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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Bergerac Revlon, 1975–1985 William Bernbach Doyle Dane Bernbach, 1949–1976 Edward J. Berwind Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, 1886–1930 Gordon M. Bethune Continental Airlines, 1994–2004 Jeffrey P. Bezos Amazon.com, 1994–Present John D.... View Details
  • June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
  • Case

Mobil USM&R (A1)

By: Robert S. Kaplan
First of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. Split from the original (A) case to give students an opportunity to suggest objectives and measures for the division's initial BSC, without... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing Strategy; Motivation and Incentives; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United States
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  • 16 May 2024
  • News

On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

School Case 711-026 Russian and German energy firms initiated the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline project with strong political support from their home governments but encountered resistance from other states. Although the pipeline would... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

By: Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 7, 2016

practical application by managers or pedagogical application by instructors of MBAs and executive MBAs. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51126 The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2023
  • Research & Ideas

The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections

as a result, on the periphery of the same community. “What we’re trying to say is there are many more jobs than you might imagine where having the right connections can be helpful to your company.” The study reinforces the value of human capital and knowledge-sharing... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • Web

Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Medical Devices Netherlands Medical Devices Cluster (2013) Minnesota Medical Devices (2011) Metal Manufacturing Switzerland Watchmaking (2010) Metal Mining South Africa Iron Ore Cluster (2013) Mongolia View Details
  • September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
  • Case

BP's Macondo: Spill and Response

By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Metals and Minerals; Crisis Management; Infrastructure; Trade; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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Podcast - Business & Environment

packaging, community solar to decarbonizing mass-transit with AI. MethaneSAT: The EDF Satellite Tracking Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Operations 31 JUL 2024 | Climate Rising Fred Krupp, president of the... View Details
  • 27 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 27

disastrous mistakes that can splinter a founding team, strip founders of control, and leave founders without a financial payoff for their hard work and innovative ideas. He highlights the need at each step to strike a careful balance... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Mar 2024
  • HBS Case

How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones

Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Electronics; Information Technology
  • 20 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 20

venture, but the coalition was fundamentally unstable. Quadir was facing roadblocks no matter which way he turned in his quest to assemble the venture. He came to a point where the rational decision seemed to be to abandon the venture and return to his secure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2024
  • What Do You Think?

Have You Had Enough?

I’ve ever been part of. My subjects have been mine to choose. Although the original intent was to highlight the work of my colleagues at HBS, no bounds have been placed on my subjects. As a result, together... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

A Boomtown's Echo

is the Bakken formation, a 25,000-square-mile underground deposit that—thanks to a rise in fracking and new oil extraction technologies—has produced as much as 1 million barrels of oil and View Details
Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction
  • 17 Feb 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

out their process and highlight how they feel along the way can pinpoint exactly where they are most frustrated in their process. This is also a great technique if you can’t observe the prospect in the setting where the problem exists.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • 15 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

but Bill still wondered if they were a fluke of the data, a result of data mining rather than the reflection of a true market anomaly. He wanted to discuss several possible explanations of the phenomenon and to decide whether Martingale... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Peter Tufano

    Peter Tufano is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Peter Moores Dean at View Details

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    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Research Event

    Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

    it seriously. You can get that sense of the transcendent. Look, you've got to get small is the bottom line. Because if you're too big, well, that's not reality. That's not-- none of us is that big except for Oprah. And Winfrey: That's... View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Staff