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Fall 2013
Article

Engaging Supply Chains in Climate Change

By: Chonnikarn Fern Jira and Michael W. Toffel

Suppliers are increasingly being asked to share information about their vulnerability to climate change and their strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their responses vary widely. We theorize and empirically identify several factors associated with suppliers... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Motivation and Incentives; Risk Management; Climate Change; Supply Chain Management; Environmental Sustainability

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26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

things weren’t going well, my way of managing them was to get in people’s face, if you will. Get going, start driving them, remind them that they were underperforming and really drive performance. And when you’re a small company, I think you can do that. View Details

10 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values

mean." The other perspective was, "No, that's not who California is." They decided to raise taxes and to continue to support a wide set of public goods, including support for the poor. Q: Your research is ultimately hopeful about finding a middle ground... View Details

Keywords: by April White; Retail; Manufacturing

16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

Source: iPhoto Startup founders with a hands-on management style are more likely to retain employees and see their firms thrive, new research shows. The results are particularly applicable to knowledge-intensive technology firms, where... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2023
News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives Francisco Garcia Zavaleta (COO) and Gervasio Videla Dorna (cofounder and CEO), at left, and to Patricio Alba (cofounder and CIO), far right, by HBS students Maxwell Nii Laryea, third from left,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

15 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 15

challenge the leaders. Can MediaTek move up-market to sell its chipsets to the likes of Nokia? Under what terms? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/610081-PDF-ENG Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Guhan Subramanian and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2023
News

Venturing Forth

Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

15 Aug 2022
Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

taxpayers of this state deserve.’” Even Harvard? “As the oldest university in the United States, Harvard reflects the country of its origin. Born of immigrants, it remade its identity on these shores, while continuing to import the best ideas and people from abroad. It... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

experts from companies like Amgen Pharmaceuticals, Uber, and United States Digital Service. Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professors Joseph... View Details

28 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note

How apprenticeships work best Looking further into the data, Fuller and his colleagues found that not all students succeeded at the same rate. Structured programs. Participants were 26 percent more likely to complete federally registered... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Aug 2022
What Do You Think?

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

its usual ugly head as an analytic tool here, but there are other efforts in this relatively careful study to associate cause with effect. Putting those concerns aside, the value of this research, like other serious efforts, is most often... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

frequently invoke—is that everything can look like a failure in the middle. Leaders can’t just launch a project or a venture and assume it will all go according to plan. Especially if it’s new and different, which is true of every... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

recalls the remark about magazine piles. "That has come back to haunt us," Fahey says. "People today don't want clutter." It turns out that many things that made National Geographic one of the world's top brands during its 123 years are obstacles to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

07 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

impact on both employees and companies, new research shows. In fact, managers who elevate others like Bradway did are more likely to hold on to valued employees, according to a study by Yuan Zou, assistant... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

20 Dec 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

into consideration the intense emotions of parents and children. So Dietz and his team embarked on a patient-centered redesign by attempting to view the diagnostic procedure through the eyes of a child. The result: Adventure Series scanners that make children feel... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

perks like bonuses, commissions, or stock options tied to hitting certain goals. But managers may not realize that these incentives could contribute to employee dissatisfaction, burnout, and personal problems at home. “The more our... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

Profile

David Velasquez

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I want to be better prepared to lead and improve the delivery of health care in our country. Patients cannot wait for our systems to be more accessible, effective, and equitable – now is the time for us to step up as... View Details

01 Feb 2022
Book

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

really gets accentuated when you need the cash and the resources to go to scale. It requires explorers like Carol Kovac to respect the tension in the organization and to manage from the outside in. As soon as the clients say, ‘I love this... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Feb 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Noncompetes and Inventor Mobility: Specialists, Stars, and the Michigan Experiment

Keywords: by Matt Marx, Deborah Strumsky & Lee Fleming

August 2024 (Revised December 2024)
Case

Influencer-Led Brand Building: Hairitage and the McKnights

By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and James Palano

Longtime hairstyle influencer Mindy McKnight had been building her “Cute Girls Hairstyles” audience across numerous online platforms for nearly two decades. Brand incubator Maesa took an innovative approach to producing successful brands: identifying white space in the... View Details