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Wendy Lim
breadth of experiences, especially if you’re running a team responsible for many things. For example, I took a course in ‘Managing Service Operations,’ I never expected to use immediately. But at Yelp, that’s exactly what I’ve been doing... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
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Honoring the Code
responsibility. All the way up to when I was chairman, I felt responsible for over two million men and women in uniform, active guard and reserve. So leading them, being responsible for them, understanding... View Details
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Smokestacks at the Ford Rouge Plant - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections The Human Factor Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library Introduction The Exhibition The Request The Response... View Details
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Electrical factory of Moscow - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections The Human Factor Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library Introduction The Exhibition The Request The Response... View Details
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Corporate political contributions
Where can I find corporate contributions to U.S. political parties? The OpenSecrets.org Center for Responsive Politics Web site has a list of Top Donors under the "Dark Money" tab. View Details
Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr.
McCormick was responsible for International Harvester’s successful consolidation. During his tenure, the firm developed more efficient types of machines, research departments were greatly expanded with “model farms” set up throughout the... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
- March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
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Clara Wu Tsai and Brooklyn Loan Innovation
Philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai is committed to racial equity and investing in Brooklyn-based minority business owners. In the wake of the George Floyd murder, she decides to create a new initiative called the Social Justice Fund and commit an initial $50 million over 10... View Details
- September 2021 (Revised March 2024)
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Bühler: Mobilizing Industry around a Common Purpose
By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and Malini Sen
Bühler Group, a Swiss multinational processing technology provider, started by selling machines for processing grains and later transitioned into selling food processing solutions. A family-owned business in the fifth generation, Bühler’s high-end milling, grinding,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Customer Focus and Relationships; Machinery and Machining; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Innovation Leadership; Switzerland
Gulati, Ranjay, Franz Wohlgezogen, and Malini Sen. "Bühler: Mobilizing Industry around a Common Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 822-001, September 2021. (Revised March 2024.)
- November 2010
- Technical Note
Technical Note: An Abridged History of the American Corporation
By: Rakesh Khurana, Andrew David Klaber and Eric Baldwin
This note examines the development of the corporate form in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing primarily on legal issues. It identifies several major trends in the history of the American corporation: the transition of corporations... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Accountability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; History; Code Law; Managerial Roles; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Private Ownership; United States
Khurana, Rakesh, Andrew David Klaber, and Eric Baldwin. "Technical Note: An Abridged History of the American Corporation." Harvard Business School Technical Note 411-069, November 2010.
- September 2010 (Revised July 2021)
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Gone Rural
By: Andre F. Perold
Gone Rural employs 750 women in rural communities across Swaziland to produce handwoven baskets and other hand-crafted items. The women are mostly grandmothers caring for children orphaned as a result of the country's high AIDS-related death rate. The company has a... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Swaziland
Perold, Andre F. "Gone Rural." Harvard Business School Case 211-016, September 2010. (Revised July 2021.)
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
their research, public firms invest less than half as much as private firms of similar size and industry—and private firms are 3.5 times more responsive to changes in investment opportunities. The authors argue that this is largely due to... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 29 Dec 2014
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Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014
have ears, but do they use them? Jim Heskett's readers offer opinions on why listening might be a lost art. The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility Research by Christopher Marquis shows that a company's degree of... View Details
- 08 Jul 2025
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In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success
posture and reduces strain. Even small investments—like a proper chair, external monitor, or adjustable laptop stand—can make a difference. Equally important is mental well-being. Remote workers may experience isolation or burnout, especially those balancing caregiving... View Details
- 31 Jan 2018
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Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”
five years, she has had three different roles, each more challenging – and with greater responsibilities – than the last. Deep support at every transition Tiffany began as a senior vendor manager in Amazon’s grocery division. There, she... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 11 Oct 2017
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Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact
contact. “You need a point person responsible for your interns, someone who takes ownership of the relationship.” 3. Help prepare the ground, especially in an unfamiliar location: Given an internship’s short duration, there is no time to... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 18 Jul 2012
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Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity
have retained Best Buy's reputation for sound values (and his own). Contrast these actions with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who took immediate responsibility for his firm's recent trading losses, calling them "stupid and... View Details
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Dean Datar on the shootings in Atlanta and violence against Asian Americans | About
last year alone. Women, and especially women of color, are disproportionately the victims of these types of violent acts. We cannot look upon these facts with anything other than indignation and horror. The assaults and attacks on individuals in this country, many in... View Details
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler is responsible for many plumbing innovations that are part of everyday life. He invented the one-piece, double shell and built-in bath. His plumbing innovations became standard elements in the burgeoning construction industry. View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Jul 2021
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Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
almost always created by entrepreneurs and technologists in response to a shortage of workers or in response to a lack of productivity in the current work processes. However, automation also creates new... View Details
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
they never leave responsibility for work conditions in the hands of their partners or cede decisions on quality control. Implemented with care, this freedom within a framework sharpens and transforms value creation and innovation. It sets... View Details