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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
consulting industry, cutting-edge thinkers in the 1990s began to ask why a similar approach couldn’t be applied to the social sector. The conversation took root in places like HBS’s Social Enterprise Initiative; Bain; the Edna McConnell... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Decentralize? Authors:Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
smaller) communities and collaborations of inventors. Fleming and his colleagues found, for example, that at the end of the last decade, half of the patented inventors in Silicon Valley could trace an indirect collaborative path to one... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
we must also ensure that the School is a place where every individual is able to be the best they can be. Groups like the MBA student-led Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council as well as staff affinity groups are important steps toward... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
need to think critically about what you are doing every 100 years or so, whether you need to or not,” Dean Jay Light wryly observed in opening remarks to an unprecedented campus gathering last March of business school deans, corporate... View Details
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
in America with 99% of its revenues deriving from its simple, text-only advertising services. It is on track to bring in roughly $9.5 billion in advertising revenue in 2006, which would place it fourth among American media companies in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
chain, which expanded to five locations before succumbing to financial difficulties after several years of struggle. The experience “wiped me out financially,” says Rogers. Down to his last $4,000 and in need of a job, he dropped in one... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
evident, once again, last summer. The country was mired in the fifth year of a costly, bloody war in the Middle East, a conflict many believed was driven in part by a desire to secure access to Iraq’s petroleum reserves. “Black gold”... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
transitions to a decade after Rickenbach made this strategic decision, describing the development of the industry and PAREXEL's place within it. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/314056-PDF-ENG Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the false narrative that being... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
safe to return to the office? Last March, remote work happened—and happened quickly. It’s an ongoing experiment, taking place in real time, which happens to dovetail with Tsedal Neeley’s 20 years of research... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
hundreds of billions annually into western coffers.” Recently, due to its opacity and ease of incorporation (of dummy as well as legitimate companies), Britain’s independent Tax Justice Network placed the state of Delaware at the top of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
discussions that took place back in May at Emory University Hospital Midtown will affect more than the bottom line. It will impact the quality of care delivered to thousands of people. Midtown is a 511-bed facility serving over 150,000... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-012.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsArrow Electronics—The Apollo Acquisition Harvard Business School Case 607-007 Having already made 10 acquisitions of competitors in the last decade, the CEO... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
a former assistant of his from setting up shop in the same town. But judges in the fifteenth century did not look favorably upon noncompetes, as the Bubonic plague had largely decimated the European labor supply. Legislation of the time essentially View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Management faced several problems: criticism of multinational companies, anti-trust legislation, expropriations, and rising competition from international and local rivals. Focuses on developing a new global strategy for a company that View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
synchronized performance, akin to the call and response in the movie Stripes: “Boom chugga lugga, boom chugga lugga, boom.” It was really fun and lasted for about 30 seconds. It was a great section unifier and wake-up call for us and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
always-open Store 24 convenience stores. T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56) focused on perfecting the packaging elements that would make Sealed Air padded mailers as ubiquitous as the mail itself. Putting in place his environmentally friendly... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
Effects of Sex Selection on Intrahousehold Outcomes in India By: Hussam, Reshmaan Abstract—Sex ratios at birth have risen steadily over the last three decades across much of the developing world. Many attribute this rise to improved... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52469 2017 Ethical Capitalism: Shibusawa Eiichi and Business Leadership in Global Perspective Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism By: Jones, G. Abstract—This chapter View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne