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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Archie A. Alexander Alexander & Repass, 1914–1954 Henry C. Alexander Morgan Guaranty Trust, 1959–1967 William M. Allen Boeing Company, 1945–1969 Howard L. Aller American Power and Light Company, 1935–1951 Stanley C. Allyn National Cash... View Details

14 Dec 2021
Op-Ed

To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

different things. The causality doesn’t go the other way. So, in a company, you first need to change how the company is organized, managed, and led in light of its strategic goals. The goals themselves may need to change. A new culture... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

February 2023 (Revised June 2023)
Case

Doing Business in São Paulo, Brazil

By: Hise O. Gibson, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

The case uses the example of a large investment made by French retail group Carrefour in Brazil to discuss the opportunities and challenges of doing business in the country. It gives readers an overview of Brazil’s economic transformation since its colonial years until... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economy; Macroeconomics; Business History; Brazil; Latin America

February 2020 (Revised June 2020)
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Shaping the Governance Debate at ISS

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jonah S. Goldberg and Calvin O. Liou

ISS is the world’s largest provider of corporate governance research, data, analytics, and voting services. The case uses the effort of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose an array of new regulations that would severely restrict the functioning of... View Details

Keywords: Proxy Advisory Services; Corporate Governance; Research; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; Institutional Investing

01 Dec 2023
News

Engaging Students More Deeply

that’s not all it is. “The dot rug—the kids’ bottoms go in the circle, and they know their physical space,” explains Moskowitz. “It’s much easier for a teacher to manage with the dot rug.” When Greenwood and his case coauthor Coval, the View Details

Keywords: April White

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Tata Hall | About

Hall in December 2011, former Dean Jay O. Light called Tata, who serves on the HBS Dean’s Board of Advisors, “an amazing leader with vision and focus.” Dean Nitin Nohria... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

When Organizations Are in Crisis, It's Usually Because the Business is Broken. By: Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague More Information We blame women for not taking the lead in the workplace. Here's why that's wrong. By: Robin Ely Women and men... View Details

August 2014
Article

Incentives in a Stage-Gate Process

By: Raul O. Chao, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl and Yael Grushka-Cockayne

Many large organizations use a stage‐gate process to manage new product development projects. In a typical stage‐gate process project managers learn about potential ideas from research and exert effort in development while senior executives make intervening go/no‐go... View Details

Keywords: Stage-Gate Process; Production; Operations; Product Development; Innovation and Invention

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

Laboratory, where he endowed the Guthart Discovery Tower. Long active at Hofstra University, the Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center is named in his honor. Guthart is a graduate of Harvard College and holds two degrees from HBS. This fellowship is to be awarded to deserving... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

we’re turning to agriculture. Chris Marquis, a professor at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School sheds light on regenerative agriculture, a set of practices that restore farming ecosystems while having the potential to... View Details

December 1995 (Revised December 1995)
Case

Yale University Investments Office

By: Josh Lerner and Jay O. Light

Yale University's investment office was responsible for managing its endowment, which totaled nearly $4 billion in June 1995. Yale had developed a rather different approach to endowment management, including substantial investments in "less efficient" equity markets... View Details

Keywords: Assets; Private Equity; Investment; Investment Return; Management; Markets; Strategy; Education Industry