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17 Jun 2011
HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

so big this has a huge impact on the rest of the global food system. What happens in China, what Chinese people eat, impacts what you and I pay for food." What happened in China with Yum! Brands, and... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage

01 Jan 2013
News

Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

their "least-cost energy" strategy, focusing on minimizing the cost and the environmental impact of energy services such as heat and light. "Cogeneration," a technique that simultaneously generates electricity and useful heat, was one of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Companies: social responsibility

positive impacts in communities around the world. The following databases provide companies' own (self-reported) social responsibility reports: Sustainability Disclosure Database: a free database from... View Details

07 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

impact on both employees and companies, new research shows. In fact, managers who elevate others like Bradway did are more likely to hold on to valued employees, according to a study by Yuan Zou, assistant professor of business... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

2012
Working Paper

Private and Public Decisions in Social Dilemmas: Evidence from Children's Behavior

Substantial research with adult populations has found that selfish impulses are less likely to be pursued when decisions are publicly observable. To the best of our knowledge, however, this behavioral regularity has not been systematically explored as potential... View Details

Keywords: Research; Age Characteristics; Behavior; Decisions; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Announcements; Situation or Environment

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10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

processes. Much of the research on leadership for innovation is macro in its orientation, focusing on the organizations factors that impact innovation and spelling out the implications for best practice. There is comparatively little... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

January 2023
Article

The Dark Side of Machiavellian Rhetoric: Signaling in Reward-Based Crowdfunding Performance

By: Goran Calic, Rene Arseneault and Maryam Ghasemaghaei

In this study, we explore the impact of Machiavellian rhetoric on fundraising within the increasingly important context of online crowdfunding. The “all-or-nothing” funding model used by the world’s largest crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, may be an attractive... View Details

Keywords: Crowdfunding; Communication Strategy; Entrepreneurial Finance; Behavior

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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

justice—particularly the disproportionate effects on marginalized communities locally and globally. Impact Weighted Accounts The mission of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project is to drive the creation of... View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

community has been on full display. In the last three weeks alone, clubs have hosted community-wide virtual events with Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Rich Gotham (President of the Boston Celtics), and Joe Maddon (Manager of the Los Angeles... View Details

07 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 7

Communicating Frames in Negotiation Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn and Markus Noth Publication:." In The Oxford Handbook of Economic Conflict Resolution, edited by Gary E. Bolton and Rachel T.A. Croson. Oxford University Press,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

sectors; and supports more than 700 venture teams each semester. What are the support systems and resources provided at the labs to student and alumni ventures? What sustains this community is the incredible team here that works fully in... View Details

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

that produce ‘climate adaptation’ and not just ‘climate mitigation.’ Helping to reduce water usage, we can help ecosystems; we can help communities lessen the impact of the water crisis.” Leni’s said her... View Details

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Working Groups Update | About

increase learning and deepen understanding in our classrooms in this new term. Let me repeat what I have said before: as grateful as I am to the chairs and members of these working groups, ensuring that we live our community values will... View Details

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

African countries. I feared that during and after the outbreak populations living in poverty would be much worse-off and new populations would fall into poverty because the outbreak was taking away lives, sources of income, foreign investment, and View Details

08 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

classroom directly impacts not only how students learn, but how they see themselves. With only two years to soak in these cases as an MBA student, academic institutions have a short-but-critical time to prepare women for a world where... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

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Our Curriculum - Business History

government in the country’s economy are investigated as well. In addition, the course examines the relation between capital market innovation and economic development and surveys the long-term impact of entrepreneurship, technological... View Details

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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

in effective leadership. MBA Elective Curriculum (SECOND YEAR) Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits The Arts of Communication Candace Bertotti Spring 2026 Q3Q4 1.5 Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (also listed... View Details

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Online Learning Model | HBS Online

Engage in real-world learning with a global community of peers Play Course Platform Introduction Video Harvard Business School Online offers a unique and highly engaging way to learn vital business concepts. Our flexible certificate and... View Details

03 Dec 2020
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Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

employees, even those not impacted directly. HR firm Korn Ferry provides thoughts on communicating with employees during these challenging situations. Executives should demonstrate “empathy for disruption.”... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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