Organization Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2018
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An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

the production process and lower costs. Yong believes the new facility could also spark manufacturing and innovation for local industry. With only 9 percent of the world’s vehicles being produced on the continent—mostly in South Africa or... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

01 Jun 2010
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Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops

has a triple bottom line philosophy, “people, planet, profits,” and is organized as a B Corporation, a new business structure that is legally required to consider social and environmental impacts. At the day-lit IceStone plant in the... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2018
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A Force for Good

Photo courtesy of Ananth Kasturiraman Photo courtesy of Ananth Kasturiraman There is no shortage of evidence demonstrating that the hiring process is one of the ways in which economic inequalities are perpetuated. Take, for example, the... View Details

19 Jul 2013
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All in Good Time

Andrea Silbert Financial analyst. Grassroots organizer. Social entrepreneur. Candidate for political office. These are just a few of the titles held by Andrea Silbert (MBA 1991 / MPA 1992) over the years. Now president of the Boston-based Eos Foundation, a... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Jun 2002
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Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

research effort. In 1996, however, Cheauré made a dramatic shift when he parlayed his enthusiasm for purebred dogs into a second career and took the helm of the American Kennel Club (AKC), a $60 million not-for-profit organization devoted... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 1998
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John (“Bo”) Kemp

Kemp took a leadership role in helping to communicate the needs and concerns of international students to the HBS community, make the student elections process more efficient, and increase the availability of on-campus housing for... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photograph by Webb Chappell

25 Apr 2016
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Trail Blazer

the state’s Office of Traffic Safety. But things never really got rolling until McMinn became involved in 2008 and rallied 34 local organizations that now occupy the coalition’s board of directors. “People don’t realize the power they... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2006
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Forestalling Terror

information. The role of this case is not to assess how well the intelligence community is doing. Rather, its purpose is to provide an extreme example of the challenge of differentiating and integrating an organization — that is, breaking... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Oct 2019
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A Bid for the Future

out for its novel approach to the issue. The commonwealth’s economic development authority is a professional, nonpartisan organization overseen by a board of directors appointed by the governor and legislature. As a result, the Virginia... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Jun 2016
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Ink

it, a country can use it. Every organization has two conflicting tasks: One is to optimize what you have today; another is to create what will give you leadership 10 years from now. That’s not a job you can wait 10 years to do. The future... View Details

07 Oct 2014
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Network Effect

Alzheimer’s research. At McCance’s urging, they based the organization on venture capital principles: locate visionaries and invest in them; run a lean, frugal institution; and take the risk on bold ideas with enormous promise. Having... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

12 May 2022
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Turning a Moment into a Movement

Even though Aisha Dozie (MBA 2002) had served on the boards of several private and nonprofit organizations over her career, her two-year search for the directorship of a public board proved to be a “pretty tricky and convoluted” process.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

changing role in American society since the 1960s. Her analysis revealed how women’s movements adopted organizing strategies from the Civil Rights movement, leading to both progress and pushback. “As a group unifies and gains rights it... View Details

10 Mar 2011
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Philanthropy’s Dilemma

process of seeking answers to six key questions, each comprising a chapter: What are my values and beliefs? What is “success” and how can it be achieved? What am I accountable for? What will it take to get the job done? How do I partner... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Dec 2018
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Research Is the Foundation

high-tech giant Rakuten’s globalization process for five straight years following an English mandate for thousands of its Japanese employees. “We traveled to eight countries with tremendous assistance from the HBS global research... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

intend to navigate the regulatory environment? In particular, how could they educate governments and ease concerns about the various types of risk pertaining to payments and currency? —Caleb Reeves (GMP 16, 2014) Even though there are View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

01 Mar 2014
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Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

black rights offers a firsthand view of the debates, boycotts, marches, and negotiations that would change the face of race relations in Chicago and the United States at large. Think Inside the Box: Discover the Exceptional Business inside Your View Details

25 Feb 2020
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The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation

effects of organizations allowing employees to “work from anywhere” and why geographic mobility has led to increased innovation. The movement of employees, Choudhury found in one study, promoted tacit knowledge transfer across... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2003
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DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers

has the potential to become a national powerhouse. The organization is getting assistance from the HBS Partners of 63, a group of more than eighty members of the Class of 1963 who support a variety of educational initiatives. Members of... View Details