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  • 2015
  • Book

MOVE: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
Americans are stuck. We live with travel delays on congested roads; shipping delays on clogged railways; and delays on repairs, project approvals, and funding due to gridlocked leadership. These delays affect us all, whether you are a daily commuter, a frequent flyer,... View Details
Keywords: United States; Railroad History; Airlines; Airline Industry; Air Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Cities; Urban Planning; Freighting; Change; Leadership; Public Policy; Change Leadership; Public Finance; Infrastructure; Policy; Technological Innovation; Change Management; Leading Change; Urban Development; Project Finance; Entrepreneurship; City; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Rail Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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    Josh Lerner

    Josh Lerner graduated from Yale College with a special divisional major. He worked for several years on issues concerning technological innovation and public policy at the Brookings Institution, for a public-private task force in Chicago, and on... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; high technology; venture capital industry
    • 02 Sep 2015
    • What Do You Think?

    What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

    high employee turnover for many years.  What’s wrong with a low-retention HR strategy?  What do you think? To read more: Wayne F. Cascio, The High Cost of Low Wages, Harvard Business Review, December 2006, pp. 23-33.  See also Cascio’s... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion
    • 25 Jul 2023
    • Blog Post

    Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

    business that is creating economic opportunity for marginalized communities in the United States. McClain, who also completed a master’s in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will serve as chief of... View Details

      Elisabeth C. Paulson

      Elisabeth Paulson is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first year course on Technology and Operations Management in the required curriculum.
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      Keywords: agriculture; federal government; state government; grocery; nonprofit industry
      • 18 Apr 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

      Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
      Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

        Mihir A. Desai

        Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details

          Gunnar Trumbull

          Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

          Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

          Keywords: agribusiness; consumer products; credit card; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; microfinance; retail financial services; retailing
          • April 1995 (Revised November 1995)
          • Case

          Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard (A)

          By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers
          Provides an overview of the human resource policies and practices applied by Hewlett-Packard (HP). Discusses HP's reactions as an organization to changes in its business environment. As such, it is an opportunity to analyze HP's practices, and how they have been... View Details
          Keywords: Human Resources; Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Policy; Computer Industry
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            Laura Alfaro

            Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details

              Shunyuan Zhang

              Shunyuan Zhang is an assistant professor in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first-year Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.

              Professor Zhang studies the sharing economy and the marketing problems that the dynamics of... View Details

              Keywords: e-commerce industry; high technology; retailing
              • May 1975 (Revised October 1985)
              • Case

              Marks and Spencer Ltd.

              By: Joseph L. Bower
              This business policy and retailing strategy case focuses on the unique corporate strategy and philosophy of a leading English retailer. Emphasizes expansion plans. View Details
              Keywords: Learning; Policy; Management; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Retail Industry
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              • 20 Apr 2015
              • News

              IBM Venture With Chinese Stirs Concern

                Matthew C. Weinzierl

                Matt Weinzierl is Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program at Harvard Business School, where he is the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit, and a Research... View Details

                Keywords: aerospace
                • November 2006 (Revised August 2012)
                • Background Note

                A Strategic Perspective on Bankruptcy

                By: Bill George, Jim Sharpe and Andrew N. McLean
                An overview of bankruptcy procedures in U.S. courts, recent filing data and a framework for evaluating a reorganization with creditors or considering opening a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. View Details
                Keywords: Bankruptcy; Financial Distress; Turnarounds; Legal Aspects Of Business; Liquidation; Boards Of Directors; Hedge Funds; Strategy; Law; Governing and Advisory Boards; Negotiation; Crisis Management; Policy; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit; Financial Crisis; United States
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                • November 1986
                • Supplement

                People Express - May 1985

                By: D. Quinn Mills
                Describes situation facing Don Burr at People Express in May of 1985. Purpose is to get students to make a business policy decision. Follow-up to People Express - March 1984. View Details
                Keywords: Decisions; Policy; Management Teams; Air Transportation Industry
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                Managing the Future of Work

                Managing the challenges posed by the changing nature of work Managing the challenges posed by the changing nature of work Multiple forces of change – demographics, technology, automation, globalization – are coming together at an unprecedented pace and scale. How can... View Details

                  Siyu Zhang

                  Siyu Zhang is a second-year doctoral student at HBS. Zhang joined Harvard Business School in 2020 as a Research Associate and has been working on macroeconomic forecasting projects. Prior to joining HBS, he was a Data Scientist at John Hancock, where he utilized... View Details

                  • 25 Apr 2014
                  • Video

                  Matt Weinzierl - Making A Difference

                  • December 2011 (Revised May 2012)
                  • Case

                  Heavy Metal (A): Baosteel Enters Brazil

                  What is Baosteel, a top Chinese steelmaker, doing in Brazil? The company is responding to the Chinese government's "go global" policy and to the possible rise in iron ore input costs. But steel mills are complex, capital-intensive projects, and Brazil is an emerging... View Details
                  Keywords: Global Business; China; Developing Countries; Latin America; Industrial Development; Strategy And Execution; Analysis; Industrial Analysis; Heavy Industry; Country Analysis; Brazil; Economic Analysis; Natural Resources; Infrastructure; Planning; Capacity Planning; Contingency Planning; Demand Planning; Competition; Core Competencies; Corporate Strategy; Strategic Positioning; Five Forces; Bargaining Power Of Suppliers; Globalization; Government and Politics; Policy; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Mining; Steel Industry; Mining Industry; China; Brazil
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