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01 Dec 2022
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Full Court Press

didn’t exist before.” Growing basketball on the continent entails addressing the logistics and marketing challenges inherent in trying to scale any operation across 54 countries. It also poses a deep cultural challenge—the kind where the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

11 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

fair, which we held on October 11th. We had representation from 16 companies and more than 100 HBS veterans. We hold semi-annual admissions outreach events, and we sponsor the Harvard University Veterans Day ceremony. Additionally, we... View Details

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

passions of far-flung workforces stress openness, inclusion, and making the world a better place. Through this shift in what might be called their guidance systems, the companies have become as creative and nimble as much smaller ones,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2015
Blog Post

What is the HBS FIELD Program?

realized how different brand perceptions could be across various cultures and countries. Through multiple customer interactions, we synthesized our findings to develop real short term and long-term strategies for the View Details

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National Markets - The Art of American Advertising

“Household routines involved making fewer things and purchasing more; consumption became a major part of the work of the household,” cultural historian Susan Strasser asserts. “Formerly customers , purchasing the objects of daily life... View Details

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

in 2013, Hilton noted a lack of job opportunities in renewable energy. So, he went into management consulting and then a software company, before landing at Tesla in 2017. The culture was challenging but “It was the most exciting clean... View Details

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

be impacted by the effects of climate change, so it is critical to have people in many areas who want to find solutions and drive forward the climate agenda. Every role will need to take climate action and every organization will need intelligent people to bring fresh... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

company that does business in more than 200 countries and uses more than 25 crops sourced from over 7 million acres in 60 different countries, PepsiCo has an opportunity and a responsibility to use our size and scale to help build a food... View Details

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

13% “I was sexually assaulted by my client and my company stood by me. I had to take time off for that but not because of anything that happened within my company. I came back to work after 4 months and moved out of sales and into HR. The... View Details

06 Feb 2013
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Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

Kapil Kumar Sopory raised a caution: "The idea of developing a conscious culture with shared values that reflect the higher purpose is very laudable, but it needs a lot of close attention to what sort of high values are to be focused on "... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Kiran Gandhi

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? The reason I’m here is to be in the classroom! In my previous job, I was the first digital analyst for Interscope Records. My boss had an MBA, and I realized that many people in my View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

that had left the company in a compromised state. Over the next six years, Cote worked to turn Honeywell around through implementing a series of improvements in the company’s operating systems, forming a single View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

08 Sep 2015
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September 8, 2015

company revenues) threatened to take its business elsewhere. One year later, they had regained the respect of their customers and won the trust of their employees to promote a new culture of empowerment and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

lead to an HBS case study, written with professor Karim R. Lakhani, on how Wikipedia governs itself and faces controversial challenges. The elbows are sharp on Wikipedia. It's not cuddly.—Andy McAfee The case offers students a chance to understand issues such as how... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

October 2012
Case

GSK's Acquisition of Sirtris: Independence or Integration? (Abridged)

By: Toby Stuart and James Weber

An executive from pharmaceutical company GSK must choose how much to integrate a recently acquired biotechnology firm, Sirtris. Moncef Slaoui, GSK's global head of R&D, championed the acquisition of Sirtris to gain access to its potentially revolutionary science.... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Resource Allocation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Integration

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John H. McArthur | About

of backgrounds and disciplines and adding more women and minorities. “As a result of John’s leadership in this area, Harvard Business School today is an institution of far greater intellectual, social, and cultural diversity,” said... View Details

24 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Developing Your Next CEO for the Family Business

A good book on CEO succession is The CEO Within by my Harvard Business School colleague Joe Bower. Bower studied how companies perform after hiring a new CEO, noting whether the successor had been recruited from inside or outside the... View Details

Keywords: Retail; Auto

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

accelerating research on big, multidisciplinary problems. Their success will be defined by the impact of the research, the creation of a more porous and dynamic research ecosystem, the integration of new content and insights into the School’s curricula, and the ability... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

COVID-19 has made virtual work the new normal. In a few short weeks, meeting tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, and Slack have gone from a useful supplement to the primary enablers for daily interactions with co-workers. Workspaces have transferred from... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

better focus on creating economic value by minimizing costs and maximizing efficiency. Companies can bring social value into alignment with their core competencies, improving motivation, loyalty, skill development, and even product... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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