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- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
isolated. Ascending to ubiquity from the car-obsessed America of the late 1950s, McDonald’s became a common language and a cultural export—an affordable and dependable escape. For decades, McDonald’s was a place to feel good. How could... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
disclosing their inventions or filing in foreign countries in the interests of national security. Secrecy orders were issued most heavily in areas important to the war effort—including radar, electronics, and synthetic materials—and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
Chearavanonts enter the company, how has Chairman Dhanin created a business culture that maintains the closeness of a family business with the strategic vision, innovations, and transparency of a professionally run company-especially... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
registered users. Revenues last year exceeded $7 billion. eBay’s remarkable impact on society and com-merce is hard to ignore. Whitman, who stepped down from the helm in March, now serves as national cochair of John McCain’s presidential... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
assistant professor Regina Abrami, who led the breakout session “China in the WTO: Two Years In.” The United States and other developed nations welcomed the required lowering of tariff and nontariff trade barriers, and the gradual opening... View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
In a nondescript former root beer plant, tucked behind the Curtain & Bath Outlet off Main Street in Millis, Massachusetts, FreshBox Farms is growing the future of food. The FreshBox facility bears no resemblance to our cultural renderings... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
diverged from their American counterparts in using public relations strategies not only to contain fallout from criticism, but also as opportunities for changes in corporate culture aimed at promoting a positive bond with consumers based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
of at least 51 people in Panama after they ingested medicine made with diethylene glycol, an industrial chemical similar to antifreeze that a Chinese company used as a substitute for pharmaceutical-grade syrup. In June, officials at the View Details
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
housing program. The initiative, Home for Good, collaborates with local service providers and tribal health organizations to deliver high-quality, culturally tailored care to those experiencing homelessness in the Anchorage community, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
spending a large amount of time and resources on activities that do not create any value for stakeholders or customers.” The World Bank’s annual report on global business regulation, Doing Business 2010, ranks India 133 out of 183 nations... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
its mayor is committed to making it a model of environmental urban action on many fronts. Cities, broadly defined, are thought to have originally formed as protective, secure locations that could enable trade and the distinctive human need for social and View Details
- March 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
When Should CEOs Speak Out Publicly? The 2021 Georgia Voting Law
By: William W. George, Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal
This case describes the March 2021 passage of a voting and elections law in the U.S. state of Georgia and reactions by corporations and corporate leaders to the law. Included are a brief history of voting rights in the United States and Georgia and an overview of the... View Details
Keywords: Voting Rights; CEO Activism; Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Forms of Communication; Announcements; Spoken Communication; Decision Making; Judgments; Voting; Demographics; Nationality; Race; Geography; Geographic Location; Geopolitical Units; Country; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Political Elections; History; Law; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Management Skills; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Psychology; Status and Position; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; United States; Georgia (state, US)
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
students firsthand experience with team dynamics. “Learning teams are becoming part of the culture at HBS,” says Professor Jeff Polzer, faculty chair of the MBA Learning Teams Initiative. “They give students the opportunity to work with... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
Marketing, Jill Wehunt, and analyst Mark Morse as they tackle a predictive analytics project to increase sales in the Mom & Baby unit of a nationally recognized retailer, PriceMart. Wehunt observed that in the midst of the chaos that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
longitudinal data from 68 multi-method case studies of organizational change initiatives conducted at the National Health Service in the United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
relative to the prevailing screening method of colonoscopy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53345 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Temporary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
Eugene B. Kogan Abstract—President Richard M. Nixon was elected in 1968 with the widespread expectation that he would bring about an end to the costly and unpopular war in Vietnam. The task largely fell to National Security Adviser Henry... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
Chairman and CEO of KPMG, the firm made a number of changes in compensation, governance, and culture in order to address the underlying reasons for actions that occurred prior to him becoming CEO that led to the accounting giant paying... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
uses an IT-driven strategy to introduce an "all-in-one" card, which integrates a suite of financial products to drive its personal banking business enabling CMB to be ranked 6th among China's commercial banks and 2nd among the other View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
would ask, "What do the students need to know?" The second challenge is about faculty. How do schools ensure that faculty continue to exert cultural authority in the classroom and are seen by their students as legitimate sources for... View Details