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Curriculum - Business & Environment

decisions involving sustainability issues. Cases are set in a variety of industry contexts, including energy, agriculture, transportation, chemicals, and investment. Some of the environment-related cases recently taught (Spring and Fall... View Details
  • 09 May 2017
  • What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

and staggered board membership (designed to preserve continuity in governance, but criticized by shareholders as a means of preserving the status quo), and, in the minds of its advocates, greater management accountability. Agency theory... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

information that produces decisions Execution is the basic ingredient that makes a great leader." On the other hand, Philip Derrow argued, "Executive intelligence, particularly as Mr. Menkes defines it, is, I believe, the most... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

the investor's and the investee's countries, affects the asset allocation decisions of global mutual funds. We find that investors tend to underweight investees with greater accounting distance. Using the mandatory adoption of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 5

at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples from companies of all sizes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at HBS, and LISH research scientist Michael Menietti; as well as George Washington University’s Zoe Szajnfarber and Jason Crusan. “Given that these types of decisions can... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace
  • 20 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

reporting on results and management's decisions. Surprise Six: Pleasing Shareholders Is Not The Goal Warning signs: Executives and board members judge actions by their effect on stock price. Analysts who don't understand the business push... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria
  • 29 Mar 2022
  • Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

Professor of Business History, and Faculty Chair of the Business History Initiative at HBS. 2. Values guide decisions Jones believes that successful firms in India have a commitment to social values above that found in many other... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Aug 2014
  • HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

it, he bemoaned decisions (for which he accepted responsibility) that improved efficiency and increased economies of scale but robbed stores of some of their essential magic, such as the smell of roasting coffee and the sights and sounds... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage
  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

skills, (2) broad perspective, (3) teaming skills, (4) expanded social network, and (5) boundary-spanning skills. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our ideas for conducting future team research. Board of Directors'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2023 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

Going Mobile-First? The Digital Transformation of Davivienda Bank in Colombia

By: Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
Set in 2017, this case describes the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda— a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian financial conglomerate. The case also describes the pioneer role... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Banking Industry; Latin America; Central America; South America; Colombia
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  • 25 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

I have created opportunities for others? HBS shows me that living my values is my true north.” HOME REGION Cambridge, MA & North Carolina UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Athenahealth, The Advisory View Details
  • 13 Feb 2020
  • Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

buying Alstom, GE’s chief energy competitor, but ignored warnings from wary board directors and senior executives who claimed Alstom had made bad deals and otherwise performed poorly. Since the acquisition, Alstom has struggled—and today... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14302 The Effect of Labor on Profitability: The Role of Quality Author:Zeynep Ton Abstract Determining staffing levels is an important decision in retail operations. While the costs of increasing labor are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Assess business opportunities through the lens of value creation Apply the value stick, a research-based framework for strategy formulation, to key strategic decisions that companies face today Master... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

Twenty-four hours after almost drowning in a ferryboat disaster in Indonesia, Margaret Crotty agreed to a telephone interview with the Today show to discuss how she survived -- and helped save others as well. Her decision to be on... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 02 Apr 2020
  • What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

unprepared boards and CEOs from responsibility so their companies won’t be sued.” “In the corporate sector, the continuing effort to brand the COVID-19 pandemic as a Black Swan is a retroactive attempt to protect unprepared View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

including a recent extension to the trading of carbon offsets. Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution Faculty Presenters: Juan Alcacer , James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration This case discussion focuses on Iberdrola, the world's third-largest utility,... View Details
  • 11 Oct 2023
  • News

Soldier On

superintendent, the teachers. I think about four or five days later, I had my first decision as mayor. The head of the school board called—and in Virginia and in a lot of other states, the school View Details
  • 15 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 15, 2016

available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/916038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 916-027 Negotiating the Path of Abraham, 2015 Progress and Challenges The Abraham Path board reviews the last five years... View Details