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- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
promising trends, the questions raised by economic inequality in San Francisco are not easily solved. Rose is teaching the case in a relatively new MBA elective, Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems, taught with View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
world," notes Simons. The topic of marketing, taught by Professor John Quelch, is brought up to the executive boardroom level, says Simons. “There's a realization that they only have so much time left.”... View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
funding, which it will use to open four more schools in the fall of 2015—in Brooklyn and Palo Alto, along with two more in San Francisco. Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer John Kim (HBS MBA '93) became interested in AltSchool after... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
forthcoming Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—The Fearless Organization offers practical... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2008 (Revised May 2010)
- Supplement
GE's Imagination Breakthrough: The EVO Project
By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Brian J. Hall and Nicole Bennett
This video features interviews with case protagonists John Dineen, Brett Begole, and Pierre Compte expressing their views on the decision framed by the case. In a second part of the tape the protagonists describe what they decided to do. A third segment features John... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Outcome or Result; Green Technology Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., Brian J. Hall, and Nicole Bennett. "GE's Imagination Breakthrough: The EVO Project." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 909-801, September 2008. (Revised May 2010.)
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
On film, few characters are more obviously villainous than the extremely bad boss. There's Star Wars' Darth Vader (who manages a disrespectful underling by strangling him with his mind), Katharine Parker in Working Girl (who shamelessly... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
2005 on business solutions for alleviating poverty. The work combines chapters from a variety of perspectives—business, academic, government, nonprofit—to examine the nature of poverty, how the poor can become producers as well as consumers, and the roles to be played... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
commercialized, Rodakis has focused on helping early stage companies. N of One provided seed funding, for instance, to BioROSA, a startup led by his inaugural conference cosponsor and longtime collaborator, View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- January 1982 (Revised February 1984)
- Case
Tax Cut of 1964, The
Examines the intellectual, political and economic underpinnings of the landmark tax legislation begun by John F. Kennedy and carried through Congress by his successor Lyndon B. Johnson. View Details
Rukstad, Michael G. "Tax Cut of 1964, The." Harvard Business School Case 382-078, January 1982. (Revised February 1984.)
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
that the taxes they endorsed started out small in scope and size but have multiplied by a factor of eight as a share of our economy, have we gone off course? After all, when an income tax was introduced in 1862 to fund the Civil War, it... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- 24 Jun 2016
- News
Why Brexit is a Big Deal
- June 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
Morality and Consequences
Consists mainly of excerpts from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill. Mill explains what utilitarianism is and gives his rationale for accepting it as a moral philosophy. View Details
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "Morality and Consequences." Harvard Business School Case 390-206, June 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
2017 Emerald Group Publishing Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work by teams of experts... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- March 2012
- Case
The Agnellis and Fiat: Family Business Governance in a Crisis (A)
By: John A. Davis, Bernardo Bertoldi and Roberto Quaglia
After the death of Umberto Agnelli in 2004, the Agnelli family, led by John Elkann, needs to decide whether to keep Fiat CEO Giuseppe Morchio. The Fiat Group is in a delicate financial position, and John Elkann, the new family leader, is untested in this role. The... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Family Ownership; Management Teams; Leadership; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Italy
Davis, John A., Bernardo Bertoldi, and Roberto Quaglia. "The Agnellis and Fiat: Family Business Governance in a Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 812-128, March 2012.
- 14 Mar 2023
- In Practice
What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?
other banks who have been experiencing a slow withdrawal of customer deposit balances. This is quickly being investigated by investors and regulators. Erik Stafford is the John A. Paulson Professor of... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
Capitalism's moral logic was perhaps most famously articulated by free market champion Milton Friedman when he said that "the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits." That sentiment puts faith in the market... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
edition. The English translation by John Francis Phillimore is based on an earlier and more complete manuscript discovered in Malta. Edited by Carlo Carraro and Giovanni Favero... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna