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- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year
Whether your company is manufacturing farming equipment, advising Fortune 500 companies, or developing the next healthcare innovation, you know that the success of your business starts with people. Great teams drive great results and to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal
to facilitate it," says Professor of Management Practice Clayton S. Rose, who sees in Armstrong's story an ideal vessel for teaching lessons about business ethics and leadership. Along with research associate Noah Fisher, Rose wrote... View Details
- 02 Jun 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?
hope the comments were as helpful and thought-provoking to you as they were to me. Those of you willing to venture to place weights on the determinants of success gave the nod to culture by a wide margin. As Mouaz AlZayyat put it, "Growth plans and articulated... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch
airy plant; all employees are on salary and receive excellent benefits. Training programs -- for both new and current employees -- are extensive, and employee suggestions, with responses, are posted prominently on the production floor.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
countries generally lack a solid technology base of trained scientists and world-class research universities. 2. Companies in developing countries must manage to eke out a profit while serving customers with low disposable income; per... View Details
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
search for high-potential small companies; provide training and mentoring to help those companies qualify as preferred suppliers or distributors; open access to domestic and international business... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
New Video: Books@Baker Interview with Felix Oberholzer-Gee Click to watch. Some companies gain advantage by commanding premium prices. Others lean on their world-class talent. But, a small slice of companies manages to do both—and dramatically outperform peers. What... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
March 27, 2017 Harvard Business Review How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Amir Peleg Abstract—Most current talk about “big data” seems to assume the disintermediation or replacement of physical... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
50 Years of Women in MBA
Harvard Business School 50 Years of Women in the MBA Program 50 Years of Women in the MBA program Accelerating the advancement of women leaders who make a difference in the world. In December 1962, the Harvard View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
In the six-year history of Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge, some types of articles have always been popular with our readers. Want to generate a lot of reader buzz? Then write about negotiation strategy, managing IT,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
The train wreck that was Enron's collapse is only one big, blatant example of how some disasters catch us unawares—but shouldn't. In fact, according to Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins, many surprises in all types and sizes of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
Knowledge is codified using a "people-to-documents" approach: it is extracted from the person who developed it, made independent of that person, and reused for various purposes. Ralph Poole, director of Ernst & Young's Center for View Details
- 15 May 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Women Find New Path to Work
The swift current of modern business presents a challenge for any woman deciding to temporarily step out of the corporate rapids to tend to family or other concerns. While they are away competitors come and go, technology constantly... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
what optimal human behavior looked like. But what they outlined was too demanding for many of us, and none of us could live up to the standards they defined. And then there was the jolt of Enron, and a bunch of other ethical scandals, too, and the world started looking... View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
higher prices," says Frank V. Cespedes, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, who spent 12 years running a professional services firm. That's right. Higher prices, not lower. “Competing on price is ultimately a bet on your... View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
In a new book on the origins and impacts of globalization, Harvard Business School's Geoffrey Jones focuses on the role played by a vital but often ignored actor in this conversation: business entrepreneurs... View Details
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Why HBS? - Doctoral
Why HBS? Why HBS? Rigorous academic research that influences practice Faculty & Research Harvard Business School faculty are world-class scholars who have had an impact on organizations and economies on every continent. Doctoral students... View Details