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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

commitments will require firms to transform their business models and organizational architectures. A few pioneers are leading the way, demonstrating that companies can make... Load More Initiative... View Details
  • January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

VendQuest (A): The Business Idea

By: Dwight B. Crane and David Foster
A potential founder of a company is considering whether to start up a new enterprise that would link parts distributors with customers in the construction industries via the Internet. This case describes the industry and the potential advantages to distributors and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Corporate Strategy; Business Model; Distribution; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Business Plan; Customer Relationship Management; Business Ventures; Construction Industry
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  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

The Big Business of Returns

(illustration by Chris Philpot) Sources: (1) National Retail Federation; (2) Industry analyst Kurt Salmon; (3) Inbound Logistics; (4) B-Stock Solutions View Details
Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

How Business Schools Lost Their Way

The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession (Princeton University Press), HBS associate professor Rakesh Khurana builds a case for the systemic argument. He also... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • 25 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

As part of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Advancing Racial Equity action plan, 26 students from the MBA Classes of 2025 and 2026 have been named recipients of a Recognizing Individuals Seeking Equity (RISE) Fellowship. First announced... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

Managing the Business of Life

Middlebrooks, Gwen Shuster-Haynes, and John Weber in June 1983, while they were still MBA students. Checking in with them five years later, in June 1988, we discovered many ways in which their lives - and their perspectives on work and family - had View Details
  • 17 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

Confined to specialist journals and books, business history research too often lacks the impact it should have on the research and practice of business management and the social sciences, according to the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

    Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

    * Top 10 Technology Books of 2020 (Forbes)
    * 10 Best Business Books of 2020 (Inc. Magazine)
    * Top Shelf Pick of Best Business Books 2020: Technology & Innovation (Strategy + Business)
    * 9 Best Business Books for 2020... View Details

    • 14 Jul 2023
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

    Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the 2023-2024 cohort of Blavatnik Fellows. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship was launched in 2013 as part of a gift to Harvard... View Details
    • 20 Sep 2021
    • Blog Post

    Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

    What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2021, over 60 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2019
    • News

    Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

    will provide financial aid for students in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, offered jointly by HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The gift reflects the Boston-based donors’ desire to bridge the worlds of... View Details
    • March 2022
    • Supplement

    Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (B)

    By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
    In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
    Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
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    • 03 Oct 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    Chad Syverson, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

    • 02 Apr 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

    Gaining the community's trust is vital to building a successful business with crowdsourcing, agreed business leaders at the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 27 Feb 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    David Robinson, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University

    • September 2022
    • Article

    How HBR Has Covered Women and Business: From Articles on 'Successful Wives of Successful Executives' to 'Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers'

    By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
    Over the course of its century-long history, HBR has evolved significantly in its coverage of women and business. At first the magazine barely acknowledged the existence of women in the workforce, but in the 1950s it began to pay attention to the roles women were... View Details
    Keywords: Women; Business; Gender; Journals and Magazines; Trends
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    Harvard Business School Online Courses & Learning Platforms

    Choose a subject area: Digital Transformation Marketing Business Essentials Leadership & Management Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy Finance & Accounting Business in Society Now Offering Launching Tech... View Details
    • September 2003 (Revised June 2005)
    • Case

    Learning from LeapFrog: Creating Educational and Business Value

    By: Lynda M. Applegate, Christopher Dede and Susan Saltrick
    Explores the success factors leading to one's company's rise to the number three ranking in the aggressively competitive toy industry. LeapFrog has made the strategic decision to exploit its educational model in two industry sectors: consumer toys and educational... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Decisions; Education; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Growth Management; Media; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Research; Value Creation
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    • 2000
    • Book

    Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Management; Social Issues; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    • 09 Jan 2024
    • In Practice

    Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year

    accessible, differentiation becomes crucial. Businesses need to look beyond standard applications and “best practices” and develop unique, tailored AI models and applications to stand out from competitors... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology