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- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
labor protests and a federal law to prevent a repeat of “L’affaire Michelin.” Generations of trust evaporated. The company regained it with a 10-year turnaround and a commitment to closely collaborating with workers at every step. "Trust... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
decision was announced captures the despair and anger of the workers to be displaced. It also captures a management team trying to act reasonably by giving workers a rare one-year notice of the move—but doing so with a tin ear. For example, View Details
- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
a folding chair across the court to protest a referee's call. Mike Krzyzewski, also known as Coach K, leads the men's basketball program at Duke University. Instead of fear, Krzyzewski relies heavily on positive reinforcement, open and... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
just one of four Black CEOs leading a Fortune 500 company. Frazier is also outspoken, having resigned from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council to make a clear statement against “hatred, bigotry and group supremacy” that surfaced in View Details
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
no closer to addressing the underlying causes of systemic racism. Two months ago, a mob of supporters of former President Donald J. Trump stormed the US Capitol, which had a far smaller law enforcement presence than it did during protests... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
governor would follow through on his intentions to sign it into law. The bill had taken on the moniker “Don’t Say Gay.” There had been “Say Gay” protests across Florida and the US by groups supportive of LGBTQ+ rights. Hundreds of Disney... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
American history, yet descendants of residents harmed by the attack note that government officials have never made reparations for those killed or for homes and businesses that were destroyed. The killing of George Floyd by a police officer last summer and the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
Stay beautiful”—went viral on social media in 2013. (See illustration below) Campaign ad featuring Indian actress Nandita Das protesting skin-lightening creams. Source: Women of Worth, courtesy Rohit Deshpandé Fair skin part of India’s... View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
intellectual property, or getting Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland to come to terms. By spending intensive time with these great negotiators, writing cases on their most challenging deals, and relentlessly probing their... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- Research Summary
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Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
People might be more likely than ever to protest in reaction to a social problem or geopolitical crisis. But do such activist events, even large-scale demonstrations, change public opinion? New research shows that View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2012
- Op-Ed
Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline
Protestant faith makes him seem less "other" to a non-Asian-American audience than his race, especially in the context of current public discourse about politicians who have Muslim names or Mormon faith? There are two plausible... View Details
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir Putin's corrupt government, which had erupted in Russia in response to alleged fraud in the recent parliamentary elections. A notable figure in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
‘ethical stances.’” Possible responses facing Microsoft ranged all the way from doing little or nothing in hopes that the protest would soon be forgotten to cancelling Microsoft’s $19.6 million contract with ICE. As a trusted advisor to... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
and corporations. This is a far cry from the claims of the protesters at the World Trade Organization summits. Is it possible that globalization will be the catalyst that speeds up a process by which the poor get richer instead of poorer... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
humor in the idea of the man they labeled "a dirty Talmud Jew," lodged a protest with the State Department, and refused to participate in the festivities. The IBM is not merely an organization of men; it is an institution that... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
business leaders. Those who had until then been willing to either support Trump or at least mute their criticisms clearly felt that his responses to the protests and violence made that stance no longer sustainable. For example,... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
celebrate. The influx of wealthier professionals has driven up housing costs, increased the pace of gentrification, and threatened the city's rich racial and socioeconomic diversity. Tensions came to a head in December 2013, when a group of angry View Details