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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
Cofounder & Managing Partner, Material Impact Carmichael Roberts Partner, Breakthrough Energy Ventures; Cofounder & Managing Partner, Material Impact Carmichael Roberts co‐leads the investment committee at Breakthrough Energy, a mission‐oriented group View Details
- January 2012 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Dow Chemical: Innovating for Sustainability
Dow Chemical is one of the few major American industrial corporations that was founded in the late 19th century that is still in existence. From its origins producing bromine out of the brine underneath Midland, Michigan, the company has evolved from a diversified... View Details
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Shelley Xin Li. "Dow Chemical: Innovating for Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 112-064, January 2012. (Revised June 2013.)
- January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
The Carlyle Group
By: Robert G. Eccles and Carin-Isabel Knoop
This case describes the investment philosophy, organizational structure, management processes and culture of the largest private equity firm in the world measured in terms of assets under management ($89 billion). The Carlyle Group is distinctive in several ways,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Assets; Private Equity; Investment; Global Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Information Technology; Asia; Washington (state, US)
Eccles, Robert G., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "The Carlyle Group." Harvard Business School Case 409-050, January 2009. (Revised April 2009.)
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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity
split in how companies approach the workforce, with some reaffirming a commitment to diversity, while others are removing diversity considerations in their hiring and succession planning. These two aspects of today’s business landscape... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
in a mutual caring way and also to help their firm excel. The designer can encourage this by fostering firm-wide symbols, rituals, and norms. However, any such social contract must be a mutual commitment to be effective. The leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
innovation, and we’re committed to continuing that tradition. You can see that in how we’ve approached generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in the program this year. From early in 2023, when we began planning our policy on GAI, we... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 09 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages
warehouse workers eager to move up in some of its districts. The company then offered to train those workers to obtain a commercial driver’s license. In exchange for training, workers had to commit to driving for US Foods for two years.... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
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Financial Aid - Alumni
Stories Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) Ryan is fostering the next generation of leaders through an MBA fellowship fund he established that honors his parents commitment to education. Jonathan and Jeannie Lavine (both MBA 1992) In addition to... View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, examines an alternative route for American teenagers and companies alike: The apprenticeships popular in many European countries. Looking closely at a successful US apprentice program in which high school... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Pre-Class Arrival - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
instructor energize the subsequent class discussion and signal strong commitment to learning. Transcript Christensen Center Tip Sheets Characteristics of Effective Case Method Teaching Elements of Effective Class Preparation Guidelines... View Details
- 22 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees
households to their companies,” Neeley says. “The least you can do is care about how they are.” While people may have hesitated to talk about their responsibilities at home prior to the pandemic for fear that they may not appear fully View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Leadership - Health Care
commitment to the healthcare sector. Her familiarity with the city's healthcare institutions is a testament to her knowledge and engagement in the industry. Outside of work, Lanika is a devoted volunteer, seizing opportunities to... View Details
- 15 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
From Teacher to Student: The Important Ways HBS Professors Showed Me How to Lead
were deeply committed to our learning and growth. What makes HBS professors so special is the extra effort they make to get to know us, which goes far beyond a professor's investment in our academic development. Before my very first FRC... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Raphael Geismar, MBA 2006
his 5th Reunion—a commitment backed with his own lead gift. He designated his gift to the Dean’s Fund because, he says bluntly, “the School knows better than I what to use it for. HBS is well managed and there is no doubt gifts will be... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
The Ritual Effect
enhance feelings of control, which reduces grief; in business negotiations, enacting rituals like handshaking can increase feelings of trust, which enables better working relationships. And the list goes on: rituals can increase belonging over family holidays, and... View Details
Keywords: rituals
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
SVMP Gave Me the Courage to Fail
discussions. The small teams provided safe spaces to test new ideas and learn about the case topic from a new perspective. In these teams, each of us was encouraged to lead the discussion, which was a new experience for many of us. In a small way, this experience... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
so-called impact funds, or funds that hope to create positive social or environmental impact. In Anchors Aweigh: Analysis of Anchor Limited Partner Investors in Impact Investment Funds, the authors describe anchors as “generally the first investor to make a substantial... View Details
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
company location, industry, skill set, and even an individual company’s cultural preference. “The notion that we will go back to a point in which at least some firms will not commit to remote work—we've passed that moment.” From 2019 to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 11 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
manager gets the negative emotion wrong, talking about it is still better than ignoring the emotion completely. The team points to research showing an expectations gap between managers and employees. While managers view emotional support as View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment
range of career choices: Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship: Grants awards of approximately $10,000 to 7 to 10 first-year MBA students who have exhibited leadership and an extraordinary commitment to working in the not-for-profit sector. HBS... View Details