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  • April 2020 (Revised October 2020)
  • Case

Unilever's Response to the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr, Emilie Billaud and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
In February 2020, Nick Dalton, executive vice president HR business transformation at Unilever, reflected on the changing nature of work marked by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation. Launched in 2016, Unilever’s Future of Work... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Human Capital; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Transformation; Human Resources; Consumer Products Industry; Europe
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  • 25 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

change the world for the better,” he said. Jobs’ passion and his ability to communicate it saved the company. Business leaders like Jobs who express passion in the workplace can reap big benefits, earning enough admiration and support... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

    William R. Kerr

    William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details

    Keywords: communications; computer; consulting; high technology; information technology industry; management consulting; manufacturing; telecommunications; venture capital industry
    • 26 Jun 2014
    • News

    Celebrity CEOs

    • 30 Jan 2018
    • News

    IKEA Founder Leaves Behind A Furniture Empire And A Troubling Past

    • May 2005
    • Supplement

    Otis Elevator: An Interview with Ari Bousbib (video)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
    CEO Ari Bousbib talks about how IT is transforming Otis and the practical challenges they are overcoming. Visibly demonstrates what appropriate CEO involvement is in an IT-enabled business transformation. View Details
    Keywords: Management Teams; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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      Bharat N. Anand

      Bharat N. Anand is the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, and the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

      Professor Anand is an expert in digital strategy, media and... View Details

      Keywords: broadcasting; entertainment; information; media; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; sports; television
      • 25 Apr 2014
      • Video

      Selena Cuffe - Making A Difference

      • September 4, 2018
      • Article

      Management as a Calling

      By: Andrew J. Hoffman
      Business’s capacity to transform society is only as great as the schools that train its future leaders. This demands that business schools reform their vision to promote values of business serving society in order for students to see business as a true calling rather... View Details
      Keywords: Business Education; Personal Development and Career; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose
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      • October 1993 (Revised April 1994)
      • Case

      Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary

      By: Joseph L. Bower and Jay Dial
      Describes the work of Jack Welch as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 1992, focusing particularly on his transformation of the company's portfolio through extensive dispositions and acquisitions and the company's culture through a mandated process called "work out."... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Transformation; Investment Portfolio; Leadership Style; Management; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career
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      • October 2023
      • Case

      Foodology: Creating a Virtual Restaurant Group in Latin America

      By: Rembrand M. Koning, Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago
      In April 2020, Daniela Izquierdo (HBS, 2019) and Juan Guillermo Azuero (HBS, 2019), awaited the results of Harvard Business School’s Alumni New Venture Competition. Operating since September 2019, Foodology, a Colombian food-tech startup in the cloud kitchen segment,... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; South America; Colombia
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      • 12 Jun 2006
      • Research & Ideas

      The Promise of Channel Stewardship

      Most company distribution systems are designed ad-hoc when needed, and serve neither value chain partners nor end users well—just look at the frustrating new-car buying process set up by American auto makers. At the same time, says Harvard View Details
      Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products
      • 28 Jan 2025
      • Video

      ‘Everything is connected': Systems change at work

      • 15 Dec 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      Women Leaders and Organizational Change

      Why are women so dramatically underrepresented in formal leadership positions, and what can be done about it? That's the basic question contemplated in a book of essays called, The Difference "Difference" Makes, edited by Debra L. Rhode. In the book, Harvard... View Details
      Keywords: by Mallory Stark

        Feng Zhu

        Feng Zhu is the MBA Class of 1958 Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he leads the Platform Lab within the Digital, Data, and Design Institute, co-chairs the Harvard Business Analytics Program, and serves as the course head for the... View Details

        • 07 Apr 2015
        • News

        Digital Summit Explores the New Economy

        • 30 May 2000
        • Research & Ideas

        Market Makers Bid for Success

        In late February, Harvard Business School professor Bill Sahlman spoke with two former MBA students, Scott Randall ('87) and Glen Meakem ('91), to discuss their perspectives on organizing markets in a new and evolving economy and what... View Details
        Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology
        • 22 Apr 2020
        • News

        Leadership Talk with Sunil Gupta

          George Serafeim

          George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He co-leads a Lab, within the Digital, Data, and Design Institute, that focuses on organizational transformation through major shifts, including those brought... View Details

          Keywords: asset management; insurance industry; automobiles; industrial goods; fashion; food; green technology
          • 03 May 2010
          • Research & Ideas

          What Is the Future of MBA Education?

          Business schools are positioned on increasingly unsteady—and unpopular—ground. MBA enrollments fluctuate or decline; recruiters voice skepticism about the value of newly-minted MBA degrees; and deans, faculty, students, executives, and a... View Details
          Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education