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- 28 Apr 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Sweden’s Northvolt Electric Battery Maker: A Startup with a Mission
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
many of its funds as mid-size. Shifting to a majority mid-sized fund designation might confuse the investment community that now associated Brown Capital with its winning small-company strategy. What’s more, their mid-sized company fund... View Details
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
Sandra J., and Matthew Preble Abstract—The article discusses an intern for the technology security company Zantech addressing her concerns about her boss in Seoul, South Korea, regarding an inappropriate suggestion on misrepresenting her... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
Offices may look just as they did in March 2020, but many companies attempting to welcome workers back are finding that the rules of engagement have changed. For many employees, the sweet freedom of remote work has turned into bitterness... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
of Your Organization Author:Ranjay Gulati Publication:Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract In an era of raging commoditization and eroding profit margins, survival depends on resilience: staying one step ahead of your customers. Sure, most View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet
recent TNS study reported the leading activities of Internet users as: used a search engine to find information (81 percent); looked up the news (76 percent); used online banking (74 percent); looked up the weather (65 percent);... View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste
water crisis is, there’s no way between now and June that we can solve the issue.” Perhaps because the threat is so serious, Leni has found that the impending water crisis has made companies more willing to talk to her as she and her HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- Op-Ed
A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM
during the three-year import quotas in the mid-1980s. They must recognize that no matter how wounded Toyota is in the short term by its quality problems, this company is a very tough and able competitor that will move quickly to revamp... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
companies with detailed data on how CEOs allocate their time, which we define as their span of attention. CEOs with larger executive teams do not save time for personal use or to cultivate external constituencies. Instead, CEOs with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
find ones that track their predictions and measure how good they were. “The only way that we get better is by tracking,” Grushka-Cockayne says. She points to weather forecasters, often maligned but pretty reliable. “Those guys see... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971
most powerful person in Boston-head of a privately held, billion-dollar company he built practically from scratch; friend and advisor to politicians of both parties, from Boston's Democratic Mayor Tom Menino to the Bay State's Republican... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
disadvantaged communities. Issues like racial and economic equity are central to this, and this will be the definition used for the purposes of this paper. EJ policy and company practices often uses terms like “communities;” the Justice40... View Details
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
in a major global beer company as a strategic partner at this difficult time? Or should they stay on as controlling owners, inject millions of dollars into the company from other parts of the family business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
layoffs and lost revenues, for example - weak companies are artificially supported," he explains. "Other firms won't or can't restructure themselves or exit unprofitable businesses because they are too set in their ways, lack sound... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
CasPhotography What Can the Harley-Davidson Case Teach Us About Managing in a Politicized Environment? The advice to Harley-Davidson’s management from respondents of this month’s column is to (1) ensure that politics doesn’t deter the View Details
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather events beyond its control. However, fewer voters punish the ruling party when its government responds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Climate Impact - Business & Environment
Alumni Climate Impact Alumni Climate Impact Alumni Founders: How is Your Company Accelerating Climate Solutions? Eric Adamson MBA 2013 | Co-Founder & CEO, Tortuga AgTech “At Tortuga AgTech, we’re building AI-driven robotics to enable... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Business Administration, Emeritus Alumni Achievement Awards Ralph M. Barford (MBA '52) President, Valleydene Corporation Limited Chairman, GSW Inc. Despite occupying diverse industry sectors, several of Canada's best-known blue-chip View Details
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
ways including extreme heat, extreme weather events, air pollution along with increases in diseases and disease transmission. The impacts of climate change are not felt equally, according to the US EPA, “people who already face the... View Details