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- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
years later another colleague relies on Amazon for delivery of dog food to a remote location in Maine at a price comparable to the local supermarket.) There is no question that Bezos has built a retailing juggernaut, one that is capturing the largest View Details
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
difficult transitions that affect sales training and hiring criteria. Senz: You discuss sales productivity as a social responsibility for firms. Can you explain what you mean? Cespedes: Especially in services-dominated economies like the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
Kapil Kumar Sopory raised a caution: "The idea of developing a conscious culture with shared values that reflect the higher purpose is very laudable, but it needs a lot of close attention to what sort of high values are to be focused on "... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat
associate professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit at Harvard Business School, asks in a new working paper, Who Runs the International System? Power and Staffing at the United Nations Secretariat. He... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted
write in the working paper. “Not only is this unfair, it is inefficient; the economy is missing out on women who would make great managers.” Male employees with male managers earn 13 percent more In studying job assignments and manager... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
global and a series of regional B Climate Collectives designed to support businesses to share what they are learning on topics such as how to move to a regenerative business model. How might you explore ways to reimagine your business... View Details
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
More about what you earn Syllabus 3 Modules, 20-25 Hours Download full syllabus 8 hrs Module 1 The Business Case for Action Understand the business case for change and how to analyze and assess industry disruptions to develop business models that create View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
defensive for years. Organizations have been delayering—eliminating middle management jobs—to try to be more agile, with faster decision making and execution. Downsizing in the name of economies of scale has hit middle management hard.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
24 papers in Colorado was structured to keep control in local hands? We set up the Colorado News Conservancy as a public benefit corporation. We earmarked a majority of shares to be eventually fully locally owned. The Conservancy is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
become a seed bank, and consider a revenue model. Then the students read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. In it, she writes of the inherent wisdom of the plant and animal nations, and the surprising power of an... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
government, and NGOs, sharing insights on a range of issues including health care, national talent, food security, and sustainability. They also talked about the role of the private sector in meeting goals of Vision 2030, the impact of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
performance in their exchange ties (Gulati and Sytch, 2007) and acquisitions (Zaheer et al., 2010); revenues (Baum et al., 2000; Shipilov and Li, 2008); market share (Zaheer and Bell, 2005) and market entry (Jensen, 2008); IPO success... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
the risks of failure. Adding to this concern is that even as the number of mega audit firms has contracted from eight in the 1980s to four today, their combined market share remains formidable, especially in the United States. The... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Srikant Datar + More Info - Video Recording – Less Info - Video Recording Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing his key priorities, which will strengthen and accelerate the School’s impact in the world. 10:00-11:15 a.m.... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
filed since the coronavirus started rocking the US economy in mid-March, including Neiman Marcus, J. Crew, Dean & DeLuca, CMX Cinemas, and Gold’s Gym. The latest: JCPenney on May 15 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after 118... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
Personal vehicle owners are a large share of EVs on the road, but growth for EVgo will also come from delivery vehicles and other fleet vehicles—another area for Middaugh to foster. “A variety of large fleets have made public... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
had been in Cote’s position during the recession. Among the options students were asked to consider were whether to use layoffs or to use furloughs (also known as work sharing or short-time work), an alternative to layoffs in which... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Se Yan Abstract Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary education in four of the largest developing economies circa 1910: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC). These four countries encompassed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
the official site. For more on the Women's Student Association, visit wsahbsclub.com. Taylor Clarkson Harvard MBA Student, Class of 2022 Being mixed is a experience shared by many, but discussed by few. My mother is Ukrainian, my father... View Details