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- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
perceived them to be extremely efficient. At the same time, large work organizations destabilized extended family and community relations: first, by removing individuals from their View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
The Suzlon Edge (TN)
Teaching Note for 708051. View Details
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
that, few newspapers have the historical cachet of the Washington Post—and therefore more to lose from making the wrong call. So news of the Post's ownership changing hands from the Graham family to Amazon's Jeff Bezos—after seven... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
their own work and family life strategy. Charting Your Course debuted in May 2000 when fifty alumnae, most of them from the MBA reunion classes of '81, '86 and '91, met on... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
the future," he concluded. "If you want to buy a home today, you better have great credit. You better have a down payment. That all sounds fine and secure, but it certainly leaves behind millions of View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
their efforts often lack an overall strategy that dilutes their effectiveness. "Kash" Rangan and colleagues offer a pragmatic solution. Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are CaregiversShifting demographics are causing... View Details
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
long-running family agricultural businesses: emphasizing high-quality raw materials, building close relationships with farmers, and spending on vigorous marketing View Details
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
in moving out of lower-value into higher-value paths as technologies and markets changed. Before World War II those managers became proficient in monitoring the processes of production and marketing in each... View Details
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
professional life, throws his family into chaos, and puts them in physical danger. Leaders aim at success, not self-destruction, but this is exactly what Tony brings on himself. This story confronts us with... View Details
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
column. Anne, for example, pointed out that the German system assigns a certain number of immigrant families to specific villages, has them take German lessons, and gives job assignments with benefits... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
Fund Relationships Bias Analyst Recommendations? Authors: Michael Firth, Chen Lin, Ping Liu, and Yuhai Xuan Publication: Journal of Accounting Research (forthcoming) Abstract This article investigates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leadership Lessons From Outer Space
said. "Did anyone in your family go to Harvard?" "Is this Mom?" Virts asked. It was Mom. Evelyn Coulson, who lives in Maryland, had flown to Boston for the teleconference, accompanied by Virts' stepfather, Jack... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
capital and, more recently, business incubators. The family business concept is still pretty strong over there." Leonard and Swap did observe, however, that more family... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
ongoing debate about the impact of using financial incentives for donors or their families to encourage anatomical donations (Clay and Block 2002; Delmonico et al. 2002; Harrington View Details
- October 2021
- Supplement
Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (B)
By: Kris Ferreira, Kym Lew Nelson, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Sarah Mehta
This (B) case accompanies the (A) case of the same title. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Business Organization; Family Business; Joint Ventures; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Fairness; Ownership; Supply Chain Management; Consumer Products Industry; Service Industry; United States; Ohio
Ferreira, Kris, Kym Lew Nelson, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Sarah Mehta. "Diversifying P&G's Supplier Base (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 622-029, October 2021.
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
to give their dog to the shelter, we can help them skip the shelter and directly rehome their dog into a new loving family,” says Exley, noting that the program also helps families follow best practices... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
well and maintains a healthy relationship with the environment has a higher probability of being economically sustainable," a Santander executive observed. Can money be made while saving the earth? Can the... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
value-added differentiation. And clearly, that is what Wedgwood, and Heinz, and Marshall Field used it for. How did they do that? Let's look at each View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
world. What was next for the family firm and brand leader from northern Italy's Emilia-Romagna region? How would the singularly focused, consensus-driven firm fare in an increasingly competitive, globalizing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
Freedom to use vacation time to attend celebrations with family and friends helps improve performance for employees who work far away from their hometowns, new research by Prithwiraj Choudhury suggests. When... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz