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- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
Qcells, General Electric Vernova, Enel Green Power Equitable access to resources: Chargerhelp!, BlocPower, Volta Financial investment: Bank of America Conclusions U.S. policies provide an opportunity for... View Details
- December 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
21Seeds: Taking Shots at Breakout Growth
21Seeds, a female-founded flavor-infused tequila startup launched in 2019, had made inroads into the alcoholic beverage industry by focusing on an underserved consumer segment in spirits—women, primarily in their 30s and 40s, many of whom were moms—and by following a... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Distribution Channels; Sales; Food and Beverage Industry
Ofek, Elie, Julian De Freitas, Michael Moynihan, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "21Seeds: Taking Shots at Breakout Growth." Harvard Business School Case 524-008, December 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
Few business leaders would deny the importance of organizational loyalty; perhaps fewer still believe they can achieve it the way they once did. After all, the lifetime contract expired long ago, and your people—especially your best... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
- 10 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS
my journey from college to business school was defined by a series of serendipitous opportunities which I did little to author myself. The difference that I made was in being adaptive and making the best... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
equally at home running morning markets meetings with thousands of people—which she does every week—as she is mentoring staff one-on-one. “If I could be a mentor to all 22,000 employees, I would,” she says.... View Details
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Pre-Class Arrival - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
class. The additional time also strengthens the relationship with students. It sends a powerful signal that the instructor truly cares for the students as individuals, not anonymous members of the class. Talking informally with... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
An investment banker for the past 25 years, Steve Waters says that what he likes best about his profession is "the opportunity to build businesses." A graduate of Harvard College as well as HBS, Waters spent... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi
people's needs." Checchi cites his experience with struggling Northwest Airlines, which he and business partner Gary Wilson purchased in 1989, as the equal of any public-sector challenge. With multiple... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Web
Building Entrepreneurial Organizations - Health Care
Impact Building Entrepreneurial Organizations Health Minute: How Entrepreneurs are Reducing Costs & Improving Outcomes More “Entrepreneurship” stories Faculty Focus Innovating In Health Care is the focus of Professor Regina Herzlinger’s... View Details
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By: Andy Wu
How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Video Game Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
organizational design that has not one, but two "operating systems." One system conducts the everyday business of business, while the second system, more like an agile network, sits alongside to focus on the View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
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My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
120 adult participants, a mix of men and women, and asked each to complete 20 math problems. The researchers then measured participants' hormone levels via saliva samples, both before and after the math exercise. All participants received... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
Companies face a growing yet largely undetected threat to their worker productivity, employee retention and, ultimately, competitive advantage: the needs of employees who are caregivers. The aging population, an increasingly female... View Details
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What Black Executives Really Want
were not treated as a person with career advancement potential, their morale suffered. They felt no one had confidence in them. They were invisible. They were not given opportunities to work on challenging projects. Many View Details
- January–February 2018
- Article
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat
More than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little to alleviate the situation and rarely produce transformative change.
Instead of trying to fix local problems,... View Details
Instead of trying to fix local problems,... View Details
Keywords: Inclusive Growth; Sustainability; Social Impact; Business Strategy; Shared Value; Impact Investing; Inequality; Corporate Governance; Balanced Scorecard; Strategy Execution; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategy; Investment
Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 127–133.
- 05 Jul 2021
- What Do You Think?
Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?
2000, Gartner, gartner.com. Summing up last month's column Last month’s column raised questions about the challenges and opportunities associated with the wave of talent, much View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
participation in a comparative cost study, management at Springfield Hospital, known for its heavy focus on operational excellence, become aware of opportunities for further improvement. Analysis View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Philippe Rival
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? After six years of working as a civil engineer, the importance and value of adding management skills to an existing engineering and technical base became... View Details
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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting
development of sectors like education, the environment, immigration, and health care through impact investing, philanthropy, advocacy, and more. The organization brings together entrepreneurs, academics, artists, and community leaders, to... View Details