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  • 02 Jul 2012
  • News

Power Play Strategies for Women

  • 22 Jun 2019
  • News

President Kenyatta hosts Harvard professors at State House

  • October 2020
  • Teaching Note

Swissgrid: Enterprise Risk Management in a Digital Age

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes
This note was prepared by HBS Professor Robert Kaplan and Professor Anette Mikes (University of Oxford) for the purpose of aiding classroom instructors in the use of “Swissgrid: Enterprise Risk Management in a Digital Age,” HBS No. 119-045. View Details
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  • 01 Aug 2023
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Business Transform Primary Health Care Across Africa?

Keywords: Re: Regina E. Herzlinger; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • 12 Mar 2020
  • Video

Robert Brozin

Robert Brozin, the co-Founder of Nando’s, a South African-based restaurant chain specializing in Portuguese food, discusses how after building his business he sought a greater purpose, and found this purpose in... View Details
  • September 1975
  • Background Note

Market Analysis

Describes the nature and purposes of market analysis. Among topics briefly discussed are primary and selective demand, determinants of demand, market segmentation, the product life cycle, and temporal or cyclical demand variations. Intended as background reading in an... View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Markets; Marketing
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  • 2008
  • Article

Diversification of Chinese Companies: An International Comparison

By: Joseph P.H. Fan, Jun Huang, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Troy D. Smith and Mengxin Zhao
The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic comparison of the level of business diversification in China and eight other large economies for the 2001-2005 period. The reasons why publicly listed Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere are... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; State Ownership; Diversification; China
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  • October 2019 (Revised August 2022)
  • Case

Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance

By: Michael Chu, Brian Trelstad and John Masko
In 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio’s beleaguered urban core. Two years later, the pair made their first... View Details
Keywords: Fast Moving Consumer Goods; Social Entrepreneurship; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employment; Human Capital; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Social Marketing; Mission and Purpose; Prejudice and Bias; City; Urban Scope; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio; United States
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  • Clubs

Salsa Society

  • Clubs

Canadian Club

  • January 1983 (Revised July 2007)
  • Case

Mat MacGregor (A)

Mat MacGregor took charge of a failing project but failed to turn it around because of a variety of personal, technical, cultural, and political reasons. The purpose of the case is to understand the underlying dynamics and their implications. View Details
Keywords: Management Skills; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Failure; Projects; Personal Characteristics
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  • August 2006 (Revised July 2007)
  • Background Note

Fundamentals of Family Business System Governance

By: John A. Davis
Reviews the purposes and ingredients in the governance (or steering) of a family business system. Explores at a high level the governance of the family business, its owners, and the family. Focuses on how these governance structures, processes, plans, and agreements... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Family Ownership
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  • April 2007 (Revised June 2008)
  • Background Note

USG

By: Elie Ofek and Kerry Herman
Serves as a background note for purposes of class discussion around next-generation innovation at USG. Describes the company, its products, and competitors. Of relevance is the fact that it recently filed for Chapter 11 due to litigation over asbestos-related claims.... View Details
Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Innovation and Invention; Lawsuits and Litigation; Competition
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  • 25 Jan 2022
  • Cold Call Podcast

How Footwear Startup Allbirds is Decarbonizing Fashion

Keywords: Re: Michael W. Toffel
  • 18 Jun 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Khan Academy Scale to Educate Anyone, Anywhere?

Keywords: Education
  • 04 Feb 2020
  • Video

Dr. Manu Chandaria

Manu Chandaria, Chair of the Kenyan-based steel and aluminum group Comcraft, discusses how businesses should look at “profit as a means, not the end.” He assets that the purpose of profit is to improve the... View Details
  • Clubs

Armed Forces Alumni Association

Keywords: Affinity
  • 29 Nov 2021
  • News

HBS Appoints Elizabeth Clark Chief Information Officer

  • November 22, 2023
  • Article

Unifying Your Company Around a Moral Goal

By: Ranjay Gulati
In turbulent times, companies need a reliable anchor to guide decision-making. When organizations become moral communities, underpinned by purpose, they provide that stability for stakeholders as well as a reassuring sense of hope, solidarity, agency, and meaning.... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Corporate Strategy; Leadership
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  • May 1997
  • Case

Center for Women & Enterprise: Looking for a Director of Development with "The Scrappiness Factor"

By: Thomas J. Kosnik and Natalie Zakarian
Andrea Silbert is founder of the Center for Women & Enterprise, a nonprofit with a mission to empower women to become economically self-sufficient and prosperous through entrepreneurship. She must select a new senior sales executive, decide how to share... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Selection and Staffing; Entrepreneurship
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