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    Vikram Gandhi

    Vikram S. Gandhi is the Gerald P. Kaminsky Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. He has developed and teaches two new courses in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. The first is a finance and investing course, Sustainable... View Details

    Keywords: financial services

      Metropolitan Blueprints of Colonial Taxation in Africa?

      The historical and social science literature is divided about the importance of metropolitan blueprints of colonial rule for the development of colonial states. We exploit... View Details

        Robert F. White

        Bob White is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where he teaches courses in the MBA program (Required and Elective curricula) and the Executive Education program. Courses taught include Entrepreneurial... View Details

        • March 2008 (Revised December 2011)
        • Case

        IBM Values and Corporate Citizenship

        By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
        IBM's transformation into a globally integrated enterprise (GIE) began with a conviction about what should never change. Since its founding in 1911, the company operated under a set of principles articulated by founder Thomas Watson and became known for a strong... View Details
        Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Integration
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        • 31 May 2011
        • First Look

        First Look: May 31

        mathematical models has turned the negotiated order of organizational activities, which necessarily include particularistic elements, into abstract generalizations that favor quantifiable variables. This paper offers another logic, a View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 2024
        • Report

        The Eco-Digital EraTM: The Dual Transition to a Sustainable and Digital Economy

        By: Suraj Srinivasan, Andy Feinstein, Amol Khadikar, Jiani Zhang, Noémie Lauer, Hiral Shah, Sally Epstein, Jerome Buvat and Vaishnavee Ananth
        Since the proliferation of smartphones and social media in the late 2000s, digital has captured an increasingly large portion of the economy. In this Capgemini Research Institute report, The Eco-Digital EraTM: The dual transition to a sustainable and... View Details
        Keywords: Technology Adoption; Digital Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Trends
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        Austin Boral

        stage social enterprise during school is right for you—and how to make the most of HBS’ resources for entrepreneurs. As a recovering consultant and a former public servant, Austin can shed light about what... View Details
        • February 2013 (Revised December 2015)
        • Case

        Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency

        By: Michael W. Toffel, Kira R. Fabrizio and Stephanie van Sice
        Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term financial and environmental benefits. With early success serving customers in the cold storage and industrial... View Details
        Keywords: Groom Energy Solutions; Jon Guerster; Salem, MA; Energy Management; Energy Efficiency Paradox; Sustainability Management; Manufacturing; Cold Storage; Commercial Real Estate; Enterprise Smart Grid; Carbon Accounting; LED Lighting; Sustainability Research; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Entrepreneurship; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Services; Electricity; Startup; Expansion; Growth; Sustainability; Business Startups; Forecasting and Prediction; Energy Conservation; Revenue; Geographic Location; Human Resources; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Service Delivery; Strategic Planning; Science; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Society; Social Issues; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; United States; Boston
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        • May 2021
        • Case

        André Hoffmann: Beyond Philanthropy

        By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye and Spencer C.N. Hagist
        André Hoffmann is a leader of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. His exceptional tenure in philanthropy over the past several decades, including being president of the WWF and the vice-president of the MAVA Foundation, has allowed him access to a far... View Details
        Keywords: Strategy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Restructuring; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Cash Flow; Macroeconomics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Switzerland; United States; Japan
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        • October 2008
        • Article

        It's Time to Make Management a True Profession

        By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
        In the face of the recent institutional breakdown of trust in business, managers are losing legitimacy. To regain public trust, management needs to become a true profession in much the way medicine and law have, argue Khurana and Nohria of Harvard Business School. True... View Details
        Keywords: Competency and Skills; Education; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Management; Trust; Value Creation
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        State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions

        By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Juan Almandoz
        A number of studies have shown that, as a result of the ambiguity of U.S. legal mandates, organizations have considerable latitude in how they comply with regulations. In this paper, we address how the different agendas of the federal and state governments increase... View Details
        Keywords: Organizations; Opportunities; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Banks and Banking; Motivation and Incentives; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management Practices and Processes; Research; United States
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        • March 2011 (Revised March 2012)
        • Case

        Arck Systems

        By: Ian Larkin
        The Arck Systems series of cases describes the dilemmas faced by a senior sales manager in determining a sales compensation plan at an enterprise software company. The existing compensation plan is aggressive and highly rewards "star" performers. The cases track a... View Details
        Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Performance Effectiveness; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives; Software; Information Technology Industry
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        • 22 Oct 2018
        • HBS Seminar

        Abhinav Gupta, Foster School of Business, University of Washington

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        dollarDEX (1998-2007)

        Retired chief executive, non-executive chairman

        One of world's top 30 in online finance (Institutional Investor, March 2003). Wealth management firm in Asia, and has... View Details

        • March 1990 (Revised May 1993)
        • Case

        USSR--1990

        By: Willis M. Emmons III
        Describes the political, economic, and social development of the USSR from 1921-90. Particular emphasis is placed on 1) institutional change, 2) the costs and benefits of central economic planning, and 3) the political economy of perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev.... View Details
        Keywords: Country; Strategy; Cost vs Benefits; Change; Government and Politics; Russia
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        • Research Summary

        Professor Hiatt’s research is aimed at discovering how institutional factors can affect sector growth and technology development and adoption by mediating and moderating uncertainty. His work encompasses two related research questions:

        1) How can... View Details

        • 28 Aug 2007
        • First Look

        First Look: August 28, 2007

        counterparts. In most countries, firms have become less diversified over time. However, there is no such trend in China. The level of diversification of Chinese enterprises does not vary over our study period (2001-2005), making Chinese... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 31 Jan 2007
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases

        Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
        • 26 Oct 2021
        • Blog Post

        Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

        around the country, and he credits the HBS Leadership Fellows Program as the springboard that launched his career. Now he is back at Harvard Business School as the Director of the Social Enterprise... View Details
        Keywords: Social Enterprise
        • January–February 2023
        • Article

        Triadic Advocacy Work

        By: Summer R. Jackson and Katherine C. Kellogg
        Scholars of street-level bureaucracy and institutional research focus primarily on the relationships between advocates and their larger bureaucratic and social systems, assuming that advocates have little need to satisfy their beneficiaries. We find otherwise in our... View Details
        Keywords: Occupations And Professions; Ethnography; Power And Politics; Work And Organizations; Advocacy; Public Management; Justice
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