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- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
problem is that companies do CSR in fits and starts," Rangan says. "Programs are fragmented, and so they're not that effective in helping the community or the company." And then the CEO wakes up one day and realizes that "we're doing $50... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those choices: in many cases, once manufacturing capabilities go away, so does much of the ability to innovate and compete.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
the first couple of years out of HBS were hard. If someone had said to me in 2009 what I'm about to say now, I would have punched them in the face. Because I'm about to be cheesy. I met my husband through a friend at that first terrible job that I took out of... View Details
- 27 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning to Make the Move to CEO
means to live in an era of globalization in a way that is far from abstract or academic." Needless to say, there are also many moments of revelation in the classroom. In a case discussion on Mary Kay cosmetics and the company's strategic use of pink Cadillacs as a... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
me whether almonds or peanuts were healthier, I would have said almonds, hands down. But it’s not true! Peanuts are just as nutritious as almonds, except that the almond companies were able to much more effectively market their product,... View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
risk because I was still a student," he says. Initially, EyeView's model was devoted to helping businesses create and post online video content. About a year later, the company shifted its focus to creating customized videos that target customers at different points in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
businesses create and post online video content. About a year later, the company shifted its focus to creating customized videos that target customers at different points in the sales cycle. Things were going quite well, Riesenfeld... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
stepmother's homespun culinary skills, he created "Uncle Dave's Vermont-Made Old-Fashioned Ketchup," an all-natural, spoonable condiment in a jar whose time had apparently come; after just two weeks of sales the tasty sauce brought in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
programming vision, to recruiting and motivating a growing team of employees (some of whom, like Swan, were commuting from other cities at the time). Also in play: managing a tight, closely watched budget while walking the line between advertising View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
address, "We don't use the word 'revolution' lightly, loosely, or often at Harvard." Yet as he and almost every other conference speaker went on to affirm, the radical changes being effected by today's information technology amount to... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
emphasis toward xerography characterized the Haloid Company in the 1950s. In 1961, in recognition of the spectacular growth of sales engendered by the first plain-paper copier, the firm was renamed the Xerox Corporation. In response to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
considerably more to the community and were much more involved in civic leadership at the local level than non-locally headquartered companies. So, while companies may be globalizing in terms of sales and operations, their social spending... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Oral Histories | Baker Library
Program, which is such an anachronism now and we would all riot before we would do something like that, I guess, I just thought it was tremendously helpful. It was helpful in giving me the language of business so that I could talk View Details
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
the response. The small price effect, compared to the large message effect, can be explained by two countervailing effects of a lower price: an inducement to settle early, but a lower threat of escalation. Furthermore, acknowledging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
thermometer, like those often used in fundraising campaigns, to hang in her salon. Each condom sale garnered a star stamped on the thermometer, providing a visual measure of the stylist's contribution to AIDS prevention in her community.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the decentralization of investment, hiring,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
humanizing effect on a lot of us and on how we approach business. I always knew that success would enable me to be able to take care of my family and have control over my own destiny. But what I didnÕt realize is how much it would mean to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
who did the invasion on behalf of Cambridge Analytica. And I just think that's wrong. I think if you’re a leader, you have to take responsibility for everything that happens. Kenny: What kind of effect is this having on other people at... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
cells in cancer patients) generated more than $2 billion in sales last year. Millennium Pharmaceuticals: Alan Crane (photo: Shelly R. Harrison) As the ability to analyze a patient's genetic material is developed, however, many believe... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
the best can be fairly hermaphroditic creatures, one minute exhibiting a professor’s passion for the great clarifying concept, the next displaying sales skills worthy of a street hustler. Among my contentions is that it was this very... View Details