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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at ... An Emerging Entrepreneur Patricio Bichara MBA 2015 Patricio “Pato” Bichara (MBA 2015) learned something impor... Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are Shilla Kim-Parker... View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

March 2020
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Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent... View Details

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2007
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Intra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment

By: Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton

We use a new firm level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries -- close to a comprehensive picture of global multinational activity. A number of patterns emerge from the data. Most foreign direct investment... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Foreign Direct Investment; Geographic Location; Supply and Industry; Vertical Integration

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30 Mar 2003
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The Future of IT Consulting

We believe that the recent restructuring in the IT management consulting industry is a point of industry transition. That transition coincides with the emergence of new drivers... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting

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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

real-world experience, linking theory and practice to shape business practice and train business leaders. Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Expanding its early focus on helping nonprofits operate more efficiently to the emerging space of... View Details

2011
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Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details

Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry

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16 Apr 2001
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Breaking the Code of Change

Leadership Top-down Participative Focus Structure and systems Culture Planning Programmatic Emergent Motivation Incentives lead Incentives lag Consultants Large/ knowledge-driven Small/ process-driven That is, each of them does promote... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

October 2001 (Revised April 2002)
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America Online, Inc.: Disclosure Strategy

By: Amy P. Hutton and David Lane

Since going public, AOL had disclosed on a quarterly basis supplemental metrics meant to give analysts and investors a way of tracking growth in its subscriber base and the value created through its marketing efforts. These metrics gave management's conversations with... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Internet and the Web; Corporate Disclosure; Media; Digital Marketing; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

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June 2005
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Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market

By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han

Provides an overview of the Japanese apparel market, which was a 13.1 trillion yen industry in 2003, reflecting 5.5% year-over-year shrinkage since 1997, when retailers logged 17.5 trillion yen in sales. Compared to their global counterparts, Japanese apparel shoppers... View Details

Keywords: Trends; Financial Crisis; Trade; Emerging Markets; Sales; Luxury; Competition; Segmentation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia; China; Japan; Korean Peninsula

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

with Harvard Business School’s project on Managing the Future of Work. He graduated from Cornell University in 2024 with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations and a minor in Business. His research interests include the impact of View Details

28 Feb 2022
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How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels

Hotels, restaurants, and other businesses in the service industry often thrive or die depending on whether they provide exemplary customer service, but new research shows that the color of a customer’s skin can determine whether the... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

your career goals and stage. You can take the courses in any order. Emerging Leader's Toolkit: For early- and mid-career professionals looking to build a leadership toolkit and master managerial processes. Management Essentials... View Details

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in industries and organizations where economic models and operations are being disrupted from every angle. Faculty Case Studies Initiatives & Projects Bold ideas that become a powerful catalyst for change. Business & Environment Business... View Details

17 May 2016
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May 17, 2016

industries and geographies, this collection provides students with an appreciation for the importance of consumer empowerment and consumer behavior in shaping both health and corporate outcomes. Publisher's link: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2023
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What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

industry now. AI improves human decision-making The research emerges as LISH joins the newly launched Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard. The 12-lab organization launched last year to study six... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Featured MBA Courses Business at the Base of the Pyramid (B-BOP) This course seeks to provide an understanding of how business approaches can address low income segments, often the largest components of emerging markets (both in terms of... View Details

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Events - Business History

Institutions, and Regions," hosted by Yuan Jia-Zheng and Marcel Anduiza. Please RSVP by sending an email to bhi@hbs.edu to attend. Zoom links will be sent out in the New Year. Apr 18 18 Apr 2025 Seminar Julia Yongue (Josei University), "Siam Then, Thailand Now:... View Details

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family... View Details

2016
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Decision-Making by Precedent and the Founding of American Honda (1948 – 1974)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron

American Honda was founded in 1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates among scholars and practitioners... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Decision Making; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; United States

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