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- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
and forcing it into bankruptcy. Other unions at the airline decided not to support the strike in view of past differences they had had with the mechanics. As a result, the airline continued to operate with replacement labor. It is perhaps... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Setting Interns Up for Success at a Startup
used to create the food that ends up in our stomachs (land, water, energy, etc.) is wasted.” Sani’s enthusiasm for Mori grew after speaking with Belsito when he learned more about the company’s focus on integrating within supply chains to add value rather than View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
a factory in a low-cost location in Asia? Such a move over the next five to seven years would be full of risk, especially considering LEGO has had a checkered history of expansion—one such effort almost led to bankruptcy. So Harvard... View Details
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
design with features that many people may not consider to be good value for the money. To return to the car analogy, it might demand a heated seat in every vehicle. As for public insurance, it ignores real costs in its pricing and may well View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
his family and his small North Carolina town after a nuclear electromagnetic-pulse attack wipes out America’s electrical infrastructure. The book struck a chord with Popik (MBA 1988), who was a captain in the US Air Force before attending... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Now, the former Air Force officer is drawing on his military, White House, State Department, and humanitarian aid experience as cofounder and CEO of Executives Without Borders, an organization that matches business leaders who volunteer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
strictures, the lack of schools, and her poverty, her education almost certainly will end there. Her family will be reluctant to let her go away to school because they will not be able to prot ect her.” The eldest of five children, Van... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
happiness-if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/Happy-Money-Science-Smarter-Spending/dp/1451665067/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0/181-7319636-0911428 The Role of Organizational Scope and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
or her motivation, decision making, and leadership style. The authors found four distinct types of highly successful “business builder” personalities―the Driver, the Explorer, the Crusader, and the Captain―and analyze how each type handles the View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
bid. The company that would become Roshan was granted a license in January 2003. At that point, the clock began ticking on an immediate goal: launching cell phone service in five Afghan cities by July. A Roshan billboard overlooks a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
is still thriving—while dramatically reinventing it? How do you envision a change in your current business model before a crisis forces you to abandon it? Innovation guru Vijay Govindarajan expands the leader's innovation tool kit with a... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
investor), was interested in investing in entrepreneurship in the aging sector as his “third act.” The duo combined forces and launched Primetime Partners last summer. Primetime’s $50 million venture fund currently has 10 companies in its... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
first order. With that said, life does not always progress along smooth, straight lines, as these outtakes from candid interviews show. The texture of experience is far more complex, multifaceted, human, and interesting. These five... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
grounding in every aspect of the business. “I like to tell people that I rose up the ranks through the sheer force of nepotism,” he deadpans with self-deprecating humor. He made HBS his last training stop before taking over as president... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the public that business is a force for good and is fundamental to societal progress by creating jobs,... View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
experimented with computers and with designing an electronic office of the future. It formed Xerox Computer Services, acquired Scientific Data Systems, and opened its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California. These efforts were only the beginning of the copier... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
Press), HBS professor and business historian Nancy Koehn selects contemporaneous news accounts from America’s paper of record to complement her essays on the rise of business in the United States and the influence of business on the country’s evolution. In ten chapters... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
as well. In addition, interviews at five of the branches supported the findings. Speaking to an audience of other Harvard faculty at the HBS Faculty Research Symposium on May 25, Ely discussed the bank study as well as the complexity of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers
brands based upon five ideas about transnational companies that are prominent in today's global discourse: quality, status, country-of-origin, citizenship, and American values. "Hence, managing the transnational brand requires... View Details
Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors