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  • 06 Feb 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

attributed to our lack of in-depth understanding of each patent’s language. However, this may also indicate that Bezos feels there are more opportunities in other areas or that... View Details
Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

disperse their activities to capture the opportunities and cost advantages of doing business around the world. Yet sourcing the low-cost inputs and building assembly plants in low-wage nations do not make a... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

    New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth

    Serial entrepreneurs David Kidder and Christina Wallace reveal their revolutionary playbook for igniting growth inside established companies.

    Most established companies face a... View Details

    • 2012
    • Working Paper

    Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance

    By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
    This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in the economic performance of industries, clusters, and regions. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result in a convergence effect: the growth rate of an industry... View Details
    Keywords: Industry Clusters; Performance; Economics
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    • 20 Jan 2022
    • Op-Ed

    3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

    to retrench and soften the piece. In the wake of such decisions, leaders are left needing to rebuild trust with a workforce that’s already been battered. Moreover, trust repair is an opportunity to rebuild... View Details
    Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
    • 28 Jan 2020
    • Book

    Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

    that helped level social divides by providing equal access to useful skills and cultural or educational opportunities to everyone in a city. The leader who envisioned and built this into a leading site with... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective

    By: Sanaz Mobasseri, William Kahn and Robin Ely
    This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop a theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. companies, treating White men as the dominant group and Black people as an illustrative subordinate group. We theorize that this persistence is rooted... View Details
    Keywords: Systems Psychodynamics; Organizational Inequality; Masculinity; Equality and Inequality; Race; Gender; Identity; Power and Influence
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    • Web

    Alumni - Business & Environment

    can help you through career coaching, the alumni resume database, and board membership. Lifelong Learning As a lifelong member of the HBS community, you have access to insights, training, expertise, and support from faculty and fellow... View Details
    • 03 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

    you are currently seeking a new role or not, building new connections is always going to be an important part of your career development. To network remotely you will need to be intentional, proactive, and creative about creating View Details
    • 05 Oct 2023

    Admissions Q&A for Current College Students

    This event will offer a brief overview of the 2+2 program, but is intended as an opportunity for students to ask follow-up questions after attending a 2+2 virtual information session. You have questions, and... View Details
    • Web

    Alumnae Circles - Alumni

    Alumnae Circles About Circles FAQ Regional Contacts Alumnae Circles is an HBS-enabled, alumnae-owned program designed to build and foster genuine relationships among HBS alumnae*. A Circle is typically a diverse group of 6-10 women who... View Details
    • November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
    • Case

    'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings

    By: Caroline M. Elkins, Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman and Julia M. Comeau
    Financial Inclusion. Dignity. Trust. These were the core principles driving James Mwangi’s transformation of Equity Building Society, insolvent in 1991, into what is, today, Equity Group Holdings, East and Central Africa’s largest retail banking institution. Raised in... View Details
    Keywords: Income Inequality; Micro Finance; Microcredit; Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Equality and Inequality; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Kenya
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    • 2024
    • Report

    The Eco-Digital EraTM: The Dual Transition to a Sustainable and Digital Economy

    By: Suraj Srinivasan, Andy Feinstein, Amol Khadikar, Jiani Zhang, Noémie Lauer, Hiral Shah, Sally Epstein, Jerome Buvat and Vaishnavee Ananth
    Since the proliferation of smartphones and social media in the late 2000s, digital has captured an increasingly large portion of the economy. In this Capgemini Research Institute report, The Eco-Digital EraTM: The dual transition to a sustainable and... View Details
    Keywords: Technology Adoption; Digital Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Trends
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    • 17 Apr 2022
    • Book

    How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

    some unique issues, which is why they have evolved as a specialized field of ethics. One of those unique issues is the sheer size and frequency of the ethical challenges that... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • 13 Nov 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: November 13

    have the chance to be cruel or kind to someone entirely different-to pay it forward? In five experiments, participants received greedy, equal, or generous divisions of money or labor from an anonymous person, and then divided additional... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Mar 2015
    • HBS Case

    Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

    the virtual realm to court new audiences, even if it means changing the idea of what a "museum" is in the process? Tate personifies the latter strategy, conceiving of its online presence as a... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
    • May 8, 2020
    • Article

    Lead Your Team Into a Post-Pandemic World

    By: Hubert Joly
    The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has tested leaders, especially as it relates to how they lead their workers. As the crisis goes on, many that the author has spoken with have begun to frame it around three distinct phases: The Shelter-in-Place Phase, the Re-opening... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19; Re-opening; Health Pandemics; Leadership; Employees; Communication; Human Needs
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    • 24 Jan 2011
    • HBS Case

    Terror at the Taj

    the Taj and its parent company, Indian Hotels. "Every time they interact with a guest they should look for an opportunity to delight him," says H.N. Srinivas, senior vice president of human... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations
    • May–June 2018
    • Article

    What Most People Get Wrong about Men and Women: Research Shows the Sexes Aren't So Different

    By: Catherine H. Tinsley and Robin J. Ely
    Why have women failed to achieve parity with men in the workplace? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because women prioritize their families over their careers, negotiate poorly, lack confidence, or are too risk averse. Meta-analyses of published studies show that... View Details
    Keywords: Working Conditions; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture; Change Management
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    • 12 Nov 2018
    • Blog Post

    Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

    to work on the mission at hand. It has not always been fun, and it’s never been easy, but it has honestly been worth every ounce of struggle. All this hardship has made me the person I am today. I gained perspective from all walks View Details