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  • 28 Nov 2022
  • Blog Post

College Students, Take a Sneak Peek at the HBS MBA

management skills that you can put to use in any career and in any kind of organization – from for-profit businesses to non-profit organizations, from your own start-up to the world’s largest companies, and everything in between. At Peek... View Details
  • Blog

Leading Successful Digital Transformation

may be disrupted in the future is not the best recipe for long-term success. Experimentation: Companies often run hackathons and innovation days that inspire employees to start many new digital projects. Senior management encourages these... View Details
  • 06 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

evils. The third risk is neglecting one's own well-being. These are hard, demanding tasks that take a toll on the most experienced managers—even those who have done it multiple times before. To believe that one can simply set emotions... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 08 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

management," says Cespedes, a senior lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School. "But far fewer confront a basic fact: Companies typically spend much more money and hire many more people,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

to the challenge. Think of it as a new strategic initiative facing huge execution challenges. These require senior management to get the best information they can about barriers to execution, and it requires trust and commitment. That... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail
  • 2024
  • Case

Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations: Figueres the Negotiator (C)

By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian
This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Management; International Relations; Leadership
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  • December 2024
  • Case

Enerjisa Üretim: The Digital Era of Electricity Generation

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Sadika El Hariri
Launched in 2017, Enerjisa Üretim was one of Türkiye’s largest private sector electricity companies. In its early days, the company faced some financial and operational troubles. When İhsan Erbil Bayçöl, the current CEO of Enerjisa Üretim, joined the business in 2018,... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Performance Improvement; Renewable Energy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Units; Partners and Partnerships; Leadership; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Turkey
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  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-043.pdf An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

the line, are not directly replicable in software as there is no line to stop. "What we hope to do," Upton says, "is to distill the relevant aspects of lean manufacturing so that managers can see how these tools were... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer
  • 26 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 26

  Publications March 2015 AFP Exchange Well Said: Why Articulating Your Strategy Can Set You Apart. By: Cespedes, Frank V. Abstract—Senior finance managers now operate in an altered c-suite landscape. The executives reporting to the CEO... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2007
  • Chapter

Beyond Dependence: Conceptualizing Information and Accountability in NGO-Funder Relations

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This paper explores the linkages between information systems and accountability in nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations (NGOs). The information systems in four NGOs are introduced: two Indian NGOs engaged in natural resource management and rural development, an... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Corporate Accountability; Information Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Information Technology; India; District of Columbia
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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Curb Appeal

solid waste is managed in the Big Apple. “I think you have with her a very creative and innovative public servant,” says Steven A. Cohen, an authority on waste management in New York City who is the former... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • 16 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

management and digital marketing tools for entertainment venues and sports teams (largely unused during the pandemic), switched to targeting small- and medium-sized traditional businesses struggling to survive. Fourth Quadrant: Firms... View Details
Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service
  • 07 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

Whether it’s booking a hotel, renting a movie, or buying a car, many of us consult multiple reviews before deciding. It’s called aggregating opinions, and we do it without even thinking about it. Crowdsourcing works so well, in fact, says... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

support the change, and evaluating the change implementation). We examine this relationship using data from 89 clinical managers at the United Kingdom National Health Service who implemented change projects between 2003 and 2004. Our... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

the point that given the rarity of the strategic approaches to resource allocation, district leaders need more guidance and tools to help them make better decisions and manage the consequences, particularly when they are under enormous... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Interviewing - Alumni

other than a traffic violation? Response : No. I've never been convicted of anything other than a minor traffic violation. Follow Up Guidelines Send each person you meet with a thank you email as soon as possible. If you are sending View Details
  • 09 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

for the business, family, and owners. In many cases, family members have multiple roles in the system, like father-owner-manager, daughter-employee, or aunt-owner. These multiple roles and ties can create... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
  • 02 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

know how to do it." The third thing is team. We look for engineering vision and execution, sales, and entrepreneurship in a team. Typically, it's at least two people; sometimes it's three. In the early stages, I tend to invest behind an entrepreneur, not behind a... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley