Strategy And Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Mar 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Keywords: by Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel

September 2013 (Revised June 2017)
Case

IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

IBM's Corporate Citizenship office created a social and organizational innovation in public education through a business-school partnership. IBM's Stanley Litow was the key architect in designing Pathways in Technology Early College High School, known as P-TECH. The... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Partnerships; Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Education; Business and Community Relations; Change; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry

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01 Mar 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Qiao Ma (MBA 2010)

My dad was an engineering professor, but his true passion was the stock market. When I was six or seven years old, he brought me to a local brokerage office in Guangzhou. It was the early 1990s and the room was packed with men, all... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; stock market; investment; finance; Australia; China; Asia; strategy; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

June 2018 (Revised June 2018)
Teaching Note

Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear: Bringing the Executive Team Together

By: Boris Groysberg, Tricia Gregg and Katherine Connolly Baden

Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-048. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Groups and Teams; Performance Effectiveness; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Communication; Cooperation; Decision Making; Leadership

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UFIDA (D) (TN)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ping He, Xiohua Wu and Lijuan Liu

This case describes the financing decisions of a software company at difference stages of its development. Started from 1988 as an individual business, along with the "Reform and Open" policy of China, the firm has experienced tremendous growth, and has become a... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Computer Software; Emerging Markets; Financial Strategy; IPO; Investments; China; Applications and Software; China

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25 Jul 2014
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Fostering connections with business leaders in India and South Asia

Anjali Raina (AMP 174, 2008), executive director of the India Research Center (IRC) since 2008, likens the center in Mumbai to an embassy for both HBS and Harvard University. "We bring the best of the region—not just India, but all of... View Details

23 Jan 2023

2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Info Session for Amherst College

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and learn how an MBA in general management can open new doors for your professional and... View Details

28 Feb 2011
News

RPT-Make Money and do Good is the New Corporate Buzz

03 Jun 2022
News

Tech and the Gig Economy: Understanding Side Hustles vs. Moonlighting

December 2011 (Revised May 2012)
Case

Heavy Metal (A): Baosteel Enters Brazil

What is Baosteel, a top Chinese steelmaker, doing in Brazil? The company is responding to the Chinese government's "go global" policy and to the possible rise in iron ore input costs. But steel mills are complex, capital-intensive projects, and Brazil is an emerging... View Details

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May 2023
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CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

By: Willy C. Shih and Emilie Billaud

Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, and the deep-sea segment, which... View Details

Keywords: Container Shipping; Logistic Regression; Trade Links; Decarbonization; Environmental Strategies; Environmental Impact; Globalization; Trade; Environmental Regulation; Logistics; Supply Chain; Governance Compliance; Shipping Industry; European Union; Asia; North America

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11 Jun 2025
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Tech Companies, Nuclear Power, and the Problem of Strategic Timing

2025
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging—High Quality and Radiation Free: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Srikant M. Datar, Amar Bhidé and Katherine Stebbins

This case history describes how Magnetic Resource Imaging (MRI) came to complement – and partially replace -- computed tomography (CT) imaging of soft tissue. Specifically, we chronicle 1) the development of foundational techniques and prototypes (through the 1970s);... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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07 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program

discussion about their strengths and challenges as a co-ed section is quite powerful, and it provides tangible examples of exemplary women in leadership positions.” 4. You’ll... View Details

23 Sep 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting

Keywords: by Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer & Michael W. Toffel; Health

24 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer

Click Here If people made purely rational decisions, life might be much easier for marketers in selling products and services. But few of us are that rational. Instead, our decisions are based on illogical biases such as loss aversion... View Details

Keywords: by Amelia Kunhardt

24 Sep 2015
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Women Don’t Always Want the Jobs at the Top, and That’s OK

12 May 2016
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What Ernest Shackleton has in common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

Photography by Robert Schoen Lori Schock, copresident of the HBS Student Association, defines her leadership role as being an activist for students' priorities. “When I go to meetings, I'm constantly thinking of the hundreds of other... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill