Responsiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
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Genzyme Center (C)

Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Biotechnology Industry; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Green Technology Industry

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09 Dec 2020
News

How to Fix America

iStock iStock As part of a special project, The New York Times asked several leading thinkers to weigh in on the nation’s most pressing problems. Specifically, the Times posed this query: “If you could do one thing right now to help fix America—no matter how large or... View Details

05 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Work-Around Culture: Unintended Consequences of Organizational Heroes

"Work-around cultures" are pervasive in health care. Employees tend to work around obstacles, often feeling like a hero in the process, without solving the underlying problems. The reasons for these cultures are manifold, but they are costly in financial and... View Details

Keywords: by Anita Tucker; Health

Seth E. Thomas, Jr.

Having joined the company immediately after college, Thomas was responsible for the largest wave of expansion in the history of his great-grandfather’s firm. In addition to introducing a line of electric clocks in 1927, Thomas also raised... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Richard K. Mellon

Mellon was responsible for the reorganization of the financial structure of Mellon enterprises. He consolidated several family-managed companies, the most significant of which was the merger of two competing Mellon institutions – the... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Simon Ramo

A brilliant scientist, Ramo held 25 patents by the age of 30. He was responsible for much of the development of the Air Force’s ballistic missile, airborne radar, computer, navigation and armament control systems. He started his own... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

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Ricardo De Armas

banking," Ricardo says, "but in my first internship, I found it very bureaucratic. P&G gave me a chance to pursue finance in a more dynamic environment." Over a four- and a-half-year tenure, his responsibilities were... View Details

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Ann DeWitt

After five years as a research scientist at 3M, Ann DeWitt was ready for managerial responsibilities that would require a new set of skills. "I wondered how I would make the transition," Ann says. "In slow steps or in one... View Details

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War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity - Course Catalog

today becomes possible for us to negotiate or achieve in the future. Challenge received wisdom and implicit theories regarding the causes of conflict and the prospect of its resolution. Reflect on our own place in the world, as well as our capabilities and View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Snapping Up Voters

Illustration by Chris Gash When Rob Saliterman (MBA 2011) started selling online political ads at Google, they were almost all destined for people already seeking political content, placed either on specific networks or in response to... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Mar 2003
News

Trust Me

trust. “The aspect of a contract that hurts the building of trust is its binding nature. When I know that you are forced to cooperate, it takes away all of the risk. If I leave some element of risk in, by using a contract that isn’t completely binding — like a verbal... View Details

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

01 Dec 2011
News

Faculty Books

cost-effective responses to climate change. The studies are part of a discussion of how such acceleration might best be accomplished and the role that public policy and government might play in supporting innovation. Henderson, the John... View Details

Keywords: Utilities

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

form of corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a sustainable business model that also generates superior financial performance. Read the paper: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=4538 An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

study a CSO's responsibilities and to look at how the role shifts depending on the company's level of commitment, Serafeim and Miller surveyed 66 CSOs and people with similar duties but different titles in 27 industries. They found that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

Walter A. Haas, Jr.

Walter A. Haas Jr. was responsible for Levi’s concentration on blue jeans production. He targeted the marketing strategy to teenagers and as blue jeans became the symbol of nonconformity, Levi’s rapidly multiplied its sales and net... View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

01 Dec 2006
News

Badaracco Addresses Japan Club

The HBS Club of Japan hosted Professor Joseph Badaracco at the Tokyo American Club in July for a talk on “The Demanding Challenges of Responsible Leadership.” Badaracco’s research focuses on business ethics, particularly on leadership and... View Details

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

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Impact Stories - Business History

Present Re: Bahia El Oddi (MBA 2019) The Visible Hand of History Re: Chinmay Tumbe Business of Emerging Markets Re: Valeria Giacomin Responsibility of Business Re: Ann-Kristin Bergquist Leading with the Long View Re: Sherry Ho (MBA 2016)... View Details

Michael C. Ruettgers

Ruettgers was responsible for EMC’s focus on storage systems vs. memory boards – a move that enabled EMC to corner the storage network market and become one of the fastest growing companies in the United States. Ruettgers initiated a... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Bernard H. Kroger

Kroger is responsible for many innovations in grocery store operations. He was the first to place grocery ads in daily newspapers and was the first grocer to bring meat departments into the store. Starting with one store, he created a... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Dec 2000
News

A Trusty Board

its board. "There needs to be a sense of the difference between the fiduciary responsibility of the board and the managerial responsibility of the paid staff," he says. While the role of MBAs as museum... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

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