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  • 10 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 10

Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

for Implementing Planned Organizational Change Authors:Julie Battilana, M.J. Gilmartin, A.-C., Pache, M. Sengul, and J. Alexander Periodical:Leadership Quarterly (forthcoming) Abstract This paper bridges the leadership and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

to test critical assumptions vigorously to root out overly optimistic projections. Fostering constructive dissent poses another challenge for managers. As we see in the Everest case, insufficient debate among team members can diminish the extent to which View Details
Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto
  • 29 Nov 2010
  • HBS Case

United Breaks Guitars

responded sooner with "Absolutely right, and 4 that (among other things), we are v.sorry and are making it right. Plan 2 use video in training." Classes tended to divide sharply on whether United's View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • Web

Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

digitalizing sales channels. Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness ; Distribution ; Volatility ; Customer Focus and Relationships ; Customer Value and Value Chain ; Climate Change ; Environmental Regulation ; Profit ; Trade ; Digital Strategy ; Innovation Strategy ; View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Governing the Family-Run Business

The topic of governance is hot. Shareholders, managers, and business advisors are demanding improved governance of (typically public) companies by strengthening their boards of directors and developing more responsive shareholder... View Details
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

satisfy your most pressing needs. For example, need to learn about crisis management and security? Read chapters 10-12. Or formulate your own responses to a CIO's management obstacles by reading the authors'... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Mar 2007
  • What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

free-market capitalist who realizes capitalism has no place in healthcare provision." But Tery Tennant asks what is perhaps the ultimate philosophical question: " when did an individual's medical needs become an inalienable right that the government has to insure?" A... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • Web

Faculty & Research - Business History

June 2024 183... 2024 Book Chapter The U.S. Secession Crisis as a Breakdown of Democracy By: Dean Grodzins and David Moss This chapter examines the U.S. secession crisis of 1860–1861 as a case of democratic... View Details
  • Web

Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

Policies, Rules & Guidelines Accessibility Review the full scope of Harvard's accessibility policies. Bike Policy To ensure the safe and responsible use of bicycles on campus, please review the policies and resources. Campus Use Rules... View Details
  • July 2022
  • Teaching Plan

Wellthy: The Economics of Caring

By: Brian Trelstad
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-028. In 2014, Lindsay Jurist-Rosner (MBA ’09) founded Wellthy, a B2C business that coordinates care for working professionals seeking help to support loved ones with chronic diseases or aging parents. With personal experience as a... View Details
Keywords: B2B Vs. B2C; Future Of Work; Health; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Recruitment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Industry; United States
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  • Research Summary

The New Social Contract: Contractors, Firms, and Agencies

The emergence of a 'new social contract' linking employees and organizations - perhaps most notable for the absence of a promise of lifelong job security - has been widely remarked. A related trend, less noted but potentially important, has been the emergence of a... View Details
  • May 2021
  • Case

André Hoffmann: Beyond Philanthropy

By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye and Spencer C.N. Hagist
André Hoffmann is a leader of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. His exceptional tenure in philanthropy over the past several decades, including being president of the WWF and the vice-president of the MAVA Foundation, has allowed him access to a far... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Restructuring; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Cash Flow; Macroeconomics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Switzerland; United States; Japan
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  • April 2011 (Revised July 2011)
  • Case

Renewing GE: The Africa Project (A)

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
This case profiles the evolution of General Electric's African American Form (AAF), an employee affinity group, and its efforts to increase the company's involvement in Africa. The AAF formed in 1991 to help advance GE's recruitment, retention and development of black... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Africa; United States
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    Keywords: federal government; real estate
    • 01 Jun 2023
    • HBS Case

    A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

    deflate,” Miller recalled in a recent Harvard Business School case. The partner had a job offer in his pocket that he had planned to hand Miller, but the prison time changed everything. View VideoVideo: Larry Miller looks back at the... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories
    • 27 Jun 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

    holding group], for example, runs his companies closely and is planning to pass the leadership of his firms to his two sons. Similarly, the heads of some of America's largest firms, both publicly held and private, are the scions of the... View Details
    Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
    • 12 Aug 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: August 12, 2008

    environmental challenges. This background note looks at the historical, economic and political origins of the environmental crisis that faces the world's fastest-growing economy. Purchase the case:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Japan - Global

    a response to the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The program has evolved since then in accordance with the progress of the reconstruction. The group still has the opportunity to visit the Tohoku region that suffered from... View Details