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- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
competitive by integrating activities and coordinating resources across national borders. At the same time, they also need to be sensitive and responsive to national differences in consumer tastes and government requirements, for example.... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
significant ways in a relatively short time. I think that every business professional and executive has a model of "what's next." If you asked most executives what's going to happen over the next 12 or even 18 months, what they will be doing, what their major... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
Identify strategic opportunities and articulate the business case for sustainability to achieve corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals within your or your clients' organization. "I now have a better understanding of sustainability... View Details
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership View Details
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assistant buyer and rose to overseeing buying in Europe and Asia. He was one of the first Black executives at Macy's. Wilkinson later moved to the New York City Transit Authority, becoming executive officer for surface transit with operating View Details
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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership View Details
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
episodes with the question: What advice do you have for people considering a career in business and climate change? Below is a distillation of the responses from some of the podcast guests over the past two years: Find your passion and... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
still works out with former and current world champions at least five days a week at one of the martial arts academies he owns in Singapore. Sityodtong launched Evolve Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in 2009 as a response to an unanswered... View Details
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Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
mergers, Parliament began to regulate the level of capital and the number of acquisitions permitted. William Gladstone, political leader and Christian socialist philosopher, believed the state had moral responsibilities to the public... View Details
- 30 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?
response to last month's column suggests both a conclusion and a question: It will be different, but will it be more effective? First, the differences. Corporate governance in the future will, according to Devdip Ganguli, reflect an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
through referrals stayed constant at about a third, meaning these recruited workers were coming at the expense of direct applicants. “People are still using their personal networks to find jobs, but now the firm is doing much more of the... View Details
- 20 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
he succeeded so convincingly playing the game of market capitalism that first emerged in the late 19th century and grew to great influence during the 20th century. This game or system has been dominated in many industries by large,... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
questions, questions that students assume primary responsibility for discussing. There is no assumption that there is always a right answer. Rather the emphasis is on the quality of analyses and thought processes employed in coming up... View Details
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
A board's most important function is approval and oversight of strategy and of major strategic decisions, such as acquisitions and large capital expenditures. Boards are responsible for selecting (or replacing) the CEO, counseling and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
and the department's overall direction. Even John Cho had nodded in response to some of Barton's remarks. His resolute actions had also gained him the confidence of the company's senior leadership. In meetings of that group, Barton's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added to the HBS Online Community's Official Networking Group and gain exclusive access to events and other... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
the wane. "I fear that social networks may make the problem worse," commented Gamaliel Pascual. "The technology may be hardwiring a younger generation to create virtual tribes where the congregation is based on shared biases/values."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
extent of wrongful benefits and damages from 600 years of international harm to the African continent. Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet By Chris Dixon (MBA 2003) Random House The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a... View Details
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
risk only after you're stricken with a heart attack. He describes various approaches for reviewing your organization with a clean sheet of paper. For example, one approach involves creating a task force of younger emerging company... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
gifts can be spent immediately, they have a significant impact on cash from operations and, therefore, the School's ability to capitalize on emerging strategic opportunities. For example, current use giving has enabled the School to... View Details