Business Transformation - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2014
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Building a better India through business and philanthropy

the Piramal Group into one of India’s largest conglomerates and the country’s third-largest pharmaceutical company. “We have transformed ourselves from an India-centric business to a global business,” says... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

organizational values and business ethics, Paine has long focused on American companies engaged primarily in domestic U.S. business. But faced with an increasing number of questions from international students about whether U.S. corporate... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

The charter school movement was supposed to transform American public education. So far, though, the results have been mixed. But HBS grads nationwide are offering new approaches, innovative methods, unique models—all of them begging the... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

31 Oct 2019
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Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup

Clubs News Clubs News Wisconsin executives share success More than 100 alumni and guests of the HBS Club of Wisconsin gathered on October 8 at the Fiserv Forum, home arena of the Milwaukee Bucks, to explore how two local business leaders... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2017
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HBS Online Certificate Programs Offer Unique Insight Into Business

HBX course participants at ConneXt HBS Online course participants at ConneXt When Harvard Business School Online, formerly called HBX, was first conceptualized, the goal was to create a transformational... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

generation of Internet-savvy consumers, and how today's CEOs can transform their own focus and that of their organizations from "dot-com" concerns to a more sweeping "dot-corp" vision. Next up was Microsoft president Steve Ballmer, who... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Faculty Books

Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Being Shot Down by John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead (Harvard Business Review Press) Professor Emeritus Kotter and his coauthor reveal how to win the support ideas need to deliver results. The key is... View Details

Keywords: business proposals; financial regulation

01 Jun 2002
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HBS Press Books in Brief

entrepreneurship and a fascinating case study of a large media business both experiencing and driving change. In their groundbreaking book, The Venture Imperative: A New Model for Corporate Innovation, Heidi Mason and Tim Rohner — leading... View Details

Keywords: Harvard Business School Press; books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Jan 2014
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The Power to Change

Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Harvard Business School. Yet for all his big thinking, Wilcox doesn't necessarily view himself as a visionary. He says he's more the guy to help transform the Big Idea from mere... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Business and Environment Initiative; Scientific Research and Development Services