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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

dataset enables high growth companies to align corporate sustainability, social equity, and financial profitability. Stakeholders are demanding more of the private sector, and Metric uses the ESG dataset to build a View Details

28 Apr 2015
Blog Post

3 Reasons Engineers Thrive at Business School

I wanted to have an opportunity to have a bigger impact. Whether you are an engineer, scientist, or mathematician, at some point in your career you will have to lead people, manage View Details

February 2012
Case

Kent Chemical: Organizing for International Growth

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Laura Winig

In July 2008, Luis Morales, president of Kent Chemical International, is proposing a third reorganization effort after two failed attempts to better align his business with its U.S.-based parent company. With a global expansion strategy placing increasing demands on... View Details

Keywords: International Business; Organizational Change; Multinational Corporations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Global Strategy; Chemical Industry; United States

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Harvard Business School Online Courses & Learning Platforms

learning experience with a diverse global network. 1 year, 5-9 hrs/week Apply by September 10th, Enroll by September 13 $15,000 (four installments of $3,750) Credential What sets HBS Online apart? Our... View Details

February 2015
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BlackRock: Diversity as a Driver for Success

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly

In July 2014, the Global Executive Committee (GEC) for BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, held a two-day offsite to discuss the state of talent within the firm. A year prior, in 2013, Chairman and CEO Laurence (Larry) Fink had asked Global Head of HR Jeff... View Details

Keywords: Women And Leadership; Diversity; General Management; Leadership; Change Management; Human Capital; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Financial Services Industry; United States

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

Finance offered the perfect opportunity to refresh my core finance skills and interact with a global group of colleagues in an online format that was ideal for my schedule. Praveen Jayakumar Medical Director... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

Serafeim and Lena Duchene After a global search the board appoints Marcel Cobuz—ex-LafargeHolcim executive with deep innovation experience—as TITAN’s first non-family CEO. Cobuz co-creates View Details

February 2009 (Revised March 2009)
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Publicis Groupe 2009: Toward a Digital Transformation

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird

After a series of acquisitions, Maurice Levy, the Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe, had created the fourth largest marketing and communications company in the world. His next major challenge was managing the firm's digital transformation. In December 2006, the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Transformation; Financial Crisis; Globalized Firms and Management; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Information Technology; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry

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Career Support - Business & Environment

startup companies. The symposium offers conference attendees the opportunity to network with leading professionals representing a diverse group of firms, markets, and geographies. (November) Coffee Chats... View Details

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Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change From business as usual to business as vital Accelerating Climate Solutions What are the best practices for integrating climate change into every function of View Details

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Teaching Resources - Business History

from the past as they build their future careers. Historical Data Visualization The Historical Data Visualization project provides geographic maps of historical data on broad economic, social and political trends both globally and within... View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

Intelligence Analyst at Ministry of Justice New Zealand. I'm leading a few modelling and reporting projects across the Ministry using the knowledge I gained from the course. Hi n Nguy n Th View Details

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market

panelists at Harvard Business School's Cyberposium 2003 to address the technology trends, developing markets, and pressing concerns of a swiftly developing market. At this point, panelists agreed little new... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

15 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult

process. Even if a given manufacturer might be ready, if its customers weren't, the [firm] couldn't make the jump." Full results of the research are described in her working paper Do Market Leaders Lead in... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

July 2022 (Revised September 2022)
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Birla Carbon Egypt: Building Soft Power in a Foreign Country

By: Jeremy Friedman and Malini Sen

Birla Carbon, a flagship business of the nearly $60-billion global conglomerate and India-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG), is one of the world's top manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality carbon black. The largest among its 16 manufacturing plants is Birla... View Details