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Power to the People
By: Eric D. Werker
Every nongovernmental organization has a mission statement. For example, CARE, one of the world's largest and best-funded NGOs, explains its mission as serving "individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Food; Service Operations; Inflation and Deflation; Experience and Expertise; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Knowledge; Poverty; Agribusiness; Diversity; Non-Governmental Organizations; Innovation and Invention; India
Werker, Eric D. "Power to the People." Foreign Policy, no. 169 (November–December 2008).
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
performance. In summary, the polarized claims that corporate voluntary regulation represents a win-win opportunity-or constitutes a smokescreen that allows firms to operate with less regulatory oversight-are misguided. Instead, the key to efficient and effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
the United States. The latest Interbrand listing of the most valuable global brands reveals seven American brands in the top ten and sixty in the top hundred, more than twice the expected numbers based on... View Details
- February 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
Avaya (A)
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Performance Improvement; Relationships; Sales; Cooperation
Godes, David B. "Avaya (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-048, February 2008. (Revised April 2008.)
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
the value of business school research. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University in Montreal devoted a book to his contention that "conventional MBA programs train the wrong people in the wrong ways with the wrong consequences." Leadership, central to the mission... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- HBS Case
Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off
hadn’t purchased his AR-15 assault-style rifle at a Dick’s Sporting Goods store. But he had legally bought a different shotgun months earlier at a local Dick’s outlet—and that hit close enough to home for Stack. “I don’t want to be part of the story anymore,” Stack... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- February 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Supplement
Avaya (D): Early Results of the Demand Generation Initiative
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the... View Details
Godes, David B. "Avaya (D): Early Results of the Demand Generation Initiative." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-051, February 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508023 Identifying and Exploiting the Right Entrepreneurial Opportunity...For You Harvard Business School Case 808-043 This note provides an analytical framework for assessing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)
the right people are confident, suggests recent research by Thomas Graeber, assistant professor at Harvard Business School. His work tested the effects of meta-cognition—essentially, whether more skilled people are also more confident... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 24 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World
stories contain pearls of management wisdom for today’s executives looking to lead with excellence. “Without exception, all these people are opportunity seekers,” says Simons of the leaders profiled, which include former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 26 Apr 2024
- HBS Case
Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory
black socks in the training room may be the same person who costs you the game.” Companies can set similar expectations of employees. “Every profession has the equivalent of a uniform,” Sanders says. “Every workplace has rules.” 4. Send the View Details
- 15 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work
You feel your career stalling, with no clear path for advancement or a raise. You know the right conversation, artfully navigated, with the right individual at the right time... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
What fuels a global economy? Certainly the easy flow of capital across national boundaries would seem near the top of the list. But financial globalization is not an on/off switch, notes Professor Rawi Abdelal. Different countries and... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 22 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
How to Make AI 'Forget' All the Private Data It Shouldn't Have
can learn to mimic, associating the right output to a given input. And this paradigm works fantastically well. Increasingly, these models are trained on very large datasets that contain data that we might not actually want to include... View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Book
Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You
manage my feelings,’” Brooks says. “They don’t treat their self-management with the same seriousness that they treat their corporate management.” Big idea 1: The right path for you A straight sprint up the corporate ladder is what society... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making
What determines whether decisions happen on the bottom, middle, or top rung of the corporate ladder? New research offers a surprising conclusion: The answer often lies in the technology that a company uses. Information-based systems, such... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
essence, collaboration can help firms improve their bottom and their top lines. For a few, it provides a real source of competitive advantage. Q: You mention in the paper that many efforts at innovation collaboration fail because they... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?
investors, for example, we want our leaders to be happy. We laud such things as the ability to teach, listen, and learn; determination; humility; frugality; and other qualities. The ability to deal with loneliness at the top of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out
much as 80 percent of tuition for delivering top applicants. “If you're not really thinking about how these little subtle differences might occur here, before people even apply, then maybe you're missing out on potential non-traditional... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne