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- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
different Italian city-states of the late Middle Ages, by seeing how subsequent economic development was first theorized there in the late Renaissance, and finally by embracing the enduring ideas and institutions that it bequeathed us. Some of the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990) Vice Chairman of EMEA, General Atlantic; Italian Minister for Innovation, Digital Transition, and Space, 2021–2022 Sticking point: “After college, my military service was with Italy’s Carabinieri, a sort of cross... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
issues that profit brings to a social service organization. Founded thirty-five years ago, the small, multiservice nonprofit Haley House is a spiritually based community organization that serves "society's forgotten people"—the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
make up for lost years, he was surprised to find himself at Harvard at age 23. Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures through the Science of Total Motivation by Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor (MBA 2013)... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
building a culture based on collaboration, teamwork, and respect—and not tolerating employees who dominate or treat other employees as if they are there to serve them. Leaders sometimes inadvertently send the wrong message by excusing—or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
leaders avoid the guessing game of trying to discern whether or not people truly agree with a choice that has been made. Q: In your book you discuss three cultures of indecision that typically appear in organizations: the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
name that recognizes the city’s rich cultural history. Jim Birch was reaching out to buyers across the country—with no thought at all of changing the brand—when he started encountering questions. People in different parts of the country... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
addition to these initiatives, we are committed to making significant investments in people. One of the greatest traditional strengths of the School is its faculty. We are poised to explore new fields of inquiry that will require our faculty to pursue difficult and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
reviews—with the strategy. Case Study: Sport-Man Inc. We illustrate many of the alignment issues with a disguised case study, Sport-Man Inc. (SMI). The company founded in 1925 to manufacture and market men's work boots. Its early success... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
couldn't have assembled a better cross section of the health-care industry," said Bunny Ellerin (MBA '95), president and founder of the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association (HBS Health). The group's first meeting was held on campus in... View Details
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
are very different consumers from the more affluent. What kind of business models are needed? A: There are three major challenges. First, there is the issue of cultural distance between corporate decision... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
delegating authority to heavyweight product development teams. But senior functional leaders, used to making key decisions, are likely to resist. The most effective way for a leader to realign his company is to facilitate open and honest conversation. Creating a View Details
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the Harvard Library community and as active participants in its Copyright First Responders program, we work to create a shared culture of understanding of copyright. For more information and resources on View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
science’s greatest race amidst the chaos of World War I, and a love story as epic as the railways crossing Russia. Kellogg on Branding in a Hyper-Connected World edited by Alice Tybout and Tim Calkins (MBA 1991) Wiley Kellogg on Branding... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
such as, "Other less mobile cultures have more centralized cities, with tighter cultures and families; the United States has urban sprawl, massively wasteful resource usage, looser nuclear families, and much... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
several years while fellow billionaire Warren Buffett paid $1.8 million in taxes for 2015. “The decision to accelerate that dividend was driven in large part by the executives’ preferences” The issue is not that Trump knew about tax... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
rainbow of Xbox controllers, she wants to dig into Spencer’s warning. After all, she isn’t just working at Xbox—now she’s the company’s president. Yes, she faces inherent cultural challenges. She’s also facing business challenges, like... View Details
- 09 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit
given similarities in culture and language. “There need to be new reasons for companies to do business in the UK despite a far smaller home market,” says Porter. Academia a strength to build upon The United Kingdom’s strengths in academic... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Aaron…
activity of change management. We have to change culture and attitudes in order to change the way we acquire talent. Aside from spending 70% of my day between MS Outlook (sending and receiving hundreds of emails a day), MS Excel and... View Details
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
early employees often find themselves with managers between them and the founders. This can create separation anxiety that manifests in different ways—from temper tantrums in meetings to disengagement and generally bad behavior—and can be the root of View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin