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  • December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
  • Case

Neoprene

By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States
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  • 26 Apr 2022
  • Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

glasses and sends every three-year veteran of the company to a developing country to see its glasses donation programs in action. The company also broadened its social contributions, running programs that seek to expand access to eyecare... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
  • Web

Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Initiative, Boston Industrial Development Financing Authority, and Third Sector New England Deval Patrick, JD 1982 Professor and Co-Director, Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership; Founder and Honorary Chair, Project 351;... View Details
  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge

For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice
  • 16 Feb 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

developing an outside-in orientation? A: Developing an outside-in orientation is difficult to achieve because it requires both insight and action. Gaining real insights into customers' needs demands more of... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

    Reinventing State Capitalism

    In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details

    • 19 Apr 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Is India’s Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?

    Keywords: by Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover Goswami & William R. Kerr; Manufacturing
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Business and Sustainability: New Business History Perspectives

    By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist
    This working paper provides a long-term business history perspective on environmental sustainability. For a long time, the central issues addressed in the discipline of business history concerned how business enterprises innovated and created wealth, as well as... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Business History; Perspective
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    Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India

    By: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani
    We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats support our key predictions.... View Details
    Keywords: Framework; Government and Politics; Investment; Competency and Skills; Personal Development and Career; Rank and Position; Forecasting and Prediction; India
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    • 11 Oct 2023
    • News

    Soldier On

    you want people to move to your city. So number one is going to be the schools and the youth that are involved with it. Number two is going to be economic development of our city. This entire area is federally subsidized. We're never... View Details
    • Web

    Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

    Careers Nonprofit Board Service Careers Nonprofit Board Service Nonprofit board service is an exceptional way for HBS alumni to meaningfully contribute to communities and issues that are meaningful. HBS Career & Professional Development... View Details
    • Web

    Rigorous research, rooted in practice | About

    Activities Our eighteen Global Research Centers & Offices help to build on our legacy of global engagement by supporting our faculty’s international research, administering academic programming in their regions, providing advice to MBA students interested in careers... View Details
    • 23 May 2019
    • News

    Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

    others. That was her north star,” says the Harvard College graduate and former McKinsey consultant. Palandjian’s embodiment of her forebearers’ values is a theme in all aspects of her life, including her leadership of Social Finance, a thriving nonprofit that View Details
    Keywords: Susan Young
    • February 2018
    • Case

    The Golden Triangle: Back in Business (A)

    By: Joseph Fuller, William Kerr, Manjari Raman and Donald Maruyama
    The Golden Triangle Region (GTR) is a three-county area in rural Mississippi that suffered a steep decline as manufacturing companies faced pressures from automation and overseas competition. Between the mid 1980s and late 1990s, several textile, toy, and tubing... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Development Economics; Change; Leadership; Success; Mississippi
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    • October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
    • Case

    FARM Rio: Bringing a Brazilian Fashion Brand to the World

    By: Isamar Troncoso and Jill Avery
    FARM Rio, a twenty-six year old Brazilian fashion brand, had recently put down roots in the U.S. The brand, known for its bold, colorful, nature-inspired tropical prints, was testing the waters in Europe to assess if and how the brand should further expand globally.... View Details
    Keywords: Global Marketing; Go-to-market Strategy; Global Branding; Brand Positioning; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Distribution Channels; Expansion; Fashion Industry; Brazil; United States; Europe
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    • 28 Feb 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note

    Many American companies have made a four-year degree a default qualification for entry-level jobs, elevating an expensive university education—with a smattering of internship experience—above paths that might prepare young talent for today’s workforce better. In a new... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 01 Jun 2023
    • News

    Curb Appeal

    put up cameras and pair them with a license-plate reader,” she recalls thinking. A pilot project with 50 cameras proved so successful that the agency is now installing hundreds more. Tisch also developed a new data platform, TrashDash, to... View Details
    Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
    • 16 Oct 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

    performance, the researchers say. Founders are usually very busy people—they recruit key employees, raise funds, find a board, develop partnerships, set strategy, and design the organization, to name a few responsibilities. What often... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 05 Jul 2023
    • News

    GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

    alumni can collaborate on initiatives that contribute to the development and growth of the region," says Lootah. "Dubai has emerged as a prominent hub for HBS alumni activities and reunions. Having a space in this vibrant city enables us... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley
    • Web

    Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

    and its core value proposition. Describe your business model. Describe its stage of development (concept, prototype, beta, growth, etc.). Describe your primary source of competitive advantage. Summarize plans include View Details