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- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
heart of the enterprise. And that's what I found. For companies like IBM and Procter & Gamble, this is definitely at the heart of the enterprise. The Japanese company Omron has sustained itself since its founding on principles and on a mission about sensing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2021
- News
How to Upgrade Judges with Machine Learning
- 02 Jul 2022
- News
Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the Us
Christina R. Wing
Christina Wing is a Senior Lecturer in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on families in business, and she is the creator of Demystifying the Family Enterprise, a course that explores... View Details
- October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
- Case
The 2001 Crisis in Argentina: An IMF-Sponsored Default? (A)
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
At the end of 2001, Argentina's economy and society both appeared on the verge of collapse. Furious about controls imposed on the convertibility of their bank deposits into cash (the "corralito") and huge proposed government spending cuts amidst high unemployment and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Banks and Banking; Problems and Challenges; Decision Choices and Conditions; Currency Exchange Rate; Economy; Government Administration; Crime and Corruption; Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. "The 2001 Crisis in Argentina: An IMF-Sponsored Default? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 704-004, October 2003. (Revised January 2004.)
- 06 Jan 2015
- News
Digital Business Models Should Have to Follow the Law, Too
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to... View Details
- January 22, 2020
- Article
Making Honest Conversations the Norm
By: Michael Beer
Much admired companies like Boeing and Wells Fargo sacrifice their competitive advantage. Some make huge ethical blunders. As a result, shareholders suffer huge losses in value while employees, customers, and society lose trust and confidence in the institution. Based... View Details
Keywords: Honesty; Interpersonal Communication; Framework; Organizational Culture; Trust; Performance Effectiveness
Beer, Michael. "Making Honest Conversations the Norm." ChangeThis (blog) (January 22, 2020).
- 17 Nov 2011
- News
Practicing Moral Humility
- June 2008 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A)
By: Geoffrey Jones, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
Considers the entrepreneurial career of the founder of Mitsubishi, Yataro Iwasaki, who built a large shipping company against the opposition of powerful Western incumbents. Although sometimes supported by the Japanese government, and often times opposed, the case... View Details
Keywords: History; Leadership; Business History; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Japan
Jones, Geoffrey, Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A)." Harvard Business School Case 808-158, June 2008. (Revised September 2019.)
- 01 May 2013
- News
The Performance Frontier: Innovating for a Sustainable Strategy
- 09 Aug 2013
- Video
Dean Nitin Nohria Announces the U.S. Competitiveness Project
Matthew Rabin
Matthew Rabin is the Pershing Square Professor of Behavioral Economics in the Harvard Economics Department and Harvard Business School.
Before that, he spent 25 years at the wonderful University of California, Berkeley Economics Department. His research... View Details
- 2024
- Book
When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day
By: Archon Fung, David Moss and Odd Arne Westad
Democracy is often described in two opposite ways, as either wonderfully resilient or dangerously fragile. Curiously, both characterizations can be correct, depending on the context. When Democracy Breaks aims to deepen our understanding of what separates democratic... View Details
Fung, Archon, David Moss, and Odd Arne Westad, eds. When Democracy Breaks: Studies in Democratic Erosion and Collapse, from Ancient Athens to the Present Day. Oxford University Press, 2024.
John P. Kotter
John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as the foremost speaker on the topics of Leadership and Change. His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. The Konosuke... View Details
- 2007
- Book
Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Edward Weisband
This edited volume contributes analytical depth to the diverse debates on accountability in modern organizations. It explores the nature, forms and impacts of accountability efforts in civil society organizations, public and inter-governmental agencies, and private... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Business and Government Relations
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and Edward Weisband. Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics. U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- 10 Apr 2025
- Video