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31 Mar 2013
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Study highlights ‘cash for access’ risks

15 Feb 2011
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Fixing Capitalism: Michael Porter and Robert Reich

11 Feb 2020
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UBS Scrambles to Stanch Outflows at Flagship Property Fund

14 Mar 2019
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Failure to Phoenix: 7 Lessons to Learn from Failure

04 Oct 2016
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Now arriving: Internet of Things

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Yaoxin Ding

manager for a self-driving car Fiat was developing in collaboration with Waymo, Alphabet’s auto subsidiary. “But I felt that as the industry matures,” Yaoxin says, “the next steps involve bigger business challenges: building public... View Details

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Leadership in Context

By: Nitin Nohria

What can we learn from the great business leaders of the 20th century? To answer this question, we have assembled a unique database of 1000 American business leaders, each of whom has left an important legacy. Some of the initial insights we are gleaning from this... View Details

21 Jul 2020
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New Models for a New World

February 1997
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RPG Enterprises--1995

By: Tarun Khanna

As in most emerging markets, a significant portion of the Indian private sector is dominated by extensively diversified, often family-owned or controlled, business groups. This case examines the strategy and structure of one of the largest business groups in India, at... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Alignment; Policy; Problems and Challenges; India

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Chu's research is focused on business and low income sectors, particularly in the use of commercial platforms to deliver what has traditionally been considered public responsibilities. In the last three decades, business models have emerged to meet the underserved... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Microfinance; Base Of The Pyramid; Role Of Profit And Social Impact; Private Sector Development; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Health Care and Treatment; Management; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Health Industry; Latin America; North and Central America; Asia; Africa

07 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

interactions they needed to succeed. When managers understand the building blocks for team work, they can allocate time better and select the right communication tools, whether teams are dispersed or together, a new study from Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?

Harvard Business School Professor Deepak Malhotra set out to answer a basic question: "Do employees work harder when they are paid more?" As Malhotra, the Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration,... View Details

Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette

14 Apr 2015
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Remembering 'The Terrible Death': The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 150 Years Later

29 Sep 2015
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Harvard Study Highlights Business, Education 'Game Changer'

16 Jul 2020
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Moms are reducing work hours 4-5 times more than dads during pandemic

26 Jul 2019
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10 ways your parents' behaviors shaped who you are today

05 May 2017
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Former CFO Paula Price makes her career teaching, serving on boards

June 2001
Teaching Note

Teaching IT Executive Education Courses TN

By: Richard L. Nolan

In the information age, it is important that IT be addressed in an effective way accessible to practicing executives. Teaching IT to executives continues to change in concepts and content as IT penetrates deeply into every area of business. Driven by Moore's Law, the... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Developing Countries and Economies; Business Education; Managerial Roles; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Improvement; Information Technology