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- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
established organizations are wise to consider radically new approaches that address changing needs of consumers in today's digital age. Yet companies should be wary of the... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
holdings--estimates of the amount held by US public corporations easily exceed $1 trillion; several technology companies alone are sitting on cash balances in excess of $20... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
ten times that of developing nations. 3. Managers in these companies must often innovate on a shoestring budget, since the high cost and scarcity of capital preclude massive... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
While other companies settled the suits, FindTheBest decided to fight. A judge initially ruled in favor of FindTheBest, awarding the company... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
year, a 49-year-old technician at the same company stabbed himself in front of his colleagues after learning he had been demoted. Between 2006 and 2009, at least 19 France Télécom employees took their own... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
was a pattern” In other words, what could companies do differently in the next inevitable bank crisis to improve their chances of recovery? Steinwender worked with her LSE... View Details
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future Episode 8 of Climate Stories focuses on HBS alumna... View Details
- 14 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections
most? Are these connections more important if you are somebody in sales versus someone in research?” You Might Also Like: How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 23 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?
8,500 dairy farmers, and the 4th largest dairy company in the world. When we entered the Arla Headquarters near Aarhus, the rare Danish winter sun lit up the central atrium, highlighting the most adorable View Details
- Web
Research Links: Records of Railroad Companies & Personal Papers - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Records of Railroad View Details
- 27 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities
productivity and competitiveness, a company needs to understand where the clusters are in its business. It must understand the competitive position of its cluster versus other... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
co-author of the case, asks his students whether other companies could export Buurtzorg’s lessons to their industries. “In our case discussions, the students—whether MBAs or... View Details
- 21 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know
trouble being promoted in certain work environments, and hold a tiny percentage of top corporate management positions. According to a 2010 report from research firm Catalyst, among Fortune 500 companies,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
Business. At its core, the new system compares a fund manager's investments with those of other successful fund managers, making past performance less important in the rating scheme. In short, funds are... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- Web
United Fruit Company Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
in 1899 by the merger of the Boston Fruit Company and several other companies producing and marketing bananas from the Caribbean islands, Central... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Keep or Cut Workers? How Companies Reacted to the COVID-19 Crisis
governance,” Rouen says, others with similar levels of cash did not share these characteristics. Firms with strong financial positions that weren’t committed to their workforces were just as likely to lay... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
while the book was in process. Today, strong ethics are a central issue for business leaders, knowing consumers are drawn to companies that do the right thing while steering clear of businesses that break... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
firms and created its own incubator. This includes a monthly competition where employees can submit business proposals and the winner receives funding and other company resources. The View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- February 2024
- Supplement
Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab
By: George Serafeim
In 2023, Luciano Bueno, CEO and founder of plant cell culture agriculture company GALY, was considering the best path forward for his company as he planned to pitch Series B investors. GALY, founded in 2019, aimed to produce cotton and other crops from cells grown in... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Green Technology; Goods and Commodities; Growth and Development Strategy; Science-Based Business; Entrepreneurship; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Startups; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Production; Entrepreneurial Finance; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; Boston; Sao Paulo
Serafeim, George. "Seeds of Innovation: GALY's Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 124-705, February 2024.
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
identity. Jim's history of overcoming obstacles inspires us to power through the challenges that come with doing this work. We have a job to do, and we want to make sure we're carrying on the work that Jim and View Details