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- 01 May 2020
- What Do You Think?
Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?
distancing with our colleagues from our work teams.” On the other hand, Melanie Roberts reminds us that, “Charles Handy refers to culture as the soup we all swim about in, and that soup is thin when the ‘here’ is not a location and people... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Enron’s Lessons for Managers
tragedy and a point of departure for thinking more carefully about the institutions humans have created to organize our economic lives, according to Salter. In a wide-ranging talk with Harvard Business School alumni on June 4, weeks... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
underserved, and overburdened by pollution while increase access to affordable and accessible clean energy.”[7] In Executive Order 14008, which established the Justice40 program, the same key points arise: investing in the economy to... View Details
- 03 Dec 2014
- What Do You Think?
Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?
problems for colleagues. They are demanding to the point of being abusive, they make promises to clients that their colleagues cannot meet, they take too much credit for success, and they generally are unable to adhere to commonly shared... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
fashion quotient quickly!” How do you use what you learned at HBS in your work at PCL? “Given that my role involves working extensively in strategy and growth, what I learned in my classes on finance, negotiations, strategy, B2B sales, and operations helps me... View Details
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
"Excess of everything is bad it always relates to the matter in point (for example) getting big data about our customers and focusing too deeply on it will lead to not noticing other important facets However, while finalizing a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
I arrived at HBS in 1980. There seemed to be no one like me—a lefty, feminist English major, and most of all, gay—in this conservative, straight white male world, with a not insignificant contingent of what was referred to as the “3Ms”:... View Details
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
also add to the bottom line? A: I've alluded to some of the ways positive values can add to the bottom line. And research points to others that I discuss in the book—better access to talent, enhanced employee commitment, better... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- Web
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- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
Brian Scudamore was uncomfortable with the idea of taking money from relatives, even though at one point his startup was about to fold for lack of cash. He explained, "My dad could have given me the money. However, I didn't want him... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
modern building in Evanston, Illinois, marked by its expansive views of Lake Michigan. In passing, I mentioned that I had become a vegetarian. Someone in the audience made a comment in which he referred to himself as a vegetarian, too,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
president of strategy and new business development for books and entertainment retailer Borders Group (Ann Arbor, Mich.). "There's not as much slack as there once was." "Slack" in the supply chain refers primarily to... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- Web
Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Equity Risks” (with John Y. Campbell and Carolin E. Pflueger). 2013 Malcolm P. Baker : Second Place Winner of the 2012 Jensen Prize for the Best Corporate Finance Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics for "The Effect of View Details
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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
Identify strategic opportunities and articulate the business case for sustainability to achieve corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals within your or your clients' organization. "I now have a better understanding of sustainability and which companies are doing it... View Details
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
care, state-of-the-art facilities, and skilled doctors are available in many parts of the world, including in developing countries. Auxiliary health-care providers such as nurses go where care is needed. Filipino nurses provide an example, perhaps. "From a... View Details
- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
reference points and it’s made me a better leader in navigating these issues.” To tackle issues facing his company and employees, Soo considers the impact of policy, social change, health, and education in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
rigorous use of the past to inform the present and the present to inform the past. I came here as a young woman, a filly really, in terms of my scholarly experience. For a young historian, it was striking to see how Al made a point of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
management strategy for nonprofits is still relatively uncommon. Oftentimes an organization might be engaged in a partnership at one point or another, or be a member of an umbrella organization ... but it's not really a network approach... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
Box” referring to 9/11 with no explanation, suggesting a sinister relationship of some kind. Other snafus, such as recommendations on the children’s YouTube service that directed children watching cute pet tricks to a site featuring... View Details
- 11 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies
either the extensions or the base. In the software industry, the open extensions model is sometimes referred to as "open edge." Q: Walk us through one of the market scenarios in your paper. A: In the first case, we examine a monopoly-type... View Details