Publications

Educators

December 2004
Article

Politics Meets Marketing In America's Presidential Race

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz

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August 2011
Case

Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance (MM)

By: Michael Chu, Gustavo Herrero and Jean Hazell

Facing an increasingly competitive microfinance market in Peru, Mibanco must continually optimize its product offerings, marketing operations, and human resource management to stay on top. This multimedia courseware provides visual orientation to enable viewers to more... View Details

Keywords: Microfinance; Markets; Change; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Employees; Marketing; Operations; Human Resources; Financial Services Industry; Peru

Educators

Blog Post

Five Challenges China Must Meet by 2034

By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Regina M. Abrami

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May 2010 (Revised January 2012)
Teaching Note

Lincoln Financial Meets the Financial Crisis (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen

Teaching Note for 310137. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Decisions; Capital; Cost; Private Sector; Government and Politics; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Insurance; Insurance Industry

2008
Article

Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Problems and Challenges

06 May 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams

Virtual meetings have become the standard for global and hybrid team communication, but what happens when the call ends? Participants who are in the same room keep talking—and the tone of those conversations can dramatically impact team... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

November 17, 2022
Article

How to Build a Life: Meetings Are Miserable

By: Arthur C. Brooks

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September 1983
Supplement

Meeting of the Overhead Reduction Task Force, Video

By: John J. Gabarro, James P. Ware and James G. Clawson

May–June 1994
Article

Making Supply Meet Demand in an Uncertain World

By: M. Fisher, J. Hammond, W. Obermeyer and A. Raman

Keywords: Supply and Industry

22 Jul 2013
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Meeting Management Challenges in India

As Harvard Business School increasingly researches management issues around the world, India has proven a fertile ground for study. In this edition of Sharpening Your Skills, we revisit four articles where India and its managers confronted problems and seized... View Details

Keywords: Re: Tarun Khanna & Rohit Deshpande

March 2011
Article

Meeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer

In this article, the authors discuss person-centric work psychology, a paradigm developed by H. M. Weiss and D. E. Rupp regarding daily work life psychology. They cited three challenges of the paradigm such as the collection, and analysis of data, the certainty of the... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Social Psychology; Emotions; Perception; Motivation and Incentives

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

Work-from-home employees whose days seem longer, with more meetings and emails than ever before, may find a new Harvard Business School study validating. An analysis of the emails and meetings of 3.1 million... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

process that comprises many small projects, that evolves to meet the emerging demands of the ever-changing marketplace, that allows for frequent experimentation, and that delivers value on an ongoing basis. "Several decades ago, we... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

2005
Case

Meeting New Challenges at the Aldine Independent School District

By: Stacey Childress, Allen Grossman and Caroline King

Keywords: Education; Local Range; Problems and Challenges

23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. The joy of meetings The results are good news for businesses implementing work-from-home policies, suggesting that workers can combat loneliness by engaging in virtual activities without having to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

April 2007
Case

Microfinance in Bolivia: A Meeting with the President of the Republic

By: Michael Chu

Herbert Muller, chair of leading microfinance bank BancoSol, has met with Evo Morales one year after the populist leader's inauguration as president of Bolivia and proceeds to write an email to his fellow board directors. The bank is world famous for pioneering... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Race; Government Administration; Business and Government Relations; Microfinance; Poverty; Interest Rates; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry; Bolivia; South America

December 2005
Article

Up to Code: Does Your Company's Conduct Meet World-Class Standards?

By: Lynn Paine, Rohit Deshpandé, Joshua D. Margolis and Kim Eric Bettcher

Codes of conduct have long been a feature of corporate life. Today, they are arguably a legal necessity—at least for public companies with a presence in the United States. But the issue goes beyond U.S. legal and regulatory requirements. Sparked by corruption and... View Details

Keywords: Business Ethics; Standards Of Conduct; Globalized Firms and Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance