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- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 11 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas
Kikovic Each year, the small northeast Texas town of Marshall pulls out all of the stops for its annual Wonderland of Lights festival. And for years, South Korean electronics company Samsung also worked hard to make it special. The... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
Authors:Oriana Bandiera, Andrea Prat, Raffaella Sadun, and Julie Wulf Abstract For both practitioners and researchers, span of control plays an important role in defining and understanding the role of the CEO. In this paper, we combine organizational chart information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
Calloway PepsiCo, 1986–1996 Asa G. Candler Coca-Cola Company, 1886–1916 Charles A. Cannon Cannon Mills Company, 1921–1971 James W. Cannon Cannon Mills Company, 1887–1921 Floyd L. Carlisle St. Regis Paper Company, 1916–1934 Curtis L. Carlson Gold Bond Stamp View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Winners and Losers at the Olympics
glory on the slopes or on the ice are looking for endorsement opportunities that will lead to a post-Olympics pot of gold. In short, the Olympic Games are big business. Harvard Business School professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser has... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
take the ideas further, starting with The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action (1996) and The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment (2000). Most recently,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
on-site environmental management. For example, over 1,000 business leaders participate in We Can Lead, a coalition that calls for the passage of comprehensive climate legislation. Similarly, 20 large consumer companies such as View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
automobiles. Unilever and Nestlé account for 40 percent of the entire U.S. ice cream market. Yet quantitative data suggests that the return on assets of foreign-owned companies in the U.S. is consistently... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
States in the twentieth century. After 1945 Unilever's once successful business in the United States began to decline, yet the parent company maintained an arms-length relationship with its U.S. affiliates, refusing to intervene in their... View Details
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
with Milkman and Rogers, they discuss their working paper "I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders," which looks at our tendency as consumers to choose... View Details
- 31 Mar 2008
- HBS Case
JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis
JetBlue founder, chairman, and then-CEO David Neeleman would later call "the worst operational week in JetBlue's seven-year history." A Storm Brews It started with a winter ice storm forecasted to change to rain. With that... View Details
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
restrooms. Today Buc-ee’s is a road trip destination, with more than 30 sprawling stores offering Texas-themed gifts, Buc-ee’s brand beef jerky, plenty of gas (as many as 120 pumps at one store), mountains of ice to refill coolers, and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 May 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth
degree in mechanical engineering from MIT, Sweeney worked for a pair of technology start-ups in the three years before coming to Harvard. Neither experience ended the way she wanted: one company laid her off after going bankrupt when the... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
reviewing the $30 million given to publicly traded companies such as Shake Shack and Ruth’s Chris, Keller pointed out that if just $100,000 each was given to the smallest restaurants, 300 owners could have been supported. “We need to... View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
good alternative or a supplement.” Whillans says an online program may also encourage higher participation rates than certain special events that companies organize to encourage people to relax. For example, a bag lunch get-together or an... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 09 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?
illegal business entities don’t incorporate to make people happy or to make people better. They incorporate to make people money. Everything else good that happens beyond that is icing on the stakeholders’ cake.” Others differed. Michael... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
South Africa and spread worldwide, how Lipton tea became the world's biggest tea brand, the origins of the sensual Magnum ice cream, and how Pond's Cream became a Unilever brand. The story behind the brands has been presented also. Dove... View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival
In recent years, polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton has been celebrated through books, memoirs, several films, and a major museum exhibit. His achievements on the ice have much to teach business students and executives, says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
Management Review The Real Lessons From Kodak's Decline By: Shih, Willy C. Abstract—Eastman Kodak is often mischaracterized as a company whose managers didn't recognize soon enough that digital technology would decimate its traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing
marketers are feeling pressure to show ROI.” Still, since those first Facebook ads were posted in 2004, social media has proven itself a valuable tool for helping companies create consumer perceptions about particular brands (Old Spice)... View Details