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- 01 Nov 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?
Business Journal, April 2015. John Doerr, Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs (Portfolio/Penguin, 2018). John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harey, Jillian Popadak, and Shivaram Rajgopal,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- March 2024 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Bets on Clean Hydrogen
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), an engineering manufacturer headquartered in Japan, was aiming to scale up its hydrogen production and establish a global hydrogen supply chain. The initiative was in line with Japan's energy strategy, as the country seeks to transition... View Details
Keywords: Renewable Energy; Demand and Consumers; Competition; Growth and Development Strategy; Infrastructure; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Energy Industry
Trumbull, Gunnar, Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Kawasaki Heavy Industries Bets on Clean Hydrogen." Harvard Business School Case 724-035, March 2024. (Revised November 2024.)
- August 2021
- Supplement
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; "Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Sports Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris. "Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 421-710, August 2021.
- 2012
- Case
Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (B)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Hong Zhang
The case "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (A)" completed in early 2010 described the strategic path of Beyondsoft over its history of more than 10 years since its foundation in 1995, containing its major business lines and the relations with the major customers at that time, the... View Details
Keywords: Computer Software; Entrepreneurship; Outsourcing; Strategy; China; Information Technology; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Hong Zhang. "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (B)." Tsinghua University Case, 2012.
- Article
Power Imbalance, Mutual Dependence and Constraint Absorption: A Closer Look at Resource Dependence Theory
By: Tiziana Casciaro and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Despite ubiquitous references to Pfeffer and Salancik's classic volume, The External Control of Organizations, resource dependence theory is more of an appealing metaphor than a foundation for testable empirical research. We argue that several ambiguities in the... View Details
Casciaro, Tiziana, and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski. "Power Imbalance, Mutual Dependence and Constraint Absorption: A Closer Look at Resource Dependence Theory." Administrative Science Quarterly 50, no. 2 (June 2005): 167–199.
- Program
Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
strategic and organizational challenges inherent in evolving your health care delivery approach. Details Align your organization around a value-based strategy Build a firm foundation for exploring and implementing strategy transformation... View Details
Stephen A. Greyser
Stephen A. Greyser is Richard P. Chapman Professor (Marketing/Communications) Emeritus, of the Harvard Business School, specializes in brand marketing, advertising, corporate communications, the business of sports, and nonprofit management. A... View Details
Keywords: sports
- Web
The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
made, and the finished steel products. In the early twentieth century, steel provided the foundation for the construction of infrastructure and new cities in the West, the increased use of the automobile, and the production of materials... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
organization, says Paine, a Baker Foundation Professor. In fact, the fault often lies with managers who set unrealistic deadlines, production targets, or other objectives that lead decent people to take shortcuts to achieve the goal... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care
grants to advance HarborSite’s early progress and IP. As a 2025 Blavatnik Fellow, Erik will be validating HarborSite’s platform through in vivo proof-of-concept studies and building the foundation for strategic partnerships. Joseph Sedlak... View Details
- Article
To Drive Efforts...Don't Tiptoe Around Your Legal Risk
By: Edward Chang and Bonnie Levine
Many Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives are scuttled because DEI leaders and legal teams feel themselves to be at odds over questions of acceptable risk. DEI leaders see lawyers as guardians of the status quo, whereas legal experts, trained to... View Details
Chang, Edward, and Bonnie Levine. "To Drive Efforts...Don't Tiptoe Around Your Legal Risk." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 4 (July–August 2022): 74–81.
- August 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Teaching Note
Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up
By: Leslie John and Mitch Weiss
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
The case serves as a microcosm of issues of digital privacy: the availability of data – personal data in particular – has tremendous potential to improve people’s lives... View Details
The case serves as a microcosm of issues of digital privacy: the availability of data – personal data in particular – has tremendous potential to improve people’s lives... View Details
Keywords: Privacy; Privacy By Design; Privacy Regulation; Platforms; Data; Data Security; Behavioral Science; Analytics and Data Science; Safety; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Consumer Behavior; Digital Platforms
John, Leslie, and Mitch Weiss. "Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 820-023, August 2019. (Revised February 2020.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- 2012
- Teaching Note
Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (B) (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Hong Zhang
The case "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (A)" completed in early 2010 described the strategic path of Beyondsoft over its history of more than 10 years since its foundation in 1995, containing its major business lines and the relations with the major customers at that time, the... View Details
Keywords: Computer Software; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Outsourcing; Strategy; China; Applications and Software; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Hong Zhang. "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (B) (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2012.
- 2010
- Chapter
Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership
By: Joel Podolny, Rakesh Khurana and Marya Hill-Popper
During the past 50 years, organizational scholarship on leadership has shifted from a focus on the significance of leadership for meaning-making to the significance of leadership for economic performance. This shift has been problematic for two reasons. First, it has... View Details
Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Economics; Leadership; Performance Improvement; Behavior
Podolny, Joel, Rakesh Khurana, and Marya Hill-Popper. "Revisiting the Meaning of Leadership." Chap. 3 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 16 Feb 2024
- News
Remembering Angela Chao (MBA 2001)
Angela’s gift to Harvard University and Harvard Business School through a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and Family Foundation fund enabled both financial aid for MBA students and the construction of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center. The Chao... View Details
- Web
Strategy - Faculty & Research
Business School Working Paper, No. 26-002, July 2025. Supply and Demand for Strategists By: Quan Le , Quan Le and Quan Le July 2025 | Module Note | Faculty Research This module note introduces students to the foundational microeconomic... View Details
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Ways to Give Today - Alumni
(01) 42 25 73 73 Fax: 33 (01) 42 25 15 45 For wire transfer instructions, please call the Center at the number above or email Filomena Berreby at fberreby@hbs.edu . GERMANY Harvard Business School Foundation of Germany A gemeinnützige... View Details
- 25 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of Teaming
interdependence, establishing trust, and figuring out how to coordinate. But there usually isn't time to build a foundation of familiarity through the careful sharing of personal history and prior experience, or the development of shared... View Details
Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson
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Entrepreneurial Management Faculty - Faculty & Research
N. Roberge Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Benjamin N. Roth Purnima Puri and Richard Barrera Associate Professor of Business Administration William A. Sahlman Baker Foundation Professor Dimitri V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955... View Details
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Overview
By: Nancy F. Koehn
My research focuses on crisis leadership and how leaders and their teams rise to the challenges of high-stakes situations. Using the lens of history, my work examines how individual leaders from business, government and other walks accomplish important—often seemingly... View Details