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- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
discussion about racial equality by having baristas write ‘Race Together’ on coffee cups.” And when chicken chain Chick-Fil-A President Dan Cathy spoke out against gay marriage in 2012, his statements sparked a great deal of backlash and... View Details
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
else struck you as you were writing this book? A: I was surprised that Gallatin was involved so deeply in managing the governments of Presidents Jefferson and Madison, and by the significant diplomatic role he played in negotiating an end... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
came to this country chasing the American dream. I never thought I would be Dean of Harvard Business School." When Harvard President Drew Faust called on May 4 to inform him that he was her choice, Nohria, drawing on his years of... View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
Into this environment, President Macri was elected and he made energy reform one of the key pillars of his administration. Furthermore, he invited the private sector back into Argentina to immediately alleviate its power generation... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
market reform with Sam Hanson and Adi Sunderam.] Many are frustrated with the slow pace of regulatory reform, including President Obama, who recently urged regulators to move things along. Indeed, the pace has been slow. Agencies are... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
and who could do the job. And then keeping them. And delegation became my new mantra." Lisa Bowen, who eventually became the president of Tweezerman, remembers her boss from the early days: "At first he was a micromanager. Tried... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
In the debate over whether to increase or decrease the stringency of environmental regulations, the possibility that government agencies might use purchasing to stimulate market demand for "green" products and services is often overlooked. Nevertheless, several recent... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
Why are so many businesses—though seemingly intent on fostering innovation—unable to get new products through their organizations and into the marketplace? Ed Ludwig faced such circumstances as the new president of New Jersey-based Becton... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
overstretch ARK's organizational capacity and risk failing to maintain the highest quality of delivery? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309036 Allston: Brand vs. Architecture Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007
management of the two funds. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208036 The CW: Launching a Television Network Harvard Business School Case 507-050 In May 2006, Dawn Ostroff, president of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
President since 2003, and the secular urban elite, whose party this year won the mayoral elections in Ankara, Izmir, and Istanbul. How this tension plays out will also have a formative influence on Turkey’s trajectory. About the Author... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
Mosaic of Different Realities' A day after his inauguration as President of Mexico in 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto announced a Pact for Mexico—a slate of institutional reforms for education, energy, fiscal policy, telecommunications, banking,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
in industrial water and wastewater systems. Woteer had expressed an interest in gaining exclusive access to Oasys' forward osmosis technology for water treatment applications in China in exchange for an equity investment. Jim Matheson, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008
person's view of the water privatization (relative to other privatizations) was 16% more negative if he/she was read a vignette with some of the negative statements about the water privatization that Argentina's President expressed during... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007
(A) Harvard Business School Case 407-106 Marie Trellu-Kane is trying to decide how Unis-Cite should respond to French President Jacques Chirac's announcement in 2005 of a new national voluntary civil service program. Since 1994,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
David Blumenthal, professor at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital; Michael Newman, a senior research manager at Harris Interactive; Kinga Zapert, vice president for... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
ten thousand employees, and operations throughout the world, and it evolved into an. increasingly deep partnership. By 1998, Starbucks had boomed into a global company with sales of almost $1 billion and was CARE's largest corporate donor. CARE View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Treasury of the United States, walked into the large conference room across the hall from his office in the Treasury Department. Joining him were Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
James E. Heppelmann Abstract—The evolution of products into intelligent, connected devices is revolutionizing business. In a November 2014 article, "How Smart, Connected Products Are Transforming Competition," Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Peeling Back the Global Brand
Hans-Willi Schroiff, vice president of market research and business intelligence for the German company Henkel, described why detergent has made a valuable case study for new and edgy marketing. (They cautioned that they are not ready to... View Details