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Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course) The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Energy Industry; Retail Industry; Mining Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

lower emissions) is becoming the focus of operators. Consumers are shifting their product preferences and investors are incorporating these in their asset allocations and specific investment decisions. There will be large changes in the electric grid, as View Details
  • 01 May 2019
  • What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

Boxes”—many containing blurbs from Wikipedia—to counter claims made for cancer cures or conspiracy theorists. This involved a complex algorithm utilizing artificial intelligence that didn’t always work. For example, when Notre Dame burned... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting
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Harvard Business School

"John" Clendenin was appointed United States Virgin Islands Public Service Commissioner in 2014. At the federal level, he has served on two committees of the National Association of Utilities Commissioners. Clendenin is founder,... View Details
  • 16 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

furthering her own organization." Women's World Banking, based in New York, also utilizes a network strategy in its work. When president Nancy Barry (HBS MBA '75) started leading the organization in 1990, it served approximately... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

CEO where she utilizes her degree and experience daily. “Being in this role you inherently have to use both sides of the degree,” she noted. “On a day-to-day basis, I’m thinking through business plans for new programs, evaluating how new... View Details
  • Research Summary

Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Human Behavior; Performance; Virtual Work; Hybrid Work; Office Space; Workplace Design; Communication; Social and Collaborative Networks; Behavior; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Leadership; Management
  • December 5, 2024
  • Article

A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol

By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia and Mohit Bhandari
Introduction
Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics
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  • 12 Oct 2017
  • News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

take what they know and offer advice based on our expertise that will help them get the results they want to see.” A Calling to Serve Along with utilizing his experience and HBS education, Majors says his work at Purpose Built Communities... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

a software company that encourages households to reduce their energy consumption. From Opower's earliest days, its managers utilized experiments to amplify their environmental impact and enhance customer value. We will revisit some of... View Details
  • September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
  • Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein
Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details
Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies
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Capitalism as a System of Governance

My research interest is in further exploration of the analytic utility of an original conception of capitalism as an indirect, three level system of governance for the economic relationships within political entities, and mostly within nation states. This three level... View Details

    Ira C. Copley

    Copley revived his father’s utility corporation by marketing gas as a fuel instead of an illuminant. Copley went on to acquire other utility companies, which he merged in 1905 to form Western United Gas and... View Details
    Keywords: Utilities & Energy

      Howard L. Aller

      Aller led American Power and Light during the height of its growth. Under his leadership, the company functioned as an umbrella organization for over 20 regional utility providers in the West and posted exceptional market value growth... View Details
      Keywords: Utilities & Energy

        Samuel Insull

        Insull centralized utility delivery and created a new business model called customer ownership, or people’s capitalism. This utility delivery approach rapidly spread throughout the country during the 1920s... View Details
        Keywords: Utilities & Energy
        • 08 Nov 2013
        • HBS Seminar

        Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

          William C. MacInnes

          so doing, he secured a safe and reliable source of power and embarked on a successful vertical integration program that enabled TECO to be one of the best performing utilities in the United States. View Details
          Keywords: Utilities & Energy

            Donald S. Kennedy

            Kennedy presided over a significant growth period for Oklahoma Gas and Electric. He transformed the local utility provider into a major regional powerhouse. During his tenure, both revenues and earnings were increased by a factor of 10,... View Details
            Keywords: Utilities & Energy
            • 02 Jan 2020
            • News

            Empowering Rural Communities

            and his cofounders saw an opportunity to create a new kind of energy company—a hybrid of a traditional utility and a financial entity. Guzman Energy, a subsidiary of Guzman & Company, would not be weighed down by the same legacy... View Details
            Keywords: April White; Utilities; Utilities
            • 08 Mar 2012
            • Research & Ideas

            Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

            different players and so many uncertainties," one student remarked after class. "It was an opportunity to step back, look at the issues, and get some clarity." Cracks In The Infrastructure The arrival of the smart grid—essentially computerizing the... View Details
            Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Utilities; Utilities