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Corporate Governance

The characteristics and structure of boards of directors have important implications for firm performance. Professor Wang has found that firms with well-connected boards whose members have strong network connections provide economic benefits that are not immediately... View Details

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28 Jun 2022
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The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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News - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Competitiveness Partner to Develop Value Measurement Tool for Hospitals Washington, DC (July 18, 2019): Leaders from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness gathered on Capitol Hill today to... View Details

16 May 2013
HBS Seminar

Robert Gierkink, Chairman, Datalogix

01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

forward, I will speak only in English,” he announced at his weekly asakai—the company-wide staff meeting. Within two years, he declared, all employees would be required to demonstrate proficiency in English. The motivation for... View Details

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

of the mediator, he opened discussions by announcing that the eventual outcome was obvious and that he was prepared to make a final offer: 3 percent, the most he could have offered. The union's leadership was pleased by this offer—yet... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

24 May 2017
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John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

the company when Brennan announced his retirement. “But he put so much energy into the development of people that he was confident we would succeed.” Like so many colleagues, McNabb is clearly full of respect and admiration for his... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

“many are upset that we didn’t speak out against the bill.” He stated that leaders in the company were opposed to the bill, but chose not to speak out, instead working behind the scenes to stop it, “engaging directly with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.” He then... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

decision was announced captures the despair and anger of the workers to be displaced. It also captures a management team trying to act reasonably by giving workers a rare one-year notice of the move—but doing so with a tin ear. For... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

06 Aug 2021
Book

Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO

up your mind.” "The computer industry creates more has-beens more quickly than any other. Steve was determined not to be one of them." There are two reasons that only Steve Jobs could have saved Apple in 1997. First, Jobs persuaded Bill Gates to continue supporting... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Apr 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

course, Eisenmann teaches cases on cloud storage company Dropbox and the social search service Aardvark. Both firms' founders were early practitioners of the lean startup method. The Dropbox team initially announced a bare-bones version... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer

June 2017 (Revised December 2017)
Case

CJ E&M: KCON Goes Global

By: Elie Ofek and Michael Norris

In January of 2017, CJ Entertainment & Media (E&M) proudly announced that it will be holding its first ever KCON in Mexico City just two months later. CJ Group Chairman Jay Lee and Vice Chairwoman Miky Lee are pleased at the progress that KCON, a Korean-oriented music... View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Food; Music Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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01 Jun 1998
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Simmons Family Endows Professorship

and make time for family life, believe in hard work, and support their communities. The family recently established a fund to create the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professorship of Business Administration at HBS. In announcing the chair,... View Details

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

company executives, who “biked” there on their own machines. Executives and employees alike shared a devotion to motorcycle culture. Its outlook was improved by the 2017 tax cut that would have reduced its tax bill by $80 to $90 million. This may have contributed to a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

01 May 2023
News

Yahoo Acquires Alumni Startup Wagr

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Last week, Yahoo announced that it had acquired the sports betting startup Wagr, which was cofounded by Mario Malave (MBA 2020) and Eliana Eskinazi (MBA 2020). "Yahoo Sports offers... View Details

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

sustainable water supply, decent affordable housing, personal health, and food supply. By late summer 2014, two products had been designated as BWCs and two others were set to be announced in the fall. Dow senior executives believed that... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

In 2023, the United Kingdom announced its intent to build a real-time biothreat radar, and the US Department of Defense released its first-ever biodefense review, calling for an early warning system. Still, “this is very much an education... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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dollarDEX (1998-2007)

Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman

One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details

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