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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
governments to use those resources to help people escape poverty. In the private sector, Rangan sees a positive trend among multinational corporations within industries to set and adhere to minimum standards for labor, the environment,... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
countries that differ greatly in terms of wealth (Canada, Uganda, and India). Finally, in Study 3, participants in Canada and South Africa randomly assigned to buy items for charity reported higher levels of positive affect than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
of the world, linked by a common destiny, shared challenges, and overlapping aspirations. One of the most important priorities of this vocal, active, and technologically accomplished cohort was to work for a company (or other organization) committed to View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
staying out of trouble is only part of the story. Perhaps more importantly, the book will show managers how to use the law and the legal system as a positive force to create and capture value and to manage risk. View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
large operating losses into positive operating margins, while achieving levels of patient care and satisfaction that were ranked best in their category. Having constructed the high-level strategy map and scorecard, leaders cascade the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
intensive discussions of the spiritual dimensions of leadership and how their personal beliefs govern their lives and positively influence the roles they play in society. Sessions use relevant excerpts from religious and classical... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=gray%20rand%20et%20al.pdf August 2013 PLoS ONE Give What You Get: Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella) and 4-year-old Children Pay Forward Positive and Negative Outcomes to Conspecifics By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
how CEOs from major companies around the globe—Becton Dickinson, IKEA, Tata Group—made a positive difference for their employees, their customers, their community, and society while not neglecting profits. Beer cowrote the book with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
improve productivity and efficiency in their daily operations, so did HBS faculty find themselves in the position of trying to determine if and how information technology could add value in a curriculum deeply rooted in a tradition of... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
pioneered the vast amount of paperwork required by modern firms, which innovations such as the Hollerith punchcard machine (a predecessor to IBM) only multiplied. At DuPont, a manager was required to submit eight copies of the application form, Number 16822 (!), to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
is to move across the country for a full-time position after you graduate. I think, in general, giving students better information about outcomes would also be helpful—not necessarily to encourage them to study something different, but... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
Americans and Africans, as well as introducing state-of-the-art technology and skills we hope will have a positive impact on the continent's economy." —N.O.P. « Back Unparalleled Parametric Combine the unabashedly aggressive management... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
organization to position itself for tomorrow. We illustrate how managers use different interactive systems to guide bottom-up emergent strategy. In addition, we explore the specials risks that are introduced through the use of these... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11
with evolving demands, the company is strengthening its competitive advantage by creating Shared Value. Current CEO, Doug McMillon outlines his strategy for fending off competition, navigating a challenging retail landscape, and View Details
- 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1
he contemplated the position his business unit found itself in: a latecomer. As a state-owned enterprise, Dongfeng had entered into numerous joint ventures to produce automobiles under foreign brands, but its foray into selling vehicles... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008
returns are more positive for acquisitions in which both the target and the acquirer are financed by the same venture capital firm. Similarly, we find that having a common investor increases both the likelihood that a transaction will be... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
inflection point in industrial capitalism, in which there's been widespread exuberance and some bad bets made to this point, but in which a range of more positive outcomes are on the way. Lorsch: To me, the trouble began in Silicon Valley... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
Western Avenue and Cumnock Hall, this budget includes investments to complete the campus framework plan, create start-up space for D^3 in Cotting House, and upgrade several Executive Education hybrid classrooms. In summary, we begin fiscal 2023 View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
percent stake, which would have been a much smaller ownership position than we usually get. So it was an “off-strategy” investment. It was also in the highly competitive space of lead generation, where companies are paid a referral fee if... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
private life. These honorees, like their predecessors, are often in the limelight by virtue of their notable accomplishments and high-level positions in the private and public sectors. Curious about the personalities behind the famous... View Details