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  • 01 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

when making pricing decisions in the US syndicated loans market and mutual fund managers when making asset allocations near the time of an election. 3. Entrepreneurs and inventors influenced by politics Yet another study found that... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • May 2001 (Revised May 2015)
  • Case

Compagnie Lyonnaise de Transport (A)

By: Michael Tushman and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the issues surrounding the funding of a centralized research service that supports two related divisions. The company has a very decentralized and financially driven culture, and the centralized service is used unequally, setting up a conflict. View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Organizational Culture; Relationships; Conflict Management; Balance and Stability; Transportation Industry; France
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  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

joining HBS. Cal Brooks (MBA 2022, Section A), Summer Internship: Commercialization Strategy Intern at Malta Malta is building a new type of electro-thermal energy storage system that can collect and store energy from any source (i.e.... View Details
  • March 2018
  • Article

Global Business over Time

By: Geoffrey Jones
This article explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. It also shows how global firms, emerging out of industrialized Western economies, created and co-created markets and ecosystems... View Details
Keywords: Global; Multinational; Business History; Globalization; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Economic Systems
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  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

organization viable. As they put it, "Deep smarts are the engine of your organization. You cannot progress without them, and you will manage more effectively if you understand what they are, how they are built and cultivated, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
  • Profile

Maya Babu

contractors and service providers." Encouraged by her mentor at the Administration, Maya applied for the joint MD/MBA degree. Understanding both sides of the health care system To prepare for participation at HBS, Maya attended... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

Faculty Books

(Harvard Business Review Press) Drawing on his years of experience studying and advising VC firms, companies, and governments, Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, weighs the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional open and VC-backed... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 25 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

inside the firm to create subunits that define the operating core. As you will see, responsiveness is the critical objective for units close to the customer; economic efficiency and cost control are more important for units in the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

The Entrepreneurial Venture

the last quarter century, not only in terms of entrepreneurship but also in the dynamics of the free-enterprise system itself. In 1975, venture funding in the United States totaled about $50 million. Today, it is somewhere between $50 and... View Details
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders

"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp Paine told participants... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • Profile

Jeremy Sasson

specifications.” Seeking more influence on the customer-facing part of the product, Jeremy moved from software development into product management at DocuSign, participating in a product rebranding for the Brazilian market. “The Brazilian... View Details
Keywords: Tech
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Faculty Books

show how Cemex, Toyota, Procter & Gamble, and other firms adroitly managed cross-border differences and how others failed at this challenge. From Higher Aims to Hired Hands by Rakesh Khurana (Princeton University Press) Associate... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • February 2011 (Revised December 2012)
  • Case

Coca-Cola on Facebook

By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
In late 2008, executives at Coca-Cola had to decide what to do with a fan-created page on Facebook that had amassed over one million followers in three months. From a legal point of view the fan-created page was in violation of Facebook's terms of service as a... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Governance Controls; Policy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Social and Collaborative Networks; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 2007
  • Chapter

Postcards from the Edge: A Review of the Business and Environment Literature

By: Andrew A. King and Luca Berchicci
Environmental issues, while of growing interest, have been outside the main focus of business scholarship. This position on the periphery may have been a good thing. It allowed scholars of business and the environment to consider unusual theories and evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Research; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Advantage
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects

By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Shawn A. Cole, John Ehrenfeld, Andrew A. King and Auden Schendler
This working paper examines key barriers to business sustainability discussed at a multidisciplinary conference held at the Harvard Business School in 2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Opportunities
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  • 02 Nov 2020
  • News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

enjoy that Some days I work with our CFO on food-spend projections, or help our COO build a multi-year strategic planning framework. Other days, I work with my team to coordinate food donations or manage inventory turns. Even though we... View Details
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

  PublicationsHow Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods Authors:Gad Allon, Awi Federgruen, and Margaret P. Pierson Publication:Manufacturing and Service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Recasting environmentalism as a smart financial investment

A former managing director and partner for Goldman Sachs, where he spent 24 years, Mark Tercek (MBA 1984) is inspired by the opportunity to help businesses, governments, and environmental organizations work together in new, innovative... View Details
  • 03 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 3

quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Using Personal Devices for HBS Business | Information Technology

our work. Since these devices aren't managed by HBS IT, it's important to remember that you are responsible for ensuring that they are configured in a way to protect not only Harvard systems and information,... View Details