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Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

innovation shown in the clips? What are the continuing obstacles of innovation in South Asia? Has it become easier orharder to innovate over the last three decades? The clip from Seema Aziz talks of Pakistan’s poor reputation for quality... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

The Digital Deck

guiding HBX's offerings were established early on," notes Dean Nitin Nohria. "HBX should offer a differentiated product. It should complement rather than compete with current programs and Harvard Business Publishing offerings. It should elevate the School's View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

managed centrally. This level of control is conducive to protecting the organization's brand and reputation and coordinating overall strategy and operations. A high degree of control might be particularly desirable when the program being... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

reputation for being an excellent performer, and he gained the cooperation, respect, and sometimes the friendship of whites who were initially either resistant or hesitant to work with him. After seven years as an engineer, Williams... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

they realize the disparity between the CEO’s chosen direction and their expectations, which can lead to a permanent breach. When Omar Ishrak became the first outsider CEO of Medtronic in 2011, the board gave him a clear mandate: to revive the company’s View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

the former and protect the latter. He took the advice to heart and refers to it often in public presentations. As with most successful entrepreneurs, his reputation is pretty much inseparable from that of his company, and Mistele is proud... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

06 Oct 2011
What Do You Think?

How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

management in the future. Rahul Kamath commented, " the Moneyball generation is already with us. Here in India, being good in analytics is a kind of pre-requirement for admissions to B-schools." This raises an interesting set of questions for other highly... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana

employees across a variety of functions worked remotely and in January 2020, Humana was ranked 15th most flexible workplace in the U.S. by FlexJobs. Humana has earned this reputation by offering remote work arrangements, using a variety... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health-Related Services

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following guidance—as a form of best practice; for your personal safety and well-being; so as to be aware of (and to avoid where appropriate) the potential for confusion between personal and professional viewpoints and to protect Harvard Business School and its View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Where Conservation Means Business

reputed to be one of the richest men of his era, donated $5 million to Harvard University in 1924 to fund the construction of the new HBS campus. Among the artifacts is a finely crafted cherry wood “Resolutions” chest containing... View Details

Keywords: Roger thompson

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

tend to be more extreme (favorable or unfavorable) than other reviews, and the prevalence of suspicious reviews has grown significantly over time. Second, a restaurant is more likely to commit review fraud when its reputation is weak,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior By: Baloria, Vishal P., and Jonas Heese Abstract—The media can impose reputational costs on firms because of its important role as an information... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

manufacture their goods risk reputational harm if the working conditions in those factories are revealed to be dangerous, illegal, or otherwise problematic. While firms are increasingly relying on private-sector "social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

and how they influence the standards of the countries in which they operate as they seek global consistency. We are following a small number of companies with excellent reputations to locations both similar and different from their home... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

significantly increasing ROE, and they did so at least in part due to their reputational or status concerns. The ROE increase was predominantly driven by improvements in margins, which were in turn partially driven by cutting R&D... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 May 2021
What Do You Think?

Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?

the answer, it’s clear that others—employees, customers, suppliers, politicians, the general public—do. As a frequent speaker at various corporate events, I was tempted to think that my name and reputation was the attraction until I saw... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

minimize risk of stress and loss of time dealing with claims and costs to their reputation and future employment. On the other side of the equation, a cap on damages through tort reform can influence whether or not a doctor is sued in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

06 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market

investors, who are used to seeing such reputed artists offered in the secondary market where there is more price certainty. Instead, these sales could mimic more what happens in the primary market, where value is much harder to pin down... View Details

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Angela R. Hicks Bowman

for her boss William Oesterle. Hicks was a 22-year old college graduate, an economics major from DePauw University, who had grown up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Oesterle, a venture investor and a fellow HBS alum (MBA 1992) was remodeling an old house in Columbus and he was... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

The Exchange: Venture Forth

Other VCs have a reputation for being quicker on the trigger. Think about what aligns with your interests. PG: There’s a greater menu of choices today than there would have been 15 or 20 years ago. Be informed. Twenty-five years ago it... View Details

Keywords: April White

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