Value Agenda - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2010
News

Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

fifth factor involves the question of social mores. Through this last economic crisis we’ve come to at least pause and question the values that have animated business over the last two decades. I don’t know how that all will shake out.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

person to be the steward or organizer of the strategy map. This person ensures that data are continually fed into the map and Balanced Scorecard to keep them refreshed, organizes the monthly report distribution—usually electronically—and sets the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1999
News

Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies

While HBS scholars have long appreciated the value of field-based research, the broader academic community in the field of finance has been slower to accept this method of inquiry. Field-based research, which closely studies the actions... View Details

13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

activity is not the risk of technological expropriation by local partners but the demands of external funders who require MNC participation to ensure value maximization by local entrepreneurs. The model demonstrates that weak investor... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

even generate sufficient high quality capital-budget projects to use the available resources—and therefore go on merger-and-acquisition expeditions. The stock market is telling managers what the scarce strategic resource is. When it View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

01 Dec 2007
News

Looking back; looking forward

with power in practice, a remarkable campus, and an alumni community more than 70,000 strong. Equally important, it’s a chance to help set the agenda for management education and research for the next century, and for tomorrow’s business... View Details

Keywords: Jay O. Light; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

31 Oct 2006
HBS Case

Governing Sumida Corporation

founded in 1956 by Ichiro Yawata, Shiggi's father. The company reported revenues of 14 billion yen ($112 million) and had 5,200 employees when Shiggi Yawata was appointed CEO in 1992. A dynamic, outspoken leader, Yawata quickly set an ambitious global View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Electronics

01 Sep 2007
News

Getting Security Right

wishful thinking and ignorance of the reality of other cultures and value systems. Are there comparisons to be made in the way business leaders and political leaders pursue their agendas in the global arena?... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

of opportunity, America could instead be closing it down—unless we create a positive agenda to renew the American spirit," she writes in the book's introduction. Kanter believes America at the start of the 21st century has lost its... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care

this case is defined as patient outcomes per dollar spent; the goal is to achieve the best possible outcome at the lowest possible cost. In contrast, today's American health care system tends to emphasize billing for individual procedures, regardless of how the patient... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Sydney, 1954 B.A., Economics, Music University of Sydney, 1957 LL.B. LESSONS FROM HBS “The School gave me the opportunity to learn about people and View Details

Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

part of the HBS community so they have full access to the professors and resources provided by HBS. Of particular value is the way in which HBS faculty members have ongoing partnerships with companies and government agencies. Learning... View Details

25 Jan 2016
News

Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home

the school was,” he recalls. “They were all going after the same target audience, the same speakers, the same sponsors. It just wasn’t very efficient. So I thought, Why don’t we put something together that’s agnostic of which school you are affiliated with; one that is... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Jan 2006
News

William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958

from something more thorough than the brief statistical reports that were then the typical product available. “We wanted to do research that added value by analyzing a company’s strengths and weaknesses in long reports that provided an... View Details

Web

2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Images, Identities and the Space(s) Between Images, Identities and the Space(s) Between 06–07 APR 2017 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Ben Barry Ben Barry is an Associate Professor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the School of Fashion... View Details

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

have their own agendas and a fixed amount of political capital to allocate to them. If you recognize that your firm or your industry is not one that matters much to the government, then you should not count on much support. WTO rulings... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

how well he can create shared value in that context. A lot of negotiations are also about leverage, and for the most part, he’s gotten himself in a very favorable position where he usually has the negotiating leverage. He may not have the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

16 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

keep their eyes on the work to be done. Silverthorne: For new CEOs, what should their initial steps be in assuming power and laying out an agenda for action? Kanter: New CEOs need to be adequately informed. One thing that makes... View Details