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17 May 2016
First Look

May 17, 2016

2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: John A. Quelch. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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About Michael Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

management and competitiveness . The author of 19 books and over 130 articles, he is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School and the director of the school’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness,... View Details

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Business and the Environment: Critical Perspectives in Business and Management

By: Susse Georg and Andrew J. Hoffman

Over the past four decades, the concept of corporate environmentalism has passed through multiple iterations. Prompted by landmark environmental events such the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962), the Santa Barbara oil spill, the Cuyahoga River fire,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Management; Natural Environment

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18 Aug 2009
First Look

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Start-up's Midlife Crisis: 99Sushe.com Harvard Business School Case 309-060 Now into their third year at the helm of an Internet start-up in China, Ken Pao and Bill Li were managing a totally different company (with a new name) from the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

a small subset of the database available to the public on the Leadership Initiative Web site, the full database is available to other scholars interested in studying the business leadership landscape. There is no similar database that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2015
Blog Post

2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business

business, I knew I had to apply. The 2+2 Program reaffirmed my belief that business has the potential to impact all industries and all aspects of life. What was your undergraduate background?I attended NYU’s Gallatin School of... View Details

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

Jones assets, under an integrity clause included in the deal: that News Corp must preserve the integrity of DJ and all of the company's publications and newsgathering services. Emperors, including media emperors, don't expect to be caught... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

25 Aug 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers

Keywords: by Julia Rose Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer & Michael W. Toffel; Health

10 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum

the real world works with racism and power the day they leave the School than the day they arrived.” Austin: This course was more important to HKS’s mission—improving public policy and leadership—than any... View Details

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

institutional theorists from around the world gathered at Harvard Business School to address head-on how institutional theory research and tools can help practitioners address work-related and societal issues—and how academics in the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

06 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

do no more than palliate public outrage. What we need is a much more comprehensive look at the recent scandals so that we can begin to figure out what the real issues are. As a start, let's consider one of corporate America's biggest... View Details

Keywords: by William Sahlman

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

guy who calls the guy.'" When David Lax, my coauthor on 3-D Negotiation: Creating and Claiming Value for the Long Term (forthcoming from Harvard Business School Press), and I were advising a client who was seeking to sell his... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

Business History at HBS traces its roots back to 1927 when it was part of a course in business policy. But the golden age for this area of study at the School began with the arrival of Professor Alfred Chandler in 1970. Universally... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

09 Jan 2006
What Do You Think?

Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?

students. Manohar Kamath put it this way: "We need to extend transparency. If grades do not predict work performance, then there is a problem in the design of management education." Michael Robbins wrote, "We need schools... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

It's common in Harvard Business School classrooms to discuss the "pivot," the moment an enterprise changes direction to pursue a new strategy. On a visit to eastern Japan, MBA students talked to Masamichi Ono, CEO of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

Management ; Insurance ; Insurance Industry ; Financial Services Industry ; North America Citation Educators Related Narayandas, Das, and Kerry Herman. "New WOW at Equitable (A): A New Way of Working." Harvard Business School Case... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

Supply Chains." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-061, June 2025. More Publications In the News 29 Jul 2025 Harvard Business Review Why Kindness Isn’t a Nice to Have By: Amy Edmondson 29 Jul 2025... View Details

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

the top 10 leaderboard this year. But the fact is, America has been slipping since the year 2000, long before the housing bubble burst and recession swept the country, say Harvard Business School Professors Michael E. Porter and Jan W.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

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Program Details - Doctoral

institution to complete their undergraduate degrees. We are unable to sponser participants from institutions outside of the U.S., recent graduates, or graduate students. Individuals taking summer school courses, preparing for summer... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Global Ambition

two kids and a dog, living in Beijing. To show their appreciation for the tremendous impact HBS has had on their lives, Kao and Chew have given back to the School consistently since graduation, both as volunteers and donors. They help out... View Details

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