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15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

It's been easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street-and-beyond protesters. To many, they seem disorganized, lack a clear agenda, and advance simple solutions to complex problems. But in reality their concerns are not very different from the concerns we heard when we... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

Oct 2012
Article

What Business Should Do to Restore U.S. Competitiveness

Business leaders should not simply accept the business environment as a given, set by government. They can—and should—enhance the commons in ways that boost their own long-run profits. View Details

05 Jun 2020
News

Boston business leaders: Seize this moment and invest in Black businesses

26 Mar 2018
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Divided We Lead

20 Jan 2022
News

Three Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

06 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

be too expensive and can’t be done—or you can join the thousands of business leaders who are already tackling it—because they can see this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to change the world—and make a lot of money in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

ahead for Japan's business leaders and for global companies operating in Japan. Rohit Deshpande, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing The culture of Japan tends to be outer directed. Thus, taking care of other people becomes much... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

November–December 2020
Article

Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case

By: Robin Ely and David A. Thomas

Leaders may mean well when they tout the economic payoffs of hiring more women and people of color, but there is no research support for the notion that diversifying the workforce automatically improves a company’s performance. This article critiques the popular... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Change; Trust

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18 Mar 2015
News

Innovation and the Myth of the ‘Aha!’ Moment

05 Jan 2021
Video

Beatriz Fernández

Beatriz Fernández, Co-Founder and Manager of Crepes & Waffles S.A., describes her experience as a female business leader in the male-dominated restaurant industry. View Details

Emily Truelove

Emily Truelove is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches LEAD in the MBA program. She also teaches in executive education programs, including Leadership for Senior Executives,... View Details

24 Sep 2014
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The Business of Climate Change

Feb 18 2016
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A Transformative Experience

April 2022
Case

The First Opium War and Global Free Trade

By: Jeremy Friedman and Allison Lazarus

The First Opium War (1839-1842) symbolized the peak of the era of European imperialism, with a political and cultural legacy that remains potent to this day. The British Empire, “acquired in a fit of absent-mindedness” as one observer famously claimed, seemed to be... View Details

Keywords: Imperialism; Narcotics; Importing; History; Globalized Markets and Industries; Trade; Social Issues

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16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

for yourself, how buildings can have an impact on our health, and how leaders can have an impact on today's biggest issues. A list of the titles, authors, and their abstracts are included below. American Business History: A Very Short... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
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Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (B): Welcoming Gillette

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird

A.G. Lafley and P&G leaders decided to approach the Gillette integration differently from previous mergers. Using P&G's purpose, values, and principles (PVP) it treated the acquisition as a merger that sought to take the "best of both" from each company. In the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration

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Dr. Austin holds the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Previously he held the John G. McLean Professorship and the Richard P. Chapman Professorship. He has been a member of the Harvard... View Details

Keywords: agribusiness

Advanced Leadership Initiative

At Harvard, Rosabeth Moss Kanter is chair and director of the Advanced Leadership Initiative, a University-wide faculty group aimed at deploying a leadership force of experienced leaders who... View Details

February 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Saudi Arabia: A Vision in Progress

By: Kristin Fabbe, Adel Hamaizia and Tom Quinn

In 2016, when Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced a long-range economic and social transformation plan called Vision 2030, he faced Western skepticism about how the oil-rich and religiously conservative country would accomplish its ambitious goals.... View Details