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14 Jul 2021
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How Technology Is Re-Shaping Our Families

29 Jun 2020
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An operating model for the next normal: Lessons from agile organizations in the crisis

20 Nov 2018
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Retraining road-trip: New skills for older workers

24 Oct 2018
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For Women, the Corporate Ladder Is a Battle of Attrition

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

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16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

under-discussed issue.” Learning from the missteps of France Télécom can help business leaders take a more compassionate approach to restructuring, even when competitive pressures make those changes necessary. Sometimes that means taking... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Sep 2015
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What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

the workplace. Michael expressed that the industry/culture has been disrupted by emerging technological and economic change that forces the lower-retention model. "It looks like we will end up with a very much smaller semi-permanent... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

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Accelerating Solutions - Business & Environment

comprehensive coverage from the conference. HBS Climate Conference Gives Businesses a Roadmap to Address Climate Change Dean Srikant Datar on Business and Climate Change Dean Srikant Datar on Business and... View Details

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Rockwell International (A)

By: Michael E. Porter

Describes the competitive situation facing Rockwell International, the market leader in the U.S. water meter industry. The industry is undergoing structural change, and competitor activity is intensifying. Rockwell must decide what, if any, actions are necessary to... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Decisions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Markets; Industry Structures; Business Strategy; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; United States

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Faculty - Faculty & Research

Edward H. Chang Assistant Professor of Business Administration Katherine B. Coffman Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration Francesca Gino Professor of Business Administration (Administrative Leave) Amit Goldenberg... View Details

April 2001
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Acer America: Development of the Aspire

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Consists of five segments. Segment 1 shows Culver and Pai discussing the tensions between Taiwan and the United States and the resulting performance problems with Aspire; Segment 2 features Culver and Shih describing the changes Acer made as a result of the problems... View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; Transformation; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Taiwan; United States

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August 2018
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BlackBuck (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

The case presents the challenges of scaling an asset-heavy company (that relies on its operations). It highlights how decisions on the early team impact a company’s ability to scale, linkage between growth and cash flows, as well the organizational impact of high... View Details

Keywords: Founders; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Delivery; Cash Flow; Growth Management; Truck Transportation; Online Technology; India

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February 6, 2024
Article

Find the AI Approach That Fits the Problem You’re Trying to Solve

By: George Westerman, Sam Ransbotham and Chiara Farronato

AI moves quickly, but organizations change much more slowly. What works in a lab may be wrong for your company right now. If you know the right questions to ask, you can make better decisions, regardless of how fast technology changes. You can work with your technical... View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; AI and Machine Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Analytics and Data Science

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04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

hold these positions? Do they strike you as wise? Near-Pareto improvements include policy changes that create vast benefits for some and comparatively trivial losses for others. —From "You Can't Enlarge the Pie” We will argue that... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

07 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much

total philanthropic dollars even if they’re changing their timeframes to seem more generous, the researchers warn. “Consumers are a lot more informed about what firms are doing,” Keenan says, “so it’s important to be authentic in your... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

04 Apr 2023
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How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

productivity, mainly by eliminating commute time, the evidence thus far suggests two things: We don’t yet know how to measure productivity changes from remote work and that, even when we learn, the impact may not be very significant. Many... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Mar 2020
Blog Post

Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)

Work from home is not a new concept, but it is one you are hearing more about this month due to COVID-19 and precautions companies are taking to prevent the spread of illness. While remote work is the norm for some, it is uncharted territory for others who are... View Details

12 Nov 2010
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One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy

What a company externally reports shapes how it behaves internally. The key question is, "What should companies report?" A new reporting practice--"integrated reporting," which integrates measures of financial and non-financial performance in a... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Eccles; Accounting

2021
Article

The Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative in Europe

By: Mark Roe, Holger Spamann, Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang

In July 2020, the European Commission published the “Study on directors’ duties and sustainable corporate governance” by EY. The Report purports to find evidence of debilitating short-termism in EU corporate governance and recommends many changes to support sustainable... View Details