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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity
scales, it’s incumbent upon us to ensure that our work is concerned with human dignity and quality of life. When we consider the history of our workforce and cultural practices around labor, trends reveal... View Details
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Business of Ideas - Course Catalog
How do idea generators and the businesses surrounding them create and capture value? How do different distribution models impact perception? This course complements RC BGIE, offering students a social and View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
Challenges and Trends The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." For many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
capital in the world. It's time we had some kind of a health-care/SEC equivalent. There are some encouraging trends in the private sector. For example, Sears Holdings Corporation and Darden Restaurants are now giving employees cash... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
without informing other departments, leading to waste and duplication. Respect among peers declined. Employees regularly went to the press to air grievances, reinforcing the BBC's culture of blame.— Rosabeth Moss Kanter BBC: In 1999, the... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
to which the trend is a product of nature (declining employee motivation, changing aspirations, shorter-term planning, etc.) or nurture (such things as leadership, hiring policies, organization, incentives, and the job environment they... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
“Over the last decade, the library has fielded an increasing number of inquiries from scholars interested in topics beyond traditional economic or business history,” notes Laura Linard, Baker’s director of Historical Collections. “We’ve had inquiries from industrial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
history, it’s likely the crisis would have been avoided, Cook argues. Six years after the government takeover of Fannie and Freddie, taxpayers continue to own and heavily subsidize one of the largest companies in the world. Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
and differences in entrepreneurship as practiced in the U.S. and abroad? What are the reasons for these differences? A: I'll start with a key similarity. The basic notion that people act in their perceived self-interest is a given. In View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog
Our sessions will begin with a look at the major political, economic and social trends that are dominating the continent. We will then examine the business environment and look at the peculiar features of... View Details
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
consumer trend or technological development may be emerging in Germany or Japan, not your home market," Bartlett says. "Having eyes and ears around the world is critical, as is having the response capabilities to tap into the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
of social structure and the relations of power that underlie them. The article proposes a more empirical approach to framing accountability—"thick description"—that might enable scholars to better understand how View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
been a series of interwoven threads. Coming back to HBS has been an opportunity to tie them together," says Senior Lecturer Diana Barrett. The most recent of the three to return to HBS, Barrett joined the faculty in 1998, drawn by her love of teaching, the School's... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- November 2024
- Case
Innovation at Master Kong Beverages
By: David E. Bell and Shu Lin
Hong-Chen Wei (HBS MBA 2014), Chairman of KSF Beverage Holding Co., Ltd. (KSFB), was steering the company toward the premium segment with the launch of “InheriTea,” a premium, sugar-free tea product. Traditionally, KSFB’s flagship brand, Master Kong, catered to the... View Details
- 04 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Blogs
Insider, http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/ (multiple authors; archived since June 2006) MBA 1986H Jules Pieri, http://julespieri.wordpress.com/ (“musings on design, social networking, cultural... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
must disrupt the way we think about social change. The author suggests how this can be done by sharing stories and case studies focused on innovative approaches to large-scale social change. Operating Model... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
"Silicon Valley is definitely a strong influence in Asia," says Leonard, "but its trends are subject to a different cultural filter." The list of HBS research projects in the Asia-Pacific... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
country that had missed the industrial revolution that happened in many other countries in the 19th century, and then had suffered terribly under Mao since 1949. The so-called Great Leap Forward in 1958 triggered a famine that killed 40 million people, and in 1966,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession (Princeton University Press), HBS associate professor Rakesh Khurana builds a case for the systemic argument. He also... View Details