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  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

of companies that are helping create the conditions for the industry’s growth by amassing knowledge about best practices, influencing the development of regulations, exploring new uses for drones, developing a professional workforce, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

Decarbonize their Purchases 16 AUG 2023 | Climate Rising Today’s episode in our corporate net zero climate series features HBS alumna Sanchali Pal, Founder and CEO of Commons, an app created to help... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

2016 Echoing Green Fellow Christine Su is co-founder and CEO of PastureMap. The for-profit software company helps sustainable ranchers record their grazing practices on mobile devices.  (Photo courtesy of Echoing Green.) A division of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

the board of governors for Greensboro's Triad Entrepreneurial Initiative. Williamson (MBA 1989) Fellowship Sarah Keohane Williamson and Mark N. Williamson (both MBA 1989) created this fellowship to support... View Details
  • Web

Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

accelerate transformation to high value health care. Prof. Teisberg, who holds the Cullen Trust Distinguished University Chair for Value-Based Health Care, authored Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results with... View Details
  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

reflect the predominant opportunities pursued by social entrepreneurs focused on public education in the United States over the last decade. The book offers an overarching framework for creating and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2021 (Revised January 2022)
  • Supplement

SA Taxi: A Vehicle for Empowerment? (B)

By: Nien-he Hsieh, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and F. Christopher Eaglin
SA Taxi was a vertically integrated business that operated in South Africa’s distinctive taxi industry. Despite being plagued by violence, informal structures, unsafe road practices and lack of government support, the taxi industry had grown to become South Africa’s... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Equality and Inequality; Race; Situation or Environment; Transportation Industry; South Africa; Africa
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  • April 2021 (Revised January 2022)
  • Case

SA Taxi: A Vehicle for Empowerment? (A)

By: Nien-he Hsieh, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and F. Christopher Eaglin
SA Taxi was a vertically integrated business that operated in South Africa’s distinctive taxi industry. Despite being plagued by violence, informal structures, unsafe road practices and lack of government support, the taxi industry had grown to become South Africa’s... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Equality and Inequality; Race; Situation or Environment; Transportation Industry; South Africa; Africa
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  • November 2007
  • Article

Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders

By: Joseph L. Bower
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Planning
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  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

Creating a Venture Ecosystem in Brazil: FINEP's INOVAR Project Authors:Ann Leamon and Josh Lerner Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-099.pdf Mexico's Financial Crisis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Eaton Corp.: Portfolio Transformation and the Cost of Capital

    In 2000, Eaton Corporation was broadly diversified industrial conglomerate.  But its strategy was evolving and its focus was narrowing around “power management” and more recently on “intelligent power,” the use of digitally enabled products and services designed... View Details
    • 03 Feb 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    The State of Customer Service Leadership

    still hold true. But a great deal of research over the past 20 years or so have put a lot of meat on those bones. As one example, we’ve come to learn more about creating the high-trust environment that leads to engaged employees who... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail
    • Program

    The HR-Executive Suite Connection

    strategic opportunities and direction, performance improvement, and competitive threats. You will return to your organization with the expertise and confidence to recommend bold moves and create business... View Details
    • Web

    Business & Environment

    speaks with Pasi Miettinen, CEO of Sagewell, a company that uses AI to help utilities and their customers manage energy demand efficiently. Pasi explains how Sagewell’s technology helps reduce peak electricity usage, which in turn lowers... View Details
    • 16 Jun 2015
    • Blog Post

    Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS

    schools that winter. Nothing came close to how I was welcomed and my service was appreciated at HBS. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to study at HBS - an opportunity that I am still grateful for to... View Details
    • 26 Mar 2019
    • Blog Post

    SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE

    a social enterprise. Misan is the cofounder and CEO of WAVE (West Africa Vocational Education), an organization dedicated to tackling youth unemployment in West Africa. What motivated you to pursue a career path in the social sector? My... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship
    • March 2014
    • Case

    Babcock International Plc

    By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
    In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering services provider in the UK with sales of over £3 billion. Under the leadership of CEO Peter Rogers, Babcock had grown revenues and profits nearly tenfold over the previous decade as it benefited... View Details
    Keywords: Strategic Change; Strategy And Leadership; Diversification; United Kingdom; Military; Nuclear Power; Nuclear; Engineering And Construction; Conglomerates; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
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    • January 2015 (Revised January 2017)
    • Case

    Curriculum Associates: Turning the Page from Tradition to Innovation

    By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An
    Set in Fall 2014, the traditional textbook publishing industry is being transformed by technological innovations and new student achievement standards. This case chronicles how Rob Waldron, CEO, and his team bring Curriculum Associates (CA), a traditional supplemental... View Details
    Keywords: Education Technology; SaaS; Turnaround; Textbook Publishing; Innovation; Sales Cycle; HR Strategy; Privately-funded Businesses; Sustainable Growth; Product Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Publishing Industry
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    • 24 Oct 2023
    • HBS Case

    From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

    stories contain pearls of management wisdom for today’s executives looking to lead with excellence. “Without exception, all these people are opportunity seekers,” says Simons of the leaders profiled, which include former British Prime... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 23 Dec 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

    improvements in performance.3 We created the Balanced Scorecard because financial measurements had become insufficient for contemporary organizations. Strategies for creating value had shifted from managing... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton