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- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
expected Anglo's risk managers to emerge as "the heroes of risk management." "I saw these larger-than-life personalities making deal-making and deal-breaking decisions—billion-dollar megadeals," she says. "There's a lot of power involved... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
retailers require a rapid response from their suppliers. Indeed, a replenishment delivery time of no more than one to two weeks is now regarded as standard operating procedure. In their book, Hammond and her colleagues observe that... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
States to the Jordanians. Proof of the venture's strategic benefits are apparent in sales that top $10-million in the first year of operation and are expected to exceed $25-million in the second. Collaborative ventures such as Century... View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
are experiencing increased food insecurity among vulnerable populations, disruptions throughout food systems, and difficulty getting excess supply to the people who most need it. Responses range from international food programs to... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Stress Test
lock, but the company soon expanded its focus to B2B sales in the health care sector. Its clients now include sites responsible for COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, which require both security and a reliable audit log. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Leveraging Female Talent
also been collecting quantitative data from companies to determine the effects of diversity and a more inclusive culture on performance. There are many question marks. For example, under what conditions would you expect diversity to have... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
SUMMING UP Do We Need Business School Courses On Inclusion and ‘Voice’? Responses to this month’s column suggest that the issue it raised—recruitment of minority talent into business careers—was somewhat narrow and off-target. Kristin... View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
more as we move into the fall. In the meantime, chances are we can expect a significant amount of market volatility. So what do we do now? For starters, I believe that the federal government must focus on entitlement reform, new revenues,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
The partnerships worked because three essential components were in place: mutual expectations, mutual influence, and trust. When the task forces were commissioned, Childs and Gerstner set expectations and made sure that roles and View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
Gerdeman's story The Manager in Red Sneakers. 2. Resolution: Work harder to meet the demands of a job where you’ve been failing to shine. Tip: Ask yourself whether the problem is actually the job, not you. Today’s jobs are expanding in terms of what is View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
approach is to hold the stock and try to change behavior. One of our students actually convened people from CalSTRS and 10 other investors on campus last May, and together they came up with a set of principles for a responsible firearms... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
not immediately. In that context, it’s much harder to find lots of win-wins. Are we seeing companies embrace responsibility for addressing environmental issues? MT: I’ve recently been looking at companies in the United States whose CEOs... View Details
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
restaurants, dry cleaners, and local grocery stores—form the backbone of communities across America and they are responsible for about 40 million jobs. And, as Mercedes Delgado and I show in research released earlier this year, small... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
ventilation, air quality, water, moisture, and security. The pandemic is making it “easier than ever to invest in the basics of a healthy building,” says Macomber. He expects that a growing public focus on health measures will drive major... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
opportunities to test out their own values against what's expected of them as responsible professionals. We don't teach them about the dysfunctional aspects that we've been discussing here, and we should. As... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
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Program Policies - HBS Online
Community During the course, Participants will learn with and from a global community of their peers. Participants will be expected to actively engage with their peers by commenting on their ideas and writing thoughtful View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
How to Create a Presence Without Being Present
of MBA resumes. Reach out to student clubs Not surprisingly, HBS MBAs assume a great deal of responsibility for their own outreach. You can meet them in the middle by building relationships with the HBS clubs relevant to your industry.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
for corporate social responsibility to internal stakeholders, further your education, and help enact change. Access Your Free E-book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
interest rates is driven by four state variables: the real interest rate, temporary and permanent components of expected inflation, the "nominal-real covariance" of inflation, and the real interest rate with the real economy. The last of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
expected to look for some objective standard of reasonable care before they will concur that indoor environments are reasonably safe. There are likely to be do-it-yourselfers, top shelf evaluators—and charlatans. You will need to be able... View Details