Publications

September 9, 2024
Article

Ten Questions for a Winning Climate-transition Business Strategy

By: George Serafeim

The move to a low-carbon economy will create opportunities for innovation and growth. To make the most of them, leaders must understand the challenges they could face along the way. View Details

Keywords: Technology; Organizational Transformations; Business Model Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Climate Change; Transformation; Leadership; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Change Management; Entrepreneurship

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01 May 2024
News

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Harvard Business School

2006
Working Paper

Streaming Knowledge—A Hidden History of Codetermination: The Schmalenbach Society and the Dinkelbach School of German Management

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April 1989
Teaching Note

Roles and Relationships of Business and Government, Teaching Note

By: George C. Lodge

Teaching Note for (9-388-159). View Details

Keywords: Japan; Europe; United States; Mexico; Brazil

25 Apr 2012
Other Presentation

Regional Competitiveness and the Role of Business

By: Michael E. Porter

Regional competitiveness and CSV presentation at Expogestión, Baranquilla View Details

Keywords: Competitiveness; Economics; Society; Colombia

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February 2002 (Revised August 2002)
Case

Inhale Therapeutics: Executing and Growing the Business Model

Inhale is about to bring a novel technology to market that uses inhalation to administer drugs that formerly required injection. Inhale must now decide which way to evolve its business model. This will determine the future direction of growth for the company. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Technological Innovation; Health Care and Treatment; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

23 Oct 2019
Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

Alison Wood Brooks is the O’Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets Unit at HBS. Her research, course development, View Details

Building small business utopia: how artificial intelligence and Big Data can increase small business success

Small business lending has remained unchanged for decades, laden with frictions and barriers that prevent many small businesses from accessing the capital they need to succeed. Financial technology, or “fintech,” promises to change this trajectory. In 2010, new fintech... View Details

24 May 2012
News

Businesses need an image repair

2018
Book

Business and the Natural Environment: A Research Overview

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and Susse Georg

The fields of corporate environmentalism, green business and corporate sustainability have grown significantly over the past twenty-five years, such that the academic research domains of business decision-making, accounting, organizational behaviour, and the protection... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Regulation; Research

Fast Answer

Business demographics: number of establishments and employees

Where can I find the number of business establishments and employment size in industries? County Business Patterns has data for the United States as a whole, by county, zip... View Details

October 1985
Background Note

Analysis and Reporting of Intercorporate Investments and Business Combinations

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Financial Reporting

January 2016
Case

German Business and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

By: Rebecca Henderson and Tony He

Educators

December 2014 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and David Lane

Late in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering whether or how to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program that sold Novartis medicines in rural India while expanding access to medicine and health information to millions of... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; India; Kenya; Vietnam; Novartis; Arogya Parivar; Social Business; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pharmaceutical Industry; Viet Nam; Kenya; India

Educators

December 2020 (Revised December 2021)
Case

Komatsu and Smart Construction

By: Rajiv Lal, David J. Collis and Akiko Saito

Komatsu, Japan's leading construction equipment manufacturer, is considering investing in a digital platform "Smart Construction" that will digitise the entire work process on a construction site, allowing for substantial reductions in cost and time while improving... View Details

Keywords: Platform; Digital Business; Construction; Business Model; Strategy; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Construction Industry; Japan

Educators

1996
Book

Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements

By: Victor L Bernard, Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Financial Statements; Valuation