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29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

million stock buyback. Then, in January 2018, Harley-Davidson’s management announced plans to close its Kansas City plant, putting 800 workers out of work and moving 450 of those jobs elsewhere in the United States. The stock buyback was... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

remembers. "Eventually, the IRS found a way to grant the status." Innovation Laboratories In the past five years, cities around the world have increasingly become laboratories in innovation, producing idea labs that partner with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Oct 1998
News

Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War

Dinh Thi Hoa (MBA '92) was a young girl when relatives and friends who feared for her safety spirited her out of Hanoi in the summer of 1972 to escape the fury of U.S. bombing attacks against North Vietnam. She still remembers returning after the bombing had stopped... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

no compensation. A class-action lawsuit against the state and the city was dismissed based on claims that the statute of limitations had expired. A new suit was filed against the city of Tulsa in September... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

efficiency on a temporary team. What they call a team scaffold is fixed while individual team members flow through the structure. “The big 'aha' was how very little structure this is” The paper, published in the March-April 2015 edition of Organization Science, focuses... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

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Diversity and Equity - Alumni

When City Fresh Foods, which serves meals to many in Boston’s under-resourced communities, needed go-to-market strategies for a new product line, it turned to MBA students for advice. Researching Women's Advancement Associate Professor... View Details

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

01 Mar 2024
News

Come Sail Away

pre-orders and did personal deliveries around New York City in time for the holidays. But Tombolo’s humorous, funky, retro designs gained traction, taking off at the end of 2018 with the introduction of its terrycloth cabana shirt, now a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; manufacturing; career path; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

26 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

million people daily with economic opportunities and essential services. As the city has grown, BEST is putting significant effort into expanding its transport options to accommodate increased demand for transportation. Key Objectives:a.... View Details

24 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

harder.’” People respond more when identities are mentioned The researchers conducted three experiments designed to examine whether “help-seekers” should call attention to their identities. In the first, the researchers sent about 2,500 white male View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

01 Mar 2024
News

Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

is using Avalanche to introduce elements of Web3 into the business models of established companies. In finance, institutions such as KKR, J.P. Morgan, and Citi are using Avalanche to tokenize and trade alternative assets and foreign... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Intervention Labor Global Events the 20 th Century Zeitgeist Demographics Demographics Technology Social Mores Government Intervention Labor Global Events Influence: High 1900 s 19 8.8 million immigrants arrive throughout decade Cities... View Details

09 Aug 2021
News

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

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HBS - The year in Review

Boston Planning and Development Agency Soltan Bryce, Boston Medical Center Health System Sara Jetty, Whitney Museum of American Art Justin Kim, Social Finance Yogi Kurniawan, City of San Jose Mayor's Office Jake Mayo, View Details

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

mock-ups of each piece of equipment placed on casters so that they could be moved easily. The learning process included elements of both competition and cooperation to ensure that Cardboard City produced a wide range of possible layouts... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

or adapting to climate change at the local, state, federal, and international levels Transform the sources of energy we rely on, how and where we grow food , the modes of transportation we use, the infrastructure of cities , and the... View Details

13 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

their performance or their ability to receive job offers? In the experiment, involving 1,370 summer interns in 16 cities where the company has offices, the researchers looked at three types of remote interactions: interns jumping on... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

Portrait Project

Emily Stapleton

health of cities and citizens for the long term. To address the transportation needs of tomorrow, I cannot stand idly by the side of the road today. I must effect change so that people can rely on their transport, take pleasure in the... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Monsignor Frederick Dolan Finds a New Calling at HBS Club of Montreal

club. But I was reminded that there is a great openness here and a wide diversity of backgrounds.” He looks upon the role as an opportunity to interact with new people and a new culture. “Montreal is a city on a very human scale,” Dolan... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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