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30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE

never imagined we’d see this happen. —Paul Raeder (MBA 1979) 1980s “Any leadership skills I may possess came from this club that dared not speak its name and that constituted the center of my world.” “Any leadership skills I may possess... View Details

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

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Disadvantaged Communities (DACs): communities “marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.”[1] Environmental Racism: “racial discrimination in environmental policy making, corporate decision making, and/or practice which... View Details

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

with Chekitan S. Dev and Peter O'Connor (HBS Case 315-138). Jill J. Avery : Included in the Women Inc. Most Influential Corporate Board Directors List for 2019. Julian De Freitas : Recipient of a Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in... View Details

15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

declared bankruptcy on June 1, 2009. “All stakeholders must work together to make GM's bankruptcy filing a comma rather than a period in the storied history of this American corporate icon." -Daniel Heller Its future appears... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

inter-governmental regulation as powerful enough to offer some hope of containing the excesses of surveillance capitalism. When industrial capitalism was moderated we lived in a world where nation states still had much autonomy confronted by global View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

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Tsedal Neeley | About

Tsedal Neeley Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Unit Organizational Behavior Contact Phone Bio Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Research, and Faculty... View Details

05 Jun 2009
What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

it isn't. That is like saying that all apples are just that, apples." A rich discussion centered around a proposition raised by Colin Moore that more "stable" or "sustainable" forms of growth, for example food... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

and all that they represent—sustainability, health, and farmer empowerment—were at the center of Arla Foods, literally and figuratively. The authors at the Arla Headquarters in Viby, Denmark. Image source: Morgan Brewton-Johnson.... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Remembered

Indeed, Chandler concluded, by the mid-2oth century, the multiunit, multifunctional enterprise administered by salaried managers had become the “most powerful institution in the American economy.” In his 1962 book Strategy and Structure, which helped spawn the field of... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

Concentric’s bioradar has already proven effective at providing earlier warnings. In 2022, Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance—a program Concentric runs for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at seven American... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

The pandemic is winding down, and the world is moving toward an endemic approach. In the world's COVID-19 epicenter, New York City, businesses, restaurants, and Broadway have reopened now that 4 million New Yorkers have been vaccinated. Testing View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

Institute/Taubman Center Policy Brief, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010. An abstract is unavailable at this time. Working PapersThe Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

The New Global Business Manager

who happen to be in excess supply around Oxford or Cambridge. And you may place your lead marketing operation in Japan where your consumers are most demanding. Specialization is about where you create centers of excellence—and that may or... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

of Nonprofit Organizations in June, a joint executive education program presented by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, and the Harvard Kennedy School. He will co-chair the HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Industry Information - Alumni

for every state in the US + – Consulting Top-Consultant.com An aggregate of all the most recent news in the consulting industry. Consulting The primary news publication for the consulting profession featuring the latest information on consulting careers, thought... View Details

February 2025 (Revised April 2025)
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Institutional Neutrality, Restraint or Convenience?

By: Clayton S. Rose, Nicole Zelazko and Alexis Lefort

In the fall of 2023 and winter of 2024, college campuses across the U.S. experienced protests and encampments in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel by the Islamist militant group Hamas, and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza. These... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Governance; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Disruption; Communication Strategy; Higher Education; United States

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18 Dec 2013
HBS Case

Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal

the case is not centered on dictating to students a particular value system; rather, it begins to reveal to them the importance of understanding their personal values so they will be able to make decisions on their own terms—and not... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

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Frist Faculty Commons | About

Frist Faculty Commons The Frist Faculty Commons, located in Baker Library | Bloomberg Center , was named in recognition of the leadership support of the Thomas F. Frist Jr. family. The Frist Faculty Commons offers a convenient gathering... View Details

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