faces many of the same View Details
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
of losing knowledge management in the organization? Maybe managers want to exert more control over that area. A: Oh, absolutely. It's a double-edged sword. How you prosper within a geographical region, such... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
team, an experience that convinced him that he needed more management skills. By his own recollection, he was virtually “clueless” about the very special place to which he was heading. His application to the MBA Program caught the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
shipped cost-effectively,” he explains. Mountz moved on to another job, but found himself still pondering the challenge almost two years later in an brainstorming session with some former MIT classmates. “We decided products that could... View Details
- Web
Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
Students will learn how leadership teams address the challenges and opportunities ventures face after achieving product-market fit – and how to activate and manage exponential growth. The course reflects the... View Details
- October 2019
- Supplement
Hidrovias do Brasil: Navigating Unchartered Waters: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Since its founding eight years earlier, Hidrovias do Brasil (“Hidrovias”), an integrated logistics provider serving corporate customers exporting products from South America via the Atlantic Ocean, had grown to 900 employees and $253 million in annual revenues.... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Finance; Leadership; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Human Capital; Growth and Development; Private Equity; Shipping Industry; Brazil
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Hidrovias do Brasil: Navigating Unchartered Waters: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 420-710, October 2019.
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Fereshteh…
explore a new challenge - store management. I realized that in order to be an effective General Manager for Louis Vuitton, I needed to gain a better understanding of our business operations. What better way... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- May 1996 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
BAE Automated Systems (B): Implementing the Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System
By: Lynda M. Applegate, H. James Nelson, Ramiro Montealegre and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Describes the negotiations between the City of Denver officials, airlines, consulting companies, and BAE for the construction of a backup baggage system to enable the Denver International Airport (DIA) to open. When DIA finally opens in February 1995, 16 months behind... View Details
Keywords: Performance Effectiveness; Management Practices and Processes; Projects; Negotiation; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Air Transportation Industry; Construction Industry; Colorado
Applegate, Lynda M., H. James Nelson, Ramiro Montealegre, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "BAE Automated Systems (B): Implementing the Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System." Harvard Business School Case 396-312, May 1996. (Revised October 2001.)
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
types of unique challenges do the managers and companies in your cases face? Do you have a sense of how these might be different from those highlighted by cases produced at the other Global Initiative... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
check all three boxes. And you have to sell to the CEO, CFO, and CIO, as opposed to the VP of development or QA. The VPs have too much turf to protect. —Robert Finzi (MBA 1983) The real crux of the issue is managing those developers. If a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A Call to Innovation
become one of the most competitive economies on earth. What can we do? Kao isn’t looking only at oft-cited remedies, such as increased teacher salaries and more homework for pupils. He’s proposing a comprehensive plan similar to President Kennedy’s moon-landing View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
grading standards? Associate Professor Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error." The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking Senator John Heinz Professor of View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer (Harvard Business Review Press) The best managers build a group of employees who have great inner work lives:... View Details
- November 1993
- Case
Thurgood Marshall High School
By: John J. Gabarro
Presents the problem facing a newly appointed high-school principal. Raises issues about interpersonal and group behavior including lack of open conflict resolution and the need to intervene in an interpersonal conflict. Also raises the issue of intergroup conflict... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Employee Relationship Management; Secondary Education; Groups and Teams; Education Industry
Gabarro, John J. "Thurgood Marshall High School." Harvard Business School Case 494-070, November 1993.
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
In 1947, Professor Myles Mace, a pioneer in the study of entrepreneurship and corporate governance, introduced a unique offering into the MBA curriculum called The Management of New Enterprises. Believed to be the first entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
Kyle Angelo Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
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June O'Sullivan Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
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Erin O’ Malley Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
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Angela Son Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
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Transportation - Business & Environment
Battery costs for electric vehicles have dropped 85% since 2010. [38] Challenge Globally, transportation is the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions. Reducing GHGs from this sector is difficult because economic growth usually requires... View Details