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01 Dec 2012
News

The Accidental Pioneers

and interviewed with several firms. But she encountered a politely impenetrable wall that was common at the time: "They all said that they had no women partners and didn't anticipate ever having any," she... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

01 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love

an unusual but immensely powerful approach to leadership that held promise far beyond the football field. To optimize performance, many leaders take the team or organization as View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Sports

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

method fosters a process of self-discovery not common to a student sitting in a lecture hall. The case method requires that instructors often pass control View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

was simply that entrepreneurial companies were both more common and more successful. Entrepreneurs often find opportunity amid upheaval. Can you give us an example from your own experience? Owades: We had a huge problem in 1994 at Calyx... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

09 May 2016
Blog Post

What Is the Difference between RC and EC Year?

RC year, when you take the same classes and experience the same events every day, you have a plethora of common topics with anyone in your... View Details

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

Interestingly, these services subsidize the declining productivity of key item and category sales in the store. This idea of subsidizing... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

01 Sep 2008
News

Letters to the Editor

Doriot’s ARD holding a significant stake, the company had some 63 European financial institutions and banks as shareholders. Management included a stellar group of French business luminaries. View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

26 Jun 2023
Research & Ideas

Want to Leave a Lasting Impression on Customers? Don't Forget the (Proverbial) Fireworks

parts of the experience end up heavily weighted in a customer's mind, and invest in those.” You Might Also Like: You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

03 Apr 2017
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS

experience in one of these places and therefore bring a completely different perspective. It is very easy to make friends within the section “family” at HBS (something I was concerned about before... View Details

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Leadership in the Digital Era

Digital technologies have revolutionized relationships, and leadership is no exception. To be truly engaged, effective leaders must harness the power of digital communications and branding rather than remain on the sidelines, frozen by fear and the unknown. The key is... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

The Entrepreneurial Venture

Today's frenzied world of dot-com mania might have been hard to predict 25 years ago, but the Class of 1975 has always had an eye for opportunity. For its time, View Details

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

common uses of online ratings: restaurants. "Restaurants are a classic example in economics where the consumer has to make a decision based on very little... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

15 Nov 2018
Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

29 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

cover, hypothesizing that analysts gain comparatively good information if they attended the same college as a firm's top executives or board members. In short, the researchers found that View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

September 2013 (Revised June 2014)
Case

Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A)

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial accident since the Union Carbide plant gas leak in Bhopal, India. Most of the victims worked for garment factories,... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Public Health; Safety; Workplace; Human Rights; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Bangladesh

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17 Dec 2024
News

Solving the Underemployment Crisis

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

the world into a multidimensional crisis. We are not only facing a health crisis, but economic and social crises, too, characterized by rising inequalities on top of an environmental crisis. A View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

June 1995 (Revised September 1996)
Case

Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)

By: Debora L. Spar

In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Chemicals; Foreign Direct Investment; Chemical Industry; United States; India