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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

responsibilities Foster successful strategy execution by establishing an environment that communicates which opportunities and behaviors are encouraged and which are out of bounds Who Will Benefit Mid-Level Managers and Professionals... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2018
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Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness
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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

the workplace (except that it will not be a violation of this policy to engage in the responsible consumption of alcohol at approved social functions held during work hours or in the workplace, provided that the use of alcohol has been... View Details
  • 11 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

  Working PapersGlobalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980 Geoffrey G. Jones This working paper examines the globalization of the beauty industry before 1980. This industry, which had emerged in its modern form in the United States... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2020
  • Supplement

Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe... View Details
Keywords: Aluminum Industry; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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  • February 2020 (Revised March 2020)
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Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe... View Details
Keywords: Aluminum; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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  • 01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

really are shooting for zero defects, but if you don't have some failures, you're probably not taking enough risk." When asked to share his proudest achievement, Kennedy looks instead to the career of his wife, Karen, who enrolled in View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

be displaced in large numbers. Those job losses will be partially offset by job gains for machine learning specialists and emerging jobs like prompt engineers. But, once companies learn how to exploit generative AI, we can anticipate... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

emerge in the assembled group. Many of these vehicles for analysis only address substantial failures, however, rather than identifying and learning from smaller ones. An example of effective analysis of failure is found in the meticulous... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

  PublicationsSelling to Many Countries—Within the U.S. Authors:Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Wong Publication:MIT Sloan Management Review 52, no. 1 (fall 2010) Abstract In pursuing growth, many companies have plans to sell to emerging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Industry Information - Alumni

and news on emerging designers, disruptive technologies and global brands in the fashion and luxury goods industries. United States Census Bureau: Retail Trade Provides the industry monthly sales and inventory data, annual survey data... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

stood for something vital and resilient. So, it would be overstating it to say they were uniquely responsible [for building their organization’s reputation] but they were quick to realize the value of it. Silverthorne: Why is resiliency... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Street in Cambridge. Land received offers to join General Electric and Harvard Medical School where he would have far more access to funds, equipment, and personnel for research and development. But the young entrepreneur preferred... View Details
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Jean M. Cunningham | About

Jean M. Cunningham Bio As part of the Dean’s Office staff, Jean is engaged in an evolving array of activities and initiatives. Projects have included the centennial, W50, and other milestone commemorations; the opening of the Harvard Center Shanghai; and the School’s... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

friend, more workers are scaling back, stepping away, or choosing alternative professional opportunities that help them balance these demands. Companies that ignore this emerging crisis risk losing their hardest-to-find and highest-paid... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

of current and future teachers, calls for values-motivated screening or divestment always posed an inherently complex challenge. Having spearheaded the development of Principles for a Responsible Civilian Firearm Industry released on... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

managers have responsibilities to the system itself, and, in particular, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they are attempting to structure those institutions of capitalism that are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2020
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Task Force

had experience with retail in emerging markets: Monroy, who is Colombian, worked for Procter & Gamble in Mexico for seven years, while Campbell held a number of positions at Walmart, with stints in India and China (which was “like going... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade
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Wyss House | About

was rededicated in 2006 to honor Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965), chairman and former CEO of Synthes, Inc., a pioneering company in the field of medical technology and devices. In 2004, Wyss established the Hansjörg Wyss Endowment for Doctoral... View Details
  • 27 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

hospital's emergency department around temporary teams called pods. The low-cost redesign led to dramatic improvements, both qualitatively and quantitatively, including a 40 percent reduction in how long a patient would remain in the ED... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health