Country Of Origin - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

Right, a new book by HBS research associate Gorick Ng. Educated during the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, the class of 2021 concludes an unusual academic experience only to face an unsteady global economy.... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

All in the Family

On October 1, 1976, Jon Pellegrin (6th OPM), the then 32-year-old vice president of Wisconsin's Johnson Hill Press, walked solemnly into his father George's office. It was time. Slumping into the chair opposite his father's desk, he took... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change

technologies and protecting the profits of the businesses that do the work. “That’s how we’re going to solve climate change,” Trumbull said. Countries will “compete their way out View Details

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

traveling to 140 countries with his wife, Elaine, a specialist in early childhood education, he made it a practice to spend time with people in poor areas before visiting with heads of state or ngos. “We... View Details

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

financial one. Institutional change expert Julie Battilana discusses what it will take to create this "transformation of capitalism." Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To HelpHow could a View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

01 Dec 2016
News

Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

Africa’s largest oil- producing country, has expensive and unreliable energy. Whether it is lines for automobile and generator fuels or blackouts of the electricity grid, Nigeria is a perfect example of a... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

James A. Henderson (MBA '63) is chairman and CEO of Indiana-based Cummins Engine Company, one of America's most respected industrial corporations. Prior to joining Cummins, where he has worked for more than... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

heat. "Like boiling the frog, it has been happening slowly, but it's increasingly hard to ignore," he says. "There is staggering growth in the 65-plus population in countries like Japan. In a few years, much View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

01 Apr 1999
News

A Vibrant Brand

recently surpassed country as the fastest-growing musical category. Rap sold more than 81 million units (CDs, tapes, and albums) last year - a 31 percent increase over 1997. With a youthful, cutting-edge visual style, Blaze embodies the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

it. "We have the medical knowledge to do it. And it's not being done. Just under one-half of identified diabetics in this country don't have their blood sugar under control," she said. Diabetes... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

Advanced Management Program and a founding member of Intel. Now executive vice president of that corporation, he is also president of Intel Capital, a corporate venture capital... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Mar 2010
Op-Ed

A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM

Toyota's tragic automobile recalls offer a historic opportunity for Ford's CEO Alan Mulally and General Motors' new CEO Ed Whitacre. After years of decline, they can reestablish the preeminence of... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto

30 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

That’s actually good news because it’s harder to change people’s taste preferences than it is beliefs,” says Minor, joking that he’s been trying to change his daughter’s food tastes for years. Minor used a survey pool of 7,000... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services

01 Sep 2016
News

Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

about, are one of the third-rail topics in the world of women and boards. I do not support quotas even though I acknowledge that more women are on boards in many European View Details

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

much of the literature I've read on leadership." These comments call for the question: Is there really a formula for great leadership? What do you think? Original Article When this column was... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

evolved into a complex solution instead of the simple small business software that originally was envisioned. Its features got specified and locked in before a single paying customer had used the product.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

foster the process? What do you think? Original Article There is a growing call for a redress of the imbalance between what John Bogle terms managerial capitalism and owners' capitalism. In his 2005 book,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

of) the perception of value." What do you think? Original Article Have you noticed that we are being bombarded by a flood of work by neuroscientists and behavioral... View Details