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  • 08 Sep 2008
  • HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

profits when one side is subsidized in equilibrium. By contrast, if platforms make positive margins on both sides, the same investment has the regular, expected effects. Our analysis implies that the strategy space and the logic of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

climate change, which can be both overwhelming but also incredibly exciting. Many Climate Rising guests stressed the importance of finding a career you enjoy, and seeking roles that align with both your passions and your strengths. Erin Craig, VP-Customer Solutions and... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course... View Details
  • January 2008
  • Article

Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus

By: Zoltan J. Acs, Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William C. Strange
Like all politics, all entrepreneurship is local. Individuals launch firms and, if successful, expand their enterprises to other locations. But new firms must start somewhere, even if their businesses are conducted largely or exclusively on the Internet. Likewise,... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Business Startups; Development Economics; Economy; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Taxation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Business Processes; Expansion; Internet
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  • 25 May 2011
  • HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

problem yet, but at some point I imagine it could be," Ton surmises. "Opening stores in new markets is typically not a way to sustain internal promotions." Growing Pains? The case turns on the question of future growth for... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 04 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
  • 12 Feb 2020
  • Blog Post

Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

successful startups develop and execute strategy in very fast-moving, uncertain environments to help increase the chances of building a successful, sustainable enterprise. The course is designed for students... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2015
  • First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

international expansion strategy. Despite significant progress in the literature, we have identified three areas for extension and enhancement in understanding strategy beyond markets. First, we currently have limited understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

more than 20 case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement. At the center of this work is the concept of organizational coherence: aligning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

  PublicationsOne Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy Authors:Robert G. Eccles and Michael Krzus Publication:John Wiley and Sons, Inc., forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Dec 2019
  • Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

secret recipe that has sustained the roughly 700 Japanese companies that are still in business after more than 300 years? How do they survive and adapt? These are the questions Harvard Business School Professor Hirotaka Takeuchi and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 16 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

Recommendations are based on analyses of individuals’ career histories in the professional services sector and other settings, such as appliance manufacturing, oil and gas, health care, and education. The article proposes strategies on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Jun 2024
  • Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

I. She will join Ayala Corporation, the oldest conglomerate in the Philippines, as a corporate strategy manager, where she’ll be charged with active portfolio management across its business units and investments. During your EC year, what... View Details
  • January 2008
  • Article

Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things

By: Clayton M. Christensen, Stephen P. Kaufman and Willy C. Shih
Most companies aren't half as innovative as their senior executives want them to be (or as their marketing claims suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices.... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Prejudice and Bias; Value Creation
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  • 16 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

fragilities on the monetary side. The appetite for dollar, which is already high after crises, is growing these days at unprecedented levels. During sustained interruptions of the GVC, like after the outbreak of the COVID-19 in China,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award in the Strategy and General Management category for “Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant” (HBS Case 318-104) with Nancy Hua Dai. 2022 Arthur C. Brooks : Received the 2022 Irving Kristol... View Details
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • Research & Ideas

8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End

Beijing National Stadium, also called the "Bird's Nest," has been in use since the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (bingdian) Few sporting events can equal the pageantry, scale, and drama of the Olympic Games. When an Olympic host city is announced, champagne... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Sports
  • 16 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

We close with an attempt to identify strategies to close the gap between the unethical people we are and the ethical people that we strive to be. Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0910.html#wp10-070 When the Name Is the Game Authors:Marco Bertini, John Gourville, and Elie Ofek Publication:Business Strategy Review 22, no. 3 (2011) Abstract In Romeo and Juliet,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel