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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

diverse work organizations. She examines these processes through the lens of: best-self actualization, strategic authenticity, image management, positive relationships, racial, cultural and gender diversity, strengths-based development,... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

of Harvard Business School and Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change. Laura’s research examines how leaders cultivate positive identities in diverse work organizations. She has published research articles, teaching... View Details

19 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806063 Sharp Corp. 2004 Harvard Business School Case 706-508 Presents the performance of Sharp Corp. in 2004. Illustrates Sharp's continuing leadership in the high end LCD... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

the China business as part of a global portfolio, under a range of geopolitical scenarios. The Imperfectionists: Strategic Mindsets for Uncertain Times By Robert McLean and Charles Conn (MBA 1990) Wiley The world is changing faster and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Mo Fong

Google, Mo worked at PayPal in risk management and was the Executive Director of the Stanford Educational Leadership Initiative (https://seli.stanford.edu/). She started her career as a high school math and chemistry teacher and... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Education; Government; Social Enterprise; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All)

01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

Alumni Books Think to Win: Unleashing the Power of Strategic Thinking by Paul Butler, John F. Manfredi, and Peter Klein (MBA 1971) (McGraw-Hill Education) The authors provide a proven plan for making View Details

01 Jan 2004
News

A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

Gamble's leadership training programs. There's nothing like having to step into a decision maker's shoes to learn about leadership." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "If you can find work that both stretches you and plays to your strengths,... View Details

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

Strategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies (revised) Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Profile

Patrick Akl

combine a CPU and a graphics processor on one piece of silicon. While the engineering work was rewarding, Patrick became increasingly intrigued by the strategic complexities of running a large corporation like AMD. “I already had a good... View Details

01 Dec 2021
What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

highlights, is difficult to change overnight However, it can be expedited with the right leader at the helm who demonstrates the will, the attitude, and the passion for change.” Moses Moshe Kaisara added, “The leadership sets the pace of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2008
News

HBS Records an “Excellent” Year

Publishing (HBSP) together contributed more than half of the School’s revenue growth. Executive Education revenue increased by $10 million, reflecting a positive market response to the newly launched Comprehensive Leadership Programs and... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2016
News

Ears to the Ground

division. When Ralph Clark (MBA 1993) took over as CEO of ShotSpotter in 2010, he inherited a groundbreaking technology and a broken business model. The company uses sensors, strategically placed throughout an urban area, to instantly... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; photography by Vance Jacobs

01 Dec 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

best global brands are by design also the leading local brands. The authors offer a new way to think about place in every strategic decision, from where to place products on the shelf to how to leverage consumer associations with... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

May 2003 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Harlem Children's Zone, The: Driving Performance with Measurement and Evaluation

By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran

Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, wanted his organization to grow dramatically to reach thousands of poor and underserved children in Harlem. The agency ran a variety of successful social service programs throughout New York City that were separately... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Organizational Structure; Performance Evaluation; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Valuation

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Purchase

07 Sep 2021
News

Building New Connections

opportunities to educate and connect our alumni as lifelong learners. Additionally, having served most recently as the Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Financial Planning, Foley worked closely with CFO Richard P. Melnick in advising... View Details

June 2025
Supplement

Transforming a Titan (B)

By: George Serafeim and Lena Duchene

After a global search the board appoints Marcel Cobuz—ex-LafargeHolcim executive with deep innovation experience—as TITAN’s first non-family CEO. Cobuz co-creates a four-pillar roadmap: sharpen the core cement portfolio, accelerate low-carbon products and aggregates,... View Details

Keywords: CEO Succession; CEO Role; Family Business; AI and Machine Learning; Green Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Selection and Staffing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Strategic Planning; Business Strategy

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14 May 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams

include: Team learning has value for organizations; learning in teams is seen as a key mechanism through which learning organizations become strategically and operationally adaptive and responsive. How the learning of individual work... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

23 Apr 2019
Blog Post

HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders

future success. Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times A book for managers who strive to be great leaders, Nancy Koehn’s book Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous View Details

Keywords: All Industries

29 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

opportunities and elicit strategic responses by focal firms. We develop theory and provide empirical evidence of how innovative activity changes in response to product recalls in the U.S. medical device industry. Focal firm recalls slow... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Dec 2009
News

In the Zone

replicate that success, the Obama Administration has made an early commitment of $10 million to fund the strategic start-up effort involved in translating HCZ’s approach to 20 “Promise Neighborhoods” in cities across the country. Lauren... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

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