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- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
sustainability reports. We conclude with thoughts about mandatory sustainability and integrated reporting. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-100.pdf With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
Harvard Business Review Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women By: Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas Abstract—Any list of top CEOs reveals a stunning lack of diversity. Among... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Engaging Students More Deeply
and Banking and the Anne and James F. Rothenberg Faculty Fellow. Read more about HBS students hear and see Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools in New York City, explaining why... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
climate change and their discipline through examples of cases they have written or taught. 9:40 a.m. Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits? Faculty Moderator: Peter Tufano (MBA 1984, PHDBE 1989) , Baker Foundation Professor Speakers: Scott Jacobs (MBA... View Details
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
promoting it a personal mission. Many had experienced what it was like to be an outsider, which gave them a deeper understanding of the barriers that women, in particular, face at work. The CEOs resoundingly agreed that an inclusive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big
disclosing compensation. Despite these concerns, more research is needed to determine the overall value of crypto influencers’ investment advice on social media, they write. Some top influencers in the space, such as Coinbase CEO Brian... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
leadership of James Austin on the importance of collaborative relationships to the success of nonprofits and Allen Grossman and V. Kasturi “Kash” Rangan on new directions in nonprofit strategy , we adopted a problem-focused approach... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary
international alumni who participated in the documentary and later went on to high-level leadership positions around the world shared challenges of navigating hierarchical societies. Sitting in the CEO seat during an HBS case study was a... View Details
- 17 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
KFC’s Explosive Growth in China
Homogenization has made it easy for fast-food joints to circle the globe, spitting out carbon copies of themselves, their burgers, and their fries along the way. But in the most populous country in the world, a fast-food giant stepped off the conveyor belt and found... View Details
- June 2013 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Procter & Gamble
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kathleen Durante
On July 12, 2012, Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management announced publicly that it had purchased about $2 billion of Procter and Gamble (P&G) stock. Shares in the company closed up 3.75% the day the disclosure was made public. Ackman told the New York... View Details
Keywords: Ackman; P＆G; Pershing Square Capital Managment; Disruption; Management Succession; Crisis Management; Acquisition; Consumer Products Industry; Financial Services Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kathleen Durante. "Procter & Gamble." Harvard Business School Case 413-127, June 2013. (Revised September 2015.)
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
the General Management Program at HBS. In advising global firms, Thomke has seen that in many cases, a company’s biggest obstacle to success doesn’t necessarily come from competitors, the economy, or other outside forces, but can actually... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
don’t like jobs where you just think,” says Tisch. “My whole career has been doing, with thinking behind it. I couldn’t do just a thinking job.” Tisch could certainly have chosen an easier path. If her last name seems familiar, that is because her father, James Tisch,... View Details
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
referred to as "the Bosses." The Total Quality Model had been a success in terms of company growth and profitability, sustained by the success of Mercadona's unusually high investment in employee... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
new drug markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49384 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-438 The Transformation of NCR During his tenure as CEO since 2005, Bill Nuti... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand
maker Ferrari opens up about how it has bucked industry trends to achieve a world class brand. How Wayfair Built a Furniture Brand from ScratchWhat was once a collection of 240 home furnishing sites is now a single, successful brand,... View Details
- 07 Jul 2011
- What Do You Think?
So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?
have a guide to the subject, appropriately titled Adapt, written by Tim Harford. Its subtitle is Why Success Always Starts with Failure, immediately raising my suspicions about any assertion that contains the word "always."... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Pfizer, as well as nonprofits and international government agencies, the authors show how successful leaders of innovation don't create a vision and try to make innovation happen themselves. Rather, they create and sustain a culture where... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
successful entrepreneurs discussed the role beliefs and values play in keeping grounded among the turbulence and long hours that surround new ventures. Jim Sharpe (HBS MBA '76) , CEO of Extrusion... View Details
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
break, pivoting careers, starting a new venture or looking to make a change in response to a personal transition. Evolve equips women with the community, mindsets and professional toolkit needed for successful reinvention. We bring... View Details
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
2016 Berrett-Koehler Publishers Building the Future: Big Teaming for Audacious Innovation By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Susan Salter Reynolds Abstract—Machiavelli famously wrote, "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne