Essentialism - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Feb 2024
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

affordable housing nationwide, high-quality education in predominately underserved communities, and many other initiatives essential to accelerating Black economic mobility, I believe firms can reverse the wealth gap trend dramatically,... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

clusters are most prevalent in advanced economies, you say that they're one of the essential steps for countries moving in that direction. How are clusters nurtured in emerging nations? A: Many developing countries have free-trade zones... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

Public Accountants. Yet women make up less than 20 percent of partners in accounting firms. To address the stubborn gender gap, a growing number of companies have adopted formal sponsorship programs, in which a seasoned manager officially takes on a junior protégé.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Renovating Democratic Capitalism

By: Malcolm S. Salter

This in-process work focuses on how best to address the declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider to be a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer to this question is not entirely clear, I... View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

Collaboration with suppliers to dramatically increase supply of green shipping fuels. Maersk’s massive scale means that they can essentially create a new market for sustainable shipping fuels, which they are doing in biomethanol. While... View Details

27 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

ED into four pods, which were essentially bays with the necessary equipment to treat any type of patient. One senior or attending physician, one or two residents, and three nurses were assigned randomly to a pod at the start of their... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

12 May 2020
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It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

choosing which tools are best for a discussion, teams should also be sensitive to the fact that real-time video chat—while an essential tool for virtual teams—is not the same as face-to-face interaction. When communicating through a... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

a successful family as it is in building a successful business. He disagrees strongly with the widely-cited concept known as agency theory, which essentially posits that people work in accordance to how you pay them, and that external... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

identify partners, and you need to know the right corporate partners and sponsors for this market.’” Building the media product requires similar regional expertise, as Williams discovered. “When I got into this role, I realized that Africa is View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

18 Apr 2024
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African American Student Union Spotlight on Emerging Markets

relocating to Africa full-time to work within an innovative organization in the investment field. To facilitate this transition, I intend to leverage the HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA, which will provide essential support... View Details

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Emily Schlichting

issue," she says. "I'm somebody who's really good at managing processes and getting things done. The HBS curriculum is designed to explore all the different business functions, giving you a strong foundation in general management that's not only View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

which HBS Online business in society course best aligns with your career level and experience, learning objectives, and educational goals. Access Your Free Flowchart You May Also Be Interested In Leadership & Management Business View Details

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

fabricated or real crisis is an essential ingredient for effective change management, as an existential threat breaks down many barriers to change. With such an unprecedented crisis, it is stretching and breaking apart even the strongest... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

22 Aug 2005
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The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

outside facilitators, can help keep the process productive. Next, skills for managing a group process of analyzing a failure with a spirit of inquiry and sufficient understanding of the scientific method are essential inputs to learning... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

19 May 2022
Blog Post

HKS Policy Analysis Exercise Showcase

For MPP and joint MBA/MPP students, the Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) is the culmination of the Harvard Kennedy School experience. In fact, many of our MPP graduates consider it to be one of the highlights of their HKS education. During the PAE, second-year MPP... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

go so far in melding the two strategies. Like CEMEX, GEMS was able to pursue both approaches because it could organize its operations into relatively autonomous bundles of activities (like product development) in which economies of scale and standardization were View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

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HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to develop leadership skills critical for modern governance. The program is designed to build on the HBS commitment to lifelong learning while contributing to the impact of the nonprofit sector through rigorous examination of the View Details

29 Nov 2023
News

A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

Clubs News Clubs News Southern California Holiday Gala Will Boost Scholarship Fund After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC) is once again hosting its annual Holiday Benefit Gala on December 9 to support the HBSASC... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

essentially use history as a research tool to understand why some succeeded on an ongoing basis and others failed. Q: What do you mean by the term "strategic intelligence," and why is it so important? A: I define strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

data-driven, fact-based, analytical decision-making. The problem is that data are only available about the past. If you're trying to be innovative, and you have this data-driven mindset, you can't go forward. So experimenting essentially... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

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