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    Shikhar Ghosh

    Shikhar Ghosh is a Professor of Management Practice in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. He currently teaches in the elective curriculum and is the course head for 3 Technologies that will Change the World. Shikhar received the Apgar Award for innovation in... View Details

      Andy Zelleke

      Andy Zelleke is the MBA Class of 1962 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. A member of the General Management unit, he is the Faculty Chair of HBS’ Middle East & North Africa Research Center.

      Since Spring 2021, Dr. Zelleke has taught “Unpacking... View Details

      Keywords: federal government; professional services; defense; financial services

        Mitchell B. Weiss

        Mitch Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the... View Details

        • August 2017
        • Article

        Teaching Versus Living: Managerial Decision Making in the Gray

        By: Eugene F. Soltes
        Preparing students for the consequential ethical decisions that they will face in their careers is among the most difficult tasks of management education. I describe some of these challenges based on my book Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar... View Details
        Keywords: Ethics; Organizational Culture; Business Education
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        • 13 Oct 2018
        • News

        USA TODAY’s False Trump Op-Ed Raises Questions About Their Journalistic Integrity

        • January 2021
        • Article

        'Mobile'izing Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability

        By: Shawn A. Cole and A. Nilesh Fernando
        We examine the role of management in agricultural productivity by evaluating a mobile-phone based agricultural advice service provided to farmers in India. Demand for advice is high, and advice changes practices, increasing yields in cumin (28%) and cotton (8.6% for a... View Details
        Keywords: Agricultural Extension; Informational Inefficiencies; Technology Adoption; Agribusiness; Information; Mobile Technology; India
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        • 12 Jul 2019
        • News

        The short but destructive history of mass layoffs

        • 01 Sep 2015
        • News

        China Syndrome

        • 2013
        • Book

        Judgment in Managerial Decision Making

        By: Max Bazerman and Don A. Moore
        Is your judgment influenced by personal biases? In situations requiring careful judgment, we're all influenced by our own biases to some extent. But, with Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, you can learn how to overcome those biases to make better... View Details
        Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; Prejudice and Bias
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        • 2018
        • Book

        The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

        By: Amy C. Edmondson
        The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation,... View Details
        Keywords: Psychological Safety; Knowledge Economy; Teaming; Management; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Management; Learning
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        Overview

        By: Ethan S. Bernstein
        I have spent my career studying novel talent management practices and their effect on collaboration and performance. My core research focuses on two interrelated organizational trends that have become salient in the 21st century: workplace transparency (who gets to... View Details
        Keywords: Privacy; Transparency; Productivity; Field Experiments; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Groups and Teams; Networks; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; North America; Europe; Asia; China; Japan; Latin America
        • 26 Jan 2009
        • Research & Ideas

        Where is Home for the Global Firm?

        headquarters functions—are no longer bound to one country. Why are these changes taking place, and what are their consequences?" As an expert on international corporate and public finance, Desai presents a practical framework for firms to... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace
        • March 2006
        • Course Overview Note

        International Finance: A Course Overview Note

        By: Mihir A. Desai
        Describes the International Finance course at Harvard Business School, which argues that the forces of globalization have fundamentally changed the scope and activities of firms, thereby altering the practice of finance within these firms. As a consequence of an... View Details
        Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Ventures; Integration; Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Risk Management; Competitive Advantage; Motivation and Incentives; International Finance; Capital Markets
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        • June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
        • Case

        State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility

        By: Christopher Marquis, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang and Hong Wu
        In October 2009, State Grid, the largest utility company in the world, and a pioneer and leader in CSR practices in China, was planning its 2009 CSR Report and long-term CSR implementation. Some of the specific challenges faced at the time include: How could the... View Details
        Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Systems; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Accountability; Behavior; Change Management; Global Range; Employees; Utilities Industry; China
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        • February 2010
        • Case

        Applied Research Technologies, Inc.: Global Innovation's Challenges

        By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Heather Beckham
        Applied Research Technologies, Inc. (ART) is a diversified technology company which has used its entrepreneurial culture and encouragement of innovation as an ongoing competitive advantage. The case concentrates on the challenges faced by Peter Vyas, the Filtration... View Details
        Keywords: Management Style; Managerial Roles; Management Practices and Processes; Reputation; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Management; Competitive Advantage; Entrepreneurship; Management Systems; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Technology Industry
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        • September 1990 (Revised April 1993)
        • Case

        R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

        By: William J. Bruns Jr.
        Following the company's purchase as a part of a leveraged buyout, the new management team of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. had to decide what to do about the build-up of excess inventory of its independent wholesale customers. The case introduces students to the problems... View Details
        Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Customer Satisfaction; Business or Company Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Consumer Products Industry
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        • 26 Mar 2014
        • Research & Ideas

        How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

        new study of physician offices transitioning to electronic health records (EHRs) used in managing patient care. In general, larger offices in the study that employed EHRs recorded productivity gains, but certain types of smaller View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health
        • October 1993 (Revised September 1996)
        • Case

        BANC ONE - 1993

        By: Hugo Uyterhoeven and Myra M. Hart
        From a small local bank, Banc One has grown to one of the largest and most profitable banks in the United States under the leadership of its CEO, John B. McCoy. It has an impressive track record of improving the performance of its acquisitions while retaining the... View Details
        Keywords: Leadership; Acquisition; Organizational Culture; Policy; Adaptation; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Performance Improvement; Industry Structures; Banking Industry; United States
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        • 12 Dec 2005
        • Research & Ideas

        Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

        enough about the general practice of management that they can communicate effectively with the management team. A lawyer who can't read an income statement or understand the... View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
        • February 2024 (Revised April 2024)
        • Case

        CPP Investments—The Road to Zero

        By: Vikram Gandhi and Radhika Kak
        In February 2022, Canadian Pension Plan (CPP) Investments, the investment management organization that managed funds for the CPP, one of the biggest pension plans in the world, announced a net-zero commitment for its portfolio by 2050. Under its CEO, John Graham, it... View Details
        Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Asset Management; Investment Portfolio; Leading Change; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry; Canada; California
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