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- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
new market, meaning it could race up the experience curve and lock in a sustainable advantage vis-à-vis its competitors. That approach could be the underpinning of a big new-growth business. Putting It All Together By systematically... View Details
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, HBS Working Knowledge gathered insights from Harvard Business School faculty about what’s at stake for companies, and how the election might impact workplaces. They offer an assessment as the View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics, learning, conflict, power, and... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
movements of history, sees an oncoming dark age that will last 30,000 years. To shorten that dark age, he will create a foundation and collect the knowledge of the empire. In Ender’s Game, besieged by aliens it can’t communicate with, the human View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
totally honest with you.” The charter network faced a Chicago political landscape in upheaval, with a teacher strike looming and a heated mayoral race underway with education as a focal point. And then, in the fall of 2018, the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
feet above sea level—at twilight and raced nightfall back down. The exhilaration of that climb hooked Moore on mountaineering. At the time the sport was an exclusive one of well-heeled explorers, not endurance athletes, and many untouched... View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsAscent Media Group (A) Harvard Business School Case 607-064 Ascent Media races to adapt to the changes resulting from increasing digitalization of its business, from creative... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
whole lot less ambiguity." In the lessened "ambiguity" of the Palm-to-Handspring story lay many of the lessons Hart hoped her second-year students would hear as their teams raced toward end-of-semester classroom... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
Business School, I now ask you to look forward and consider how you will instill Hard Work, with Humility, for Humanity in the organizations you will lead. How do you get an organization to embrace hard work? Some leaders do it by setting a pace themselves and hoping... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
protection and mimicking and changes in crime victimization. Our findings are consistent with the presence of a negative externality on the poor arising from the protection expenditures of the rich. Seeing and Being Seen Across Differences in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
collect the knowledge of the empire. In Ender’s Game, besieged by aliens it can’t communicate with, the human race seeks its best minds to lead the way against this existential threat, using an online system to identify and train young... View Details
- December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Teaching Note
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
social issues unrelated to their core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBT rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Harvard Business School Case 514-074 Sanofi Pasteur: The Dengue Vaccine Dilemma In 2012, Sanofi Pasteur was racing to develop a vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, and was evaluating this product in a Phase IIb trial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
the high-tech group, and spend time with family. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/913420-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 913-406 Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value Corporate Head of Agriculture Hans Jöhr's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2025 (Revised June 2025)
- Case
Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
In early 2025, boards of directors had to rethink corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts amid rapidly-shifting social, legal, regulatory, and economic forces. While just a few years earlier, calls to address racial justice and climate change reached into... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Social Media; Race; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Social Issues; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Banking Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)." Harvard Business School Case 325-121, April 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- September 2024
- Case
The Health Equity Accelerator at Boston Medical Center
By: Susanna Gallani, Mary Witkowski and Katie Sonnefeldt
This case describes how Boston Medical Center, a hospital and safety net organization, changed its strategic approach to health equity after realizing that previous efforts were not sufficient to address the health disparities among their patients. In 2021, the Health... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Decisions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Diversity; Race; Ethnicity; Urban Scope; Local Range; Equality and Inequality; Health Industry; Boston
Gallani, Susanna, Mary Witkowski, and Katie Sonnefeldt. "The Health Equity Accelerator at Boston Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 125-039, September 2024.
- September 2021
- Case
Brown Capital Management
By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Sarah Mehta
Set in July 2021, this case looks at several growth strategies under consideration at Brown Capital, the second-oldest Black-owned asset management firm in the U.S. Since its 1983 founding, Baltimore-based Brown Capital has specialized in small company growth... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Race; Finance; Equity; Public Equity; Stocks; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employee Ownership; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States; Maryland; Baltimore
Viceira, Luis M., Emily R. McComb, and Sarah Mehta. "Brown Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 222-002, September 2021.
- March 2022 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
When Should CEOs Speak Out Publicly? The 2021 Georgia Voting Law
By: William W. George, Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal
This case describes the March 2021 passage of a voting and elections law in the U.S. state of Georgia and reactions by corporations and corporate leaders to the law. Included are a brief history of voting rights in the United States and Georgia and an overview of the... View Details
Keywords: Voting Rights; CEO Activism; Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Forms of Communication; Announcements; Spoken Communication; Decision Making; Judgments; Voting; Demographics; Nationality; Race; Geography; Geographic Location; Geopolitical Units; Country; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Political Elections; History; Law; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Management Skills; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Psychology; Status and Position; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; United States; Georgia (state, US)