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  • 28 Oct 2024
  • Op-Ed

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.

John Judis and Ruy Teixeira heralded a new age of US politics in their 2002 book, The Emerging Democratic Majority. The book predicted that the growing Latino population, coupled with a clear Democratic lead in many other growing segments... View Details
Keywords: by Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse M. Shapiro
  • Research Summary

Managers and Employees: Justice at Work

By: Nien-he Hsieh

The employment relationship represents another significant area for managerial decision making. While much of what managers and employees owe one another depends upon mutual agreement, not all of the terms can be specified in advance. Given these conditions, what... View Details

  • 16 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

Six National Football League head coaches were fired on December 31, or “Black Monday,” as it’s known in the sport. The infamous tradition begins immediately after the conclusion of each NFL regular season and represents efforts by... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

will require a new institution that can harness the capabilities of global corporations and, helped by loans from development agencies, directly attack the root causes of poverty. The need for corporate involvement in the fight against... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge

    Michael E. Porter

    Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government
    • 20 Jun 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

    leave for home by 5:30 p.m.? How did HUL develop a cheaper, better product to beat its competitor, Nirma? What do Taj Hotels, HDFC, HUL, L&T, and BPCL have in common? They are the win-win corporations! Based on over a decade of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Carliss Y. Baldwin

      Carliss Y. Baldwin is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She studies the process of design and its impact of design architecture on firm strategy, platforms, and business ecosystems. With Kim Clark, she authored... View Details

      Keywords: computer; electronics; software
      • 15 Dec 2024
      • News

      The Golden Thread

      Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
      Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology
      • Research Summary

      Family Business Management

      John Davis is developing cases and other course materials on family business management for the Executive Education program Families in Business: From Generation to Generation, Families in Business/China, the Owner/President Management... View Details
      • August 2015
      • Case

      Whistle Sports: An Online Sports Network for Millennials

      By: Robert F. Higgins and Christine Snively
      By January 2015, Whistle Sports, a multi-platform sports network for millennials, had attracted over 54 million online subscribers on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and Vine. It established partnerships with several professional sports leagues and... View Details
      Keywords: Technology; Internet; Websites; Technology Networks; Sports; Entrepreneurship; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups
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      • November 2008 (Revised January 2011)
      • Exercise

      Breaking Through Action Plan

      By: David A. Thomas and Karen J. Watai
      The "Breaking Through Action Plan" is a developmental tool based on the book, Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America by David A. Thomas and John J. Gabarro. The Action Plan was originally designed as part of a facilitated session but... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Power and Influence; Trust
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      • 09 Dec 2019
      • News

      What If The Foundational Theories About How To Run a Company Have Been Corrupted?

      • November 2022
      • Case

      GE: A New Way Forward?

      By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert
      One of the most iconic American companies, General Electric (GE) was founded in 1892 in New York state. Named among the original dozen companies on the Dow Jones index in 1896, it was the list’s most tenacious holdout, maintaining its “blue chip” stock status for over... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; GE; Conglomerate; Conglomerates; Corporate Strategy; Management; History; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Change Management; Transformation; Strategic Planning; Value Creation; New York (state, US)
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      • 25 Feb 2020
      • News

      Profits and Purpose

      Professor George Serafeim (left) and Professor Rebecca Henderson (right); image by John Ritter CEOs are increasingly being asked to take the lead on some of the most vexing problems of our time, from climate change and data privacy to issues of income or gender... View Details
      Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
      • 11 AM – 12:15 PM EDT, 21 Oct 2021
      • Virtual Programming

      Business Opportunities in Climate Adaptation

      In the new virtual program Business Opportunities in Climate Adaptation, with HBS senior lecturer John Macomber (MBA 1983) and a panel of HBS alumni, you will learn how business leaders are currently developing or investing in opportunities that help society adapt to... View Details
      • 21 Jan 2015
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

      independent members, chosen by both sides. Problem resolved? No. Another buyout was proposed but couldn't be agreed on. The battle moved to the board: Mike's branch wanted to invest aggressively in the business; George's branch wanted... View Details
      Keywords: Retail
      • 16 May 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

      mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of companies, including SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Microsoft, have reformed their HR processes in order to access neurodiverse... View Details
      Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
      • August 2014 (Revised May 2015)
      • Case

      Teaming at Disney Animation

      By: Amy C. Edmondson, David L. Ager, Emily Harburg and Natalie Bartlett
      Jonathan Geibel, Director of Systems at Walt Disney Animation Studios (hereafter referred to as Disney Animation), walked through the workspace occupied by the group he had been tasked to lead. Geibel knew he was part of a creative and magical environment. The Disney... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Change; Creativity; Organizational Structure; Animation Entertainment; Organizational Culture; Groups and Teams; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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      • September 1989 (Revised April 1990)
      • Case

      Banc One Corp.--1989

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
      Banc One Corp., an innovative and financially successful super-regional bank holding company, has a track record of upgrading performance of acquisitions while retaining previous management--doing better with the same people. In June 1989 Banc One made its first... View Details
      Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Banks and Banking; Private Ownership; Human Resources; Mergers and Acquisitions; Performance Evaluation; Management Teams; Banking Industry; United States
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      • 03 May 2021
      • News

      Semiconductor Shortage Causes Ripple Effect on Global Economy