Strategic Initiatives - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Minal Mehta

the Head of Product Management for the Next Billion Users (NBU) Initiatives at YouTube as well as Google. During her tenure, she led the growth-focused product domain uniquely tailored to the needs of expanding global user markets. She... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Technology

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

fellows—are offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. At the same time, the hiring organizations leverage the experience, energy, and View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

08 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Writing the Case for Public School Reform

The state of public education in the United States is a perennial hot-button topic, with rhetoric often outpacing any real sense of progress. The Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a 2003 joint initiative of HBS and Harvard's... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

Profile

Andrew Goldin

says. "And the depth of the Social Enterprise Initiative – the courses it supports, the trips and extracurricular activities – really drew me in. At HBS, social enterprise is a true priority – not just a mission statement on a web... View Details

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Casey Gerald

“Truth is, there weren’t a lot of kids around me going to an Ivy League school.” Initially “convinced” he would become a lawyer, a summer internship within a law firm “quickly disabused me of the idea.” Investment banking came next,... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Retail; Nonprofit / Government

05 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

blended identity; thus, limiting the extent to which such organizations can truly "re-direct" future career choices. Strategic Orientations in a Competitive Context: The Role of Strategic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant

and their decarbonization targets, along with their strategic decisions to balance growth with sustainability. This included exploring pathways such as renewable energy integration, hydrogen-based DRI pilot projects, and carbon capture... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

the China business as part of a global portfolio, under a range of geopolitical scenarios. The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times By Robert McLean and Charles Conn (MBA 1990) Wiley The world is changing faster and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand biography to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”

corporations face when rewarding innovators within their labs. For instance, when Lilly Ventures was hit by its initial wave of defections, it benchmarked its compensation levels against those of independent firms. The conclusion was that... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

08 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

today innovating in a complex intellectual property environment in fields where there is a high amount of cumulativeness. The case highlights the leverage that good strategic thinking can bring to influencing the outcome. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2011
News

Two Kinds of Green

with video "chapters." HBS Business and Environment Initiative - Check out HBS faculty research and news on sustainability efforts on the HBS campus With the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) now well established,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; natural products company; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

28 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Nairobi Love: Heading Home

test! I am working in Nairobi with Botho Ltd, an Africa focused market insight, strategic management and investment advisory firm to identify a more profitable and sustainable growth path for them. I am certain that after graduation I... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

it's Professor Michael E. Porter's seminal work on the competitive advantage of nations or Professor Cynthia A. Montgomery's recent book on corporate strategy, HBS C&S faculty are a leading voice in the strategic management arena. Most of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Nov 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?

situation here, but rather a more subtle process change by some companies, especially those in volatile or fast-moving industries. What I see happening among partners I deal with is that they allocate strategically from the top (setting... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

and organizations, strategic planning, and operations management as we have come to know them. Professor Christopher Bartlett is faculty chair of the Program for Global Leadership. Executive Education recently invited him to discuss his... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

22 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Balancing the Ideal with the Real: Conveying Corporate Culture to Candidates

to assert their most attractive qualities to discriminating job seekers. At Samsung, the manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Korea, “Results speak for everything,” says Phoebe Hung (HBS MBA 2011), the company’s Senior Manager of View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

Since its official launch four years ago, the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise has flourished, providing ever-greater support and know-how for HBS students, alumni, and nonprofit leaders who are keen on bringing their expertise to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

Web

Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Dickey A native of San Francisco, Landon Dickey (MBA 2013) has come home. Cur... Ripple Effect Timothy Nicolette Tim Nicolette (MBA 2008) had always known he wanted to make a differen... Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management... View Details

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