Essentialism - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2013
Teaching Note

Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble

In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Agribusiness; Environmental Sustainability; Food; Nutrition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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In industry after industry, data, analytics, and AI-driven processes are transforming the nature of work. While we often still treat AI as the domain of a specific skill, business function, or sector, we have entered a new era in which AI is challenging the very... View Details

29 Jan 2018
Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

is in process. Teaming, she says, is essential to organizational learning. In her new book Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership, Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

it, he bemoaned decisions (for which he accepted responsibility) that improved efficiency and increased economies of scale but robbed stores of some of their essential magic, such as the smell of roasting coffee and the sights and sounds... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

business management expertise can be harnessed to improve everything from delivering affordable essential services to the poor to making the US more competitive in world markets. In the future, the Forum on Healthcare Innovation will turn... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

28 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

Keep or Cut Workers? How Companies Reacted to the COVID-19 Crisis

conduct an analysis to determine how companies were responding to the crisis. Were they retaining their staff and providing essential workers with extra pay, or were they cutting expenses through layoffs and furloughs? "It gave us a rare... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

academics from different fields frame research questions in a way that will lead to an integrative theory of change. Such a theory would clarify the trade-offs between different approaches to change and would aid in defining choices and consequences. This integration,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

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Stata Temporary Files and Stata Tmp - Research Computing Services

a number of files on the /tmp volume that is local to each compute node. This volume is shared by all jobs on that node, is essential for the health of the node, offers a significant speed advantage over using storage on the network, and... View Details

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

cannot surface: Abjuring rigorous debate about its merits, a youthful president John F. Kennedy essentially rubber-stamped a 1961 plan to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, resulting in one of the biggest U.S. foreign policy fiascoes in... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2023
News

Drop Everything, Read This

The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

leader in this: In 1913, Harvard's Bureau of Business Research published its first bulletin, which concentrated on the selling of shoes.) By the 1920s, sales management had "arrived." American businesses recognized salesmanship as an View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

Integrity is woven into each—without it, you can’t have transparency, trust, or solutions. Having a healthy society requires leaders with integrity so that all participants can agree on the truth. That is why it is so essential to choose... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

months, 5-6 hrs/week Enroll by June 5 $6,500 Credential Certificate Courses (9) Entrepreneurship Essentials Professor William Sahlman Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams... View Details

28 Nov 2023
Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

economic stagnation? Silverthorne: What most surprised you about your research results? Rithmire: The biggest puzzle was the one that yielded the biggest insight: Why did firms in Indonesia and China seem to purposefully expand and invest in a way that View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

School Mosinee, WI MA Jim Desmond Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School Devens, MA MA Jen Despo Wellesley High School Wellesley, MA Subjects: Grade 11 Advanced College Prep U.S. History MA John Devine Wellesley High School Wellesley,... View Details

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Courses - Private Capital Project

models such as venture capital, growth equity, and buyouts. Participants will study investment criteria, management strategies, and decision-making processes essential in the field. Private Equity and Venture Capital The Investment... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

In Leadership & Management Entrepreneurship & Innovation Business Essentials Finance & Accounting Business in Society Marketing 90% are more self-assured at work, 10x return on investment, 87% acquired new skills that were immediately... View Details

22 Nov 2023
News

So You Want to Join a Startup

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels of an underground hotel... View Details

04 Dec 2014
Working Paper Summaries

The Air War versus The Ground Game: An Analysis of Multi-Channel Marketing in US Presidential Elections

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung & Lingling Zhang

2022
Chapter

Connecter les rêves

By: Hubert Joly and Mariana Arnaut

Trouver du sens dans son travail est plus que jamais vécu comme essentiel. L’entreprise, l’une des organisations humaines les plus capables d’innovation, a un rôle central à jouer face aux enjeux sociaux et environnementaux. Reste à déterminer quels principes peuvent... View Details