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- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
not mean putting a positive spin on a sorry situation—an organization at which only 1 percent of executives are minorities, for example. Rather, it means looking at the exception to the rule and studying the factors that made that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
nonprofits and corporations can create value for society more effectively by applying strategy principles to philanthropy. Part V explores the link between strategy and leadership. Risk Frameworks View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
needs.” Tuce and her colleagues decided to think small, developing a little device that allows people to track important items — like glasses and keys — through a smart phone... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
raises topics of fund selection and investing in country-specific funds such as Mexico. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208097 Patel Food and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
https://archive.harvardbusiness.org/cla/web/pl/product.seam?c=33313&i=33315&cs=0fce70d96a0fde28d25d9feec060c2e7 August 2013 Business History Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
themselves and new industries will grow. The number-one priority is to change the competition laws and the whole approach to regulating competition. Without competitive pressures, sick industries will never... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 11 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”
For John Bracaglia, his academic and professional careers have been driven by two themes: “machine learning and behavioral economics,” he says. “The two work together. Machine learning is about how computers... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
to challenge the leadership of large companies, and ballot initiatives were rare. Today, firms like RiskMetrics and Glass Lewis evaluate everything from executive compensation... View Details
Edmund D. Libbey
Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
genetically modified foods in Europe. Betting the company on a "life sciences" vision, Shapiro had sold or spun off Monsanto's traditional chemical businesses and moved aggressively to acquire seed... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
market segments. Likewise, for many years, Chemical Bank (now Chase) cultivated relationships with unprofitable customers for the same reason. Most organizations view the sale purely as a transaction and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
John D. Biggers
Biggers is recognized for strong labor-management relations. He was a key figure in bringing the Toledo Labor Peace Plan to nation-wide attention. In 1947, Biggers was head of one of the world’s largest manufacturers of flat glass with... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
challenges are explored both from American and Chinese perspectives. Wyoff, a leading U.S. chemical company, has been seeking ways to secure the company's foothold in China's emerging market since the late... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
States, Europe, and Japan, it was supposed to examine two sectors: first, the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, which helped bring about the Second Industrial Revolution... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
Prisoners were housed in old stone barracks and newly constructed huts made of corrugated iron. The researchers examined the corporate archives of three German multinationals that employed the largest number of people interned in India... View Details
- 05 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition
individual glass of wine). During events like this I got to meet my teammates’ children, partners, and pets, which made me feel like I knew these people even though we’d never met in person. Walking the Walk... View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
Cohly was skilled in Ayurveda, the ancient Indian practice of herbal medicine, and suggested they try using turmeric to heal the wound instead. The spice worked, and Das and... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)
What was your undergraduate university and major?MIT, Chemical Engineering Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admissions process?One of my mentors in college, Professor Barry Johnston,... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
which trains disadvantaged inner-city youths and unemployed adults of southwestern Pennsylvania for jobs in high-tech, culinary, and medical fields, partnered with Bayer, a major pharmaceutical View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
Even so, the executives brought the issue to Harvard Business School Professor Robin J. Ely. Eighteen months and more than 100 employee interviews later, Ely’s research team reached a conclusion that challenged steadfast beliefs about the... View Details