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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
Above: Dowling at home in New York City: “There’s no one model for being a working parent.” Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) had built a successful career in leadership development and executive coaching at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Deep Purpose (Harper Business, 2022) included as one of the Porchlight Business Bestsellers of 2022. Ranjay Gulati : Deep Purpose included as one of the Thinkers50 Best New Management Books of 2022. Scott Duke Kominers : Winner of the... View Details
- 21 Nov 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values
Brian Kenny, Cold Call features Harvard Business School faculty discussing business cases they’ve written and the broad lessons they impart.) (Edited for length and clarity) Brian Kenny: Set this case up for us. What is this case about? Anat Keinan: I wrote this case... View Details
- October 2016
- Case
Malenti Strings: Intrapreneurship within FLG, Inc.
By: David A. Garvin and Rachel Gordon
This case follows Jenica Fletcher as she rebuilds her company's guitar strings division from the ground up. Convinced that she could turn the division around if given complete independence from corporate headquarters, Fletcher relocated the group, rebranded it as... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Management Practices and Processes; Restructuring; Business Divisions; Consumer Products Industry
Garvin, David A., and Rachel Gordon. "Malenti Strings: Intrapreneurship within FLG, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-513, October 2016.
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
As interest in the flat tax grows, the world seems transfixed on an unlikely country, Slovakia, whose 3-year-old tax reform program is paying early dividends. Essentially applying a uniform tax rate on citizens (and sometimes companies) regardless of income, countries... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
healthcare. After eight years in leadership roles at the Hospital for Special Surgery, Rentas joined the New York State Executive Chamber as Assistant Director of Health in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. She has since returned to... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
Physician burnout costs the United States health care industry $4.6 billion a year, a number that brings a new spotlight to an age-old problem. In a paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine this past June, a research... View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
risk-taking, and this particular war proved the value of taking risks on new technologies and methods of production beyond one's imagination. As just one example, the rapid development of the synthetic... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
afraid to go deep and specialize if you can identify that intersection point, they said. There are many new areas in the climate arena with a shortage of subject matter experts. Steven Rothstein, Managing Director, Ceres Accelerator for... View Details
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
theory of disruptive innovation, often applied to a variety of other industries, such as technology and health care. Christensen's theory was first explored in his two New York Times bestsellers, The Innovator's Dilemma (1997) and The... View Details
- September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Algramo
By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal
Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details
Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
Chu, Michael, Monica Silva, and Mariana Cal. "Algramo." Harvard Business School Case 321-079, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
judgment. It’s the trait I like least in myself. But Francesca has taught me how to invite curiosity in, which then pushes judgment out. I have adopted her practice of starting sentences with “I wonder” and “I’m curious,” because you... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 23 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Real Wal-Mart Effect
This opinion piece, first published in the New York Times in August 2005, has been updated by Pankaj Ghemawat for HBS Working Knowledge.Mighty Wal-Mart's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, must feel less like a hotbed of retailing and... View Details
- 14 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving
A majority of commuters admit to multitasking on the road, including texting and reading emails, according to new research that reveals the widespread extent of distracted driving. About 87 percent of commuters are engaged in at least one... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
communities for major corporate clients. These communities have provided its clients with insights into how consumers view their brands, with quick feedback on potential marketing decisions, and with a sounding board for new View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
reducing the significance of the ratio, what effect will this have on intermediate-term national economic performance, especially in an economy driven by consumption? Would retention of the elderly in the work force have a net negative effect on the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- June 2023
- Teaching Note
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: Global Leadership in Chipmaking
By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-126. The general purpose of this case is to explore the evolving nature of business relations across the Taiwan strait, focusing on the prominence of Taiwan's high-tech industry. After the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor... View Details
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
customer satisfaction and product excellence at least as important as profitability), a collaborative spirit between employers and employees , a long-term view , and a close relationship with suppliers." Several respondents voiced serious... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)
Examines the role of General Mills in the formation and leadership of the Hawthorne Huddle. The Huddle was in the Hawthorne neighborhood in Northern Minneapolis, which in 1997 was plagued with high crime and poverty. The Huddle served as a forum, held the first... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Succession; Social Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Minneapolis
Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-067, January 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
School. Originally used to measure product and services costs in manufacturing, finance, and retail, TDABC had more recently been used to analyze expenses in large American hospitals. The Haiti study was the first time the system had been... View Details