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- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
been KPMG Chairman for a matter of days when he learns that the government is preparing to indict the firm on charges of selling illegal tax shelters. Flynn has to decide whether to fight the charges and risk the dissolution of his firm, or View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar
problems of a company. Naturally, the student wrote about OnStar. Captivated by the paper, Christensen decided that OnStar's growing pains would be a great HBS teaching case for the BSSE course, so he called his former classmate, who talked to his boss, who agreed to... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
of sweat equity and hard work to shape eCW as they wanted. They were also proud of their company culture, which de-emphasized traditional company hierarchies and encouraged independent thinking and cooperative working arrangements across... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
conducted a series of experiments in cooperation with her PhD advisor at Dartmouth College, psychology professor Thalia Wheatley. (They detail their findings in The Tipping Point of Animacy: How, When, and Where We Perceive Life in a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
in to regulate and fund the chemical’s production. In addition, governments could use existing vaccine stores more effectively through cooperative agreements with other countries and initiatives such as COVAX, which aims to distribute... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
from its main competitors such as multinational Danone in that it is a 270-person workers' cooperative with 60 percent of its membership made up of mentally disabled individuals. Since its establishment in 1982, the organization has aimed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
were also proud of their company culture, which de-emphasized traditional company hierarchies and encouraged independent thinking and cooperative working arrangements across departments. Keeping the company private, in their view, had... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Article
Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai
By: Ramya Ramanath and Alnoor Ebrahim
Relationships between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies have been variously described in the nonprofit literature as cooperative, complementary, adversarial, confrontational, or even co-optive. But how do NGO-government relationships emerge... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Housing; Corporate Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Change Management; Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Non-Governmental Organizations; Accommodations Industry; Mumbai
Ramanath, Ramya, and Alnoor Ebrahim. "Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 21, no. 1 (Fall 2010): 21–42.
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
of business. In 1927, R.L. McMaster opened Kut-Price drug outlets in Fresno and Modesto—as well as in Stockton. Gleason went on the offensive, coordinating Stockton’s Independent Merchants’ Association to open the town’s first View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
national interest. We suggest revised institutional arrangements to promote greater cooperation between the Treasury and the Federal Reserve in setting debt management policy. This is particularly important when conventional monetary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
alliances later. "Co-optition," an awkward term for knowing how to cooperate with competitors, is the operating mode in rapidly changing industries. This requires a dash of humility as well as honor and integrity. Graciousness... View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/113027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-107 Monique Leroux: Leading Change at Desjardins Monique Leroux led a major transformation, overcoming resistance, at a large Canadian financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
the website, spouses Ramesh and Swati Ramanathan, use another tactic: a poster campaign in which private citizens are encouraged to report whether a bribe was demanded by an official in cooperating governments, in some South India... View Details
- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
competent. This form of trust is especially important because it facilitates cooperation and enhances efficiency during business transactions. Thus, when cultivating business relationships in China, a manager may want to know as many... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2010
- Teaching Note
SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool (TN)
By: Mukti Khaire
Teaching Note for [810044]. View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
need to achieve "a cooperative effort on the part of physicians, hospitals, and yes, even patients." Milton Recht provided a list of responses: "Increase competition, allow medical business failures, remove guaranteed... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
other functional managers, in hopes that they'll work as a team and discover effective ways to cooperate better. "By narrowing their focus in terms of their business portfolio, companies increase the potential for synergies,"... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
benefit allied politicians. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-100.pdf Coming Clean and Cleaning Up: Is Voluntary Disclosure a Signal of Effective Self-Policing? Authors:Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short Abstract As regulators increasingly embrace... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
of having cases written about them? How do you work with reluctance or hesitation? A: Most Japanese companies I contacted to ask for cooperation to develop cases have been quite cooperative. I believe that the high academic standards of... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell