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  • 18 Jul 2013
  • News

The Tesla Electric Car's Creators Chase Their 'IPhone Moment'

  • 23 Dec 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen
  • 2022
  • Case

Marathon Petroleum and Southwest Detroit: The Intersection of Community and Environment

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental racism describes the unequal burden of environmental hazards placed on disadvantaged communities through systems, policies, and practices. In such a situation, these people disproportionately live close to sources of toxic waste-what are referred to as... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Pollutants; Pollution; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Poverty; Race; Health Disorders; Ethics
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  • 26 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 26

  Publications March 2015 AFP Exchange Well Said: Why Articulating Your Strategy Can Set You Apart. By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—Senior finance managers now operate in an altered c-suite landscape. The executives reporting to the CEO have doubled in the past 30... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2012
  • Case

Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A)

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011 caused extensive damage to Renesas Electronics wafer fabrication facility, a critical link in the global automotive supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its... View Details
Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Supply Chain Management; Production; Strategy; Semiconductor Industry; Auto Industry; Japan
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Hiring Organizations

CesiumAstro Chaac Ventures Chandaria Foundation, The CHANEL Chelsea Football Club Cherry Cherry Ventures Chicago City Soccer Club Chicago Fire FC Choice Hotels International ChrysCapital CIM Group Cimarron Healthcare Capital Cinven Citi City of Boston City of Cambridge... View Details
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Mid-US - Global

The Road to Revitalization: Leadership Fellow Joel Hurd and the City of Detroit After earning his MBA, Joel Hurd joined Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s office as senior advisor on special projects through the... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2021
  • Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
  • 08 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) and the Transition to Venture Capital

lifestyle for a really long time, five days a week in Detroit and then coming back to Toronto on the weekends and I just got exhausted,” Memme shared. “I needed to make a change because I was starting to lose motivation and felt out of... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review

Chuang, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Nikita Chuyko, MBTA Merve Ciplak, The Juilliard School Fiona Liao, Environmental Defense Fund Elisa MacColl, MassHealth Kaley Martin, City of Detroit Mayor's Office Marie Rose Muir, Boston... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

responsible for suppressing dissent: They're not fully listening, they're cutting people off, or they have a preconceived notion of where they're going. In fact, many times leaders prefer an orderly shop and aren't actually looking for dissent." From the Oval... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

expertise. The Disruptive Journey from Detroit to Boston Senior Lecturer Chet Huber (MBA 1979) + More Info – Less Info Why is it so hard for successful, established organizations to sustain their success? How do they miss the threats and... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

automate its factories, Mulally borrowed $23.5 billion, convincing the Ford family to pledge its stock and the famous Ford Blue Oval as collateral. His bold move paid off. Unlike its Detroit competitors, Ford avoided bankruptcy, regained... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage
  • 09 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

feed growth, even if their competitors are also on the same block. Detroit and Silicon Valley, likewise, provided valuable clusters of talent and suppliers where, Alcácer realized, "whenever you saw one firm, you saw the other... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Mayor's Office City of Boston, Planning and Redevelopment Agency City of Cambridge City of Chicago Mayor's Office City of Detroit Mayor's Office City of Sacramento Mayor's Office City of San Jose Mayor's Office Civic Builders Clinton... View Details
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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

Doing Business in a Divided World: The Changing Role and Responsibilities of the American Firm A Conversation with Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society The Madison Loft, 1555 Broadway St., View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

immediately—a serendipitous encounter that resulted in PD expanding from Detroit to Miami and the Bronx. “I want people to understand that very often, ‘talent’ is a result of opportunity and exposure combined with resources,” says Bobo.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 15 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

Much of the substance of 20th century management was worked out at GM. Let's hope that crisis will summon the will to make the changes that are needed. If not, the next Detroit may be in China, and sooner than we think. Joseph L. Bower,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Bridging the Gap

effort. They’ve reached out to the community—but are they really in touch with it? Is the ballot effort really, as a Detroit YALPer suggests, just “important people doing important-people things?” When the discussion winds down,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
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HBS - The year in Review

Steven Povich, MBTA Kelsey Roberts, City of Detroit Anuja Samuel, Equal Justice Initiative Leadership Fellows Press Release Alumni Achievement Recognized Each year Harvard Business School recognizes a small number of outstanding alumni by... View Details