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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
managerial know-how and resources, "needs to shift its focus from macroeconomics and finance to sustaining and enhancing the capabilities of key organizations, from bureaucracies to schools and firms." Other faculty members who have... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
is an independent foreign aid agency with the mission to reduce poverty through sustainable economic growth in some of the world's poorest countries. "Farmer training was at the heart of the Ghana program," says Jonathan Bloom (MBA 1972),... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
while more equal ones dislike competitive groups and do not necessarily respect them as competent. Unequal societies may need ambivalence for system stability: income inequality compensates groups with partially positive social images. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
through turbulence. In particular, she and her family emphasized maintaining strong capital equity structures to deal with currency volatility, seeking reliable local partners, and never forgetting long-term opportunities. "For managers... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
Timberland deal was beginning to unravel, when she stepped down as chief executive officer and became chief sustainability officer. She and Demetri wanted GoLite to stand for more than just making money. That same year, GoLite became one... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
question was, do we get out of it or increase our stake? In view of the long-term trends that we are seeing, generics is a field that is here to stay. And if we want to be in that field, we need to be able to compete with the best. The... View Details
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
quantity. Overall, athletic success has a significant long-term goodwill effect on future applications and quality. However, students with lower than average SAT scores tend to have a stronger preference for athletic success, while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
historians in recent years, academic research on business groups has, to date, remained within the boundary of emerging markets. The major aim of this volume is to explore the long-term evolution of different varieties of large... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher Abstract Many companies have successfully used outsourcing to lower costs. But, unless the company's efforts are unusually good, true competitive advantage is fleeting when competitors begin outsourcing and achieve similar results. To... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
opportunities to develop deep causal knowledge that can lead to greater long-term improvements. We suggest a number of concrete actions leaders can take to help themselves and their organizations avoid the success-breeds-failure trap.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
institution and doctor. Less than two years after launching its first marketplace, Nomad Health is working with 20,000 clinicians and 600 health care facilities in 12 states. The Question: Nomad Health’s long-term goal is to work in all... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53122 2017 The Entrepreneur's Roadmap: From Concept to IPO Entrepreneurship in Larger Companies By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Entrepreneurship in large and established companies is vital for their View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
Hoffenheim: Football in the Age of Analytics In 2015, Dietmar Hopp, owner of Germany’s Bundesliga football team TSG Hoffenheim and co-founder of the global enterprise software company SAP, was considering how to ensure long-term View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
intangibles (such as its distinctive culture) and tacit knowledge that could best be conveyed within a single organizational structure. Similarly, but on a much larger scale, the Salvation Army operates primarily as a branch organization, which is conducive to View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
supplier—they may stress the importance of many dimensions of cooperation, the mutual need for service and quality, and the long-term time horizon of the joint effort. Yet the retail buyer, for instance—mainly compensated on the basis of... View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
where I sit as an economist, it's still all about the economy and the long-term impact of the problems laid bare by the Great Recession. During the financial crisis, the world came to the apparently shocking realization that debt... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
book Confidence suggests there is hope. “The U.S. companies have great assets: brands; loyal, long-term employees; dealer networks; and design capabilities. What they need is the true leadership, innovative thinking, and flexibility to... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
we believe can be quite important to the long-term survival of organizations and the contribution they make to society at large. As organizational scholarship and management practice have shifted away from thinking about the connection... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
the average entry size for startups did not change following the deregulations. However, this result masks the differences in entry size among startups that failed within three years of entry and those that survived for four years or more. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace