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- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
These conversations and the ever-changing art had a huge impact on him. In 1994, Shibayama went to work as the managing director of Sotheby’s in Japan, even training as an auctioneer. His time at Sotheby’s gave him a lot of experience... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
were convinced that their classmates had no idea what it would be like to be in a small town in New England, and to no longer have a source of employment." “We want to change the way layoffs are done” Those emails have led to a multiyear study on the View Details
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative 31 MAR–01 APR 2016 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Aida Hurtado Aída Hurtado, a View Details
- 11 Jun 2020
- In Practice
Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?
assistant professor of business administration. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Lessons from Chinese Companies’... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
limitations of research and data on which to make such choices. We have no measure of the cost of the extinction of a species, for example. The continued lack of transparency in corporate reporting, and the lack of hard research on the View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
(2007) Abstract This edited volume contributes analytical depth to the diverse debates on accountability in modern organizations. It explores the nature, forms and impacts of accountability efforts in civil society organizations, public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
participants. For his part, Jonathan West emphasizes that “real companies are putting billions of dollars into real projects whose impact is going to be staggering.” In envisioning how these investments will contribute to the global... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
3 Things Women Need to Know About Business School
second year mentoring programs, to advocating for more female case protagonists. I think the biggest impact for me has been the subtle cultural shift on campus towards gender equality – seeing female students representing women as strong... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
first agree on the outlines of a new Mexico so they can unite against the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which has controlled the country for the last 68 years. Only then will there be a strong enough social consensus to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
of what explains Endline’s role today as mastermind and chief rioter at sweetriot, a socially conscious chocolate company founded in 2005. Working directly with cacao farmers in Latin America to ensure a fair price for their labor,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
behavior and explore how they make a negotiator particularly vulnerable to ethical fading, resulting in subsequent unethical behavior. We discuss several opportunities for future research in the negotiation discipline and other disciplines that draw on motivated View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
in what people think, and you need to find the right people to talk to you,” says Elkins, a professor of history and African and African American Studies at Harvard, and the founding director of the Harvard Center for African Studies. “That’s the thing that vexes View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
model was needed that we could adapt continuously so the School would always be on the bleeding edge.” The Institute is not the first to recognize the dramatic impact of digitalization, data science, and design on the world, Lakhani says.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
impact as a specialist than as a generalist. One of the themes we talked about a lot at Yahoo! is fast failure. You want to create a culture that encourages taking risks and trying new things. If they don’t work out or fail, which many of... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
thousands of abandoned homes, needs more housing The Detroit economy was already wavering when the Cummings family arrived. By early 1992, Detroit’s debt rating would be cut to junk bond status. From an investor’s point of view, the city... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- September 2010 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Aspen Skiing Company (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Having begun improving the environmental performance of its own operations, Aspen Skiing Company is considering "greening" its supply chain and lobbying for greenhouse gas regulations. A world renowned ski resort vulnerable to global climate change, Aspen's activities... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Aspen
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "Aspen Skiing Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 611-002, September 2010. (Revised April 2017.)
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
modified Walmart's human resource practices by offering better benefits and wages to associates in response to growing social pressure. Overall, our analysis suggests that the effectiveness of a particular business model depends not only... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
positions in society. Sociocultural distinctions may be race, ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, and sexual orientation. Theory And Practice According to Ely, there are two competing theories about the impact of cultural diversity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
we ask, ‘how can we have a positive impact to bring down the COVID-19 numbers?’” Lundgren says attendance has steadily climbed as the pandemic wears on, as people seek both practical guidance—how to stay safe, wear a mask, etc—as well as... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley