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Commencement 2018 Address | About
reminded us that, fifty years after the death of Martin Luther King, our society continues to be far from inclusive. The #MeToo movement has given us a powerful window into the ways women’s progress in virtually every industry has been...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
one of those few things that every society understands and is part of that cultural fabric. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and edited by Craig McDonald. It is available at iTunes and...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
the Present By Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, and Michael Szonyi, Editors Oxford University Press How do societies identify and promote merit? Enabling all people to fulfill their potential, and ensuring the selection of...
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- 01 Nov 2011
- News
Lessons From a Kenyan Slum
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
American tradition of a well-regulated society with the legacy of Gilded Age laissez-faire capitalism produced the modern American regulatory state. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48304 forthcoming...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
and society at large. To do that, it has to increase shareholder value while at the same time improving the firm's performance on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) dimensions. This article outlines a process that can be used to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
beneficial for society. This theme was later replaced by preference for disciplinary knowledge, and finally by a market logic that regards business education as a marketable commodity rather than a professional education. It has been an invisible transformation, but...
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
clearer on what this process looks like, and it’s helping us think through what we’ve done and the next steps. We’re also starting to identify pivots—for example we didn't have the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society...
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- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
goals probably, but definitely commercial too. Businesses are here to make money. So we have ambitious goals that are energizing to everybody. It also has a sense of duties that we here have duties to our customers, to our communities, to our employees and to the...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
without greatly expanding its staff. As part of the initiative, and with the support of Goldman Sachs, Tierney is working on a book with Joel L. Fleishman, faculty chair, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at at Duke...
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- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
help societies cope with aging, both by working in nursing homes and assisting older natives and by contributing to the pension system. But what about Europe? Besides economic structure, Europe—and to some extent the US—today differs from...
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by Marco Tabellini
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
understanding of systemic inequities and to equip them to create an equitable society rather than accept the status quo. She received her BA from Mount Holyoke College, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and her MA and PhD from...
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- September 2018
- Teaching Note
City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This teaching note assists in the classroom instruction of the HBS No. 318-089, “City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact.” It offers to instructors a case summary and analysis, along with student preparation questions and a guide for classroom discussion of the case....
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Scaling;
Education Entrepreneurship;
Education;
Service Operations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Performance Efficiency;
Resource Allocation;
Change Management;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Middle School Education;
Secondary Education;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Human Capital;
Growth Management;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Design;
Social Enterprise;
Poverty;
United States
- March 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and James Weber
In 2018, City Year was a 30-year-old nonprofit that recruited and organized teams of young-adult “volunteers” (corps teams) to provide a year of citizen service. It had 3,100 corps members serving in 327 schools located in 28 U.S. cities. In its early decades, City...
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Education;
Service Operations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Performance Efficiency;
Resource Allocation;
Change Management;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Middle School Education;
Secondary Education;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Human Capital;
Growth Management;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Design;
Social Enterprise;
Poverty;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and James Weber. "City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact." Harvard Business School Case 318-089, March 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- September 2010
- Teaching Note
Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Teaching Note for 310011 and 310017.
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- September 2019
- Supplement
Keroche (B): Considering Entry into the Kenyan Beer Market
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case discusses the situation of the Kenyan alcoholic drinks producer Keroche in July 2004, when co-founder Tabitha Karanja was debating whether to enter the Kenyan beer market. Doing so would mean direct competition with the multinational EABL in an industry and...
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Keroche;
Alcohol;
Alcoholic Drinks;
Alcoholic Beverages;
Beverages;
Drinks;
Wine Industry;
Wine;
Fortified Wine;
Viena;
Beer;
Beer Market;
Manufacturing;
Production Capacity;
Capacity;
Growth;
Regulated;
Unregulated;
Informal;
Informal Market;
Regulation;
Illicit;
Illegal;
Substandard;
Dangerous;
Shutdown;
Factory;
Safe;
Affordable;
Low-income Consumers;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Production;
Investment;
Safety;
Quality;
Small Business;
Family Business;
Crime and Corruption;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Income;
Demographics;
Geographic Scope;
Geographic Location;
Goods and Commodities;
Government Legislation;
Growth and Development;
Business History;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Laws and Statutes;
Lawfulness;
Goals and Objectives;
Consumer Behavior;
Market Entry and Exit;
Problems and Challenges;
Social Issues;
Poverty;
Strategy;
Competition;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing;
Manufacturing Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Kenya;
Nairobi;
Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (B): Considering Entry into the Kenyan Beer Market." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-391, September 2019.
- August 2014 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Husk Power
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra
In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team. Husk...
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Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Energy Generation;
Renewable Energy;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Foreign Direct Investment;
International Finance;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Crime and Corruption;
Employee Relationship Management;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Employment;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Management Succession;
Management Skills;
Emerging Markets;
Social Psychology;
Culture;
Business Strategy;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Africa;
India;
United States
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Sid Misra. "Husk Power." Harvard Business School Case 815-023, August 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
- February 2017
- Supplement
JCDecaux, 2016: Global Leader ... Again
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, JCDecaux was number one in the world in outdoor advertising. This was a far cry from the situation in 2003; at that time, JCDecaux had been unseated by Clear Channel from the number-one spot that it had held for decades, and it was fighting for second place...
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JCDecaux;
Clear Channel Outdoor;
OUTFRONT Media;
Lamar Advertising Company;
Jean-François Decaux;
Jean-Charles Decaux;
Outdoor Advertising;
Street Furniture;
Airports;
Billboards;
Bicycles;
Digital Devices;
Digital Marketing;
Bidding;
Advertising;
Advertising Campaigns;
Acquisition;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
Family Business;
For-Profit Firms;
Joint Ventures;
Design;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geographic Location;
Geographic Scope;
Global Range;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Government Legislation;
Business History;
Human Resources;
Laws and Statutes;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Marketing;
Demand and Consumers;
Supply and Industry;
Operations;
Distribution;
Infrastructure;
Logistics;
Product;
Product Design;
Production;
Organizational Structure;
Property;
Public Ownership;
Renting or Rental;
Problems and Challenges;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations;
Family and Family Relationships;
Sales;
Situation or Environment;
Luxury;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Consolidation;
Corporate Strategy;
Customization and Personalization;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Mobile Technology;
Wireless Technology;
Air Transportation;
Bicycle Transportation;
Rail Transportation;
Transportation Networks;
Advertising Industry;
France;
Paris
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "JCDecaux, 2016: Global Leader ... Again." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-441, February 2017.
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
a brief description of the outcome of the (A) case. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Pfizer-and-AstraZeneca--M/an/515008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 115-012 Responsibilities to Society: The Capitalist's Contract View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
to financial performance, a long-term approach towards maximizing inter-temporal profits, and an active stakeholder management process. Societal concern about sustainability, at both the level of the firm and society as a whole, has been...
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