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- 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Gilberto Dimenstein and Community Empowerment in Brazil (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Alexandre Naghirniac, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Daniella Suarez
In 2011, Gilberto Dimenstein, a well-known Brazilian journalist, created a new model that connected disparate resources to revitalize Sao Paulo. He wanted his model to expand across Brazil and the world. Dimenstein covered many of the social issues facing Brazil as a... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Urban Scope; Social Issues; Education; Knowledge Dissemination; Learning; Leading Change; Brazil
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Alexandre Naghirniac, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone, and Daniella Suarez. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Gilberto Dimenstein and Community Empowerment in Brazil (A)." Harvard Business Publishing Case 313-116, 2013. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- Article
Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here's How to Fix It
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Yuchun Lee
U.S. companies spend over $70 billion annually on training and an average of $1,459 per salesperson—almost 20% more than they spend on workers in all other functions. Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V., and Yuchun Lee. "Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here's How to Fix It." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 12, 2017).
- 2012
- Article
Organization Design for Business Ecosystems
The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be likened to nation-states: they have boundaries that circumscribe citizen-employees, and they engage in production and trade. But individual corporations are... View Details
Keywords: Modularity; Business Ecosystems; Distributed Innovation; Problem Solving; Property Rights; Organization Design; Networks; Integration; Competition; Organizational Design; Innovation and Management
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Organization Design for Business Ecosystems." Special Issue on The Future of Organization Design. Journal of Organization Design 1, no. 1 (2012).
- Web
Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Arrows connect the circles along the perimeter. Arrows within the the shape also connect: 1 and 3 1 and 4 2 and 5 2 and 4 3 and 5 3 and 1 Element 6, shown outside the other shapes as a rectangle, says Build an Integrated Information... View Details
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together
a different study, the researchers asked 122 groups, each comprising three students who didn’t previously know each other, to participate in an experiment aimed at assessing the connection between group rituals and work tasks. Each group... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
Leverage LinkedIn - Alumni
putting your best foot forward. Importance of Social Networks Social networks have given us the ability to connect with almost anyone in the blink of an eye, making it much easier to expand, nurture and maintain our relationships. Learn... View Details
- 01 Nov 2017
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?
connection with a regulatory investigation into the bank’s foreign-exchange operations. It also announced what was described as “disappointing revenues and higher legal costs,” triggering at least a short decline in its share price. A... View Details
- Web
2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
industry (and the financial sector more generally). Love and Money Rachel Greenwald , Founder & CEO, Elevated Connections + More Info – Less Info Relationships are big business. Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993) is a celebrity matchmaker, an... View Details
- 03 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Pricing and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses
- 2019
- Working Paper
Intelligent Design of Inclusive Growth Strategies
By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat
Improving corporate engagement with society, as advocated in the Business Roundtable’s 2019 statement, should not be viewed as a zero-sum proposition where attention to new stakeholders detracts from delivering shareholder value. Corporate programs for sustainable and... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion; Sustainability; Performance Measures; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Strategy; Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Intelligent Design of Inclusive Growth Strategies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-050, October 2019.
- April 2018
- Case
Miami's Tech Future (Abridged): Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Leadership Challenges
By the middle of the 1990s, Miami’s reputation was changing. An influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants and major investments in the airport and seaport had changed the image of a sleepy southern city to the de facto business center of Latin America, a center for... View Details
- 2015
- Book
How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network
By: Shane Greenstein
In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from... View Details
Greenstein, Shane. How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network. Princeton University Press, 2015.
- May 2009
- Case
Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education
By: Allen S. Grossman and Geoff Eckman Marietta
Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education (MCBRE) was a business-public education partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) that promoted cross-sector knowledge sharing and academic excellence. Its suite of core student programs, such as “720,”... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Knowledge Sharing; Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; United States
Grossman, Allen S., and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education." Harvard Business School Case 309-105, May 2009.
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
platforms to fight off rivals and grow profits? Their ability to manage five aspects of the networks they’re embedded in: network effects, in which users attract more users clustering, or fragmentation into many local markets the risk of disintermediation, wherein... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Profiles - MBA
non-profits like Girls Who Code and NCWIT, as well as connecting with top tech companies to find volunteer instructors as we expanded to more locations showed me how exciting it was to work at the intersection of technology and business.... View Details
- 26 Sep 2023
- Book
Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
to the new digital context. ” Enthusiasts and advocates of the digital revolution would submit that digital transformation changes everything, from product design to how value is built and captured in the market. In some cases, particularly when a product’s value is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
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Entrepreneurship - Recruiting
Planning 13% Locations United States: 86% Mid-Atlantic 3% Midwest 2% Northeast 39% South 5% Southwest 5% West 32% International: 14% Asia 5% Europe 5% Latin America 3% Founding a Business 138 Number of Founders Have a Cofounder 54% View Details
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
the labor market. An essential first step is to build connections with school systems and other skills providers, Fuller says. Such partnerships offer a way to contribute to curriculum development so schools prepare workers for careers at... View Details
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Japan - Global
of local alumni. The panelists shared their experiences about the transformative MBA program, life at HBS, and the financial aid resources available to students. The session served as an invaluable platform for attendees to explore the possibilities of an HBS MBA and... View Details