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  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Latin America's Decade

accordingly. But despite this favorable trend in the business climate, further improvements are urgently needed. HBS professor Pankaj Ghemawat, whose research focuses on cross-border competition, notes,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • February 2017 (Revised August 2018)
  • Case

Sarah Powers at Automated Precision Products

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Michael Norris, Julia Kelley and Kristina Tobio
In 2017, Sarah Powers, VP of Sales at an automation hardware firm, is trying to understand why some members of her sales team have been underperforming. She is tasked with analyzing her firm’s email and calendar data to try to find relationships between communications... View Details
Keywords: People Analytics; Sales Attainment; Communication Networks; Data; Human Resources; Business Processes; Sales; Communication; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • January 1995 (Revised January 1995)
  • Case

USAA: Business Process Review for the Great Lakes Region (Abridged)

By: James L. Heskett
Presents the results of a service process analysis of USAA's claims processing activity in its Great Lakes Region. Explores not only issues of redesigning the process but also the organizational implications of various alternatives. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Mortgages; Management Practices and Processes; Business Processes; Organizational Design; Mathematical Methods; Real Estate Industry; North America
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  • 23 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

responsibility programs are basically funded by an internal tax within the company,” says Robert Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. “The good that such... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society

detailed reports that distill critical insights from HBS research and discussions from our Global Leadership Roundtables, providing business leaders with the knowledge to start addressing society's biggest... View Details
  • 17 Aug 2022

Top Business Schools Discuss: From LatAm to the MBA

Join top business schools to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of Latin American students and recent alumni in business school and beyond. The event will feature a moderated panel discussion... View Details
  • 21 Jun 2023

Top Business Schools Discuss: The Value of an MBA

Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of students in business school and beyond. The event will feature a... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2020
  • Blog Post

How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

about the opportunity to pivot from a large corporation to a small business and build the general management skills he would need to eventually start his own company. Arriving at HBS, Linzmeyer hit the ground running and used every... View Details
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s

By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
This working paper examines the growth of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. German business has been regarded as pioneering corporate environmentalism after World War II. In contrast, this study reveals... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Green Business; Pollution; Environmental Sustainability; Business History; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States
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  • June 2020
  • Article

How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections

By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those assessments. We examine how inspector schedules could introduce bias that erodes... View Details
Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • 18 Oct 2023

Top Business Schools Discuss: The Value of an MBA

Graduate School of Business, Tuck School of Business, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of students in business school and beyond. The event will feature a... View Details
  • Web

Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Business of the Arts Course Number 6913 Baker Foundation Professor Rohit Deshpande Senior Lecturer Henry McGee Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Ten afternoon class sessions plus 2-5 hours per week of team work.... View Details
  • 14 Nov 2022

Top Business School Discuss: From Africa to the MBA

Business, and The Wharton School to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of African students and recent alumni in business school and beyond. The event will feature a moderated panel discussion with the opportunity to ask... View Details
  • 10 Nov 2022

Top Business Schools Discuss: Middle East and North Africa

Management and The Wharton School to learn about their MBA programs and the experience of Middle East and North African students and recent alumni in business school and beyond. The event will feature a moderated panel discussion with the... View Details
  • 10 Sep 2019
  • News

New Survey Shows U.S. Businesses Taking Steps to Foster Culture Of Health, But Room to Grow

  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships

By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih
Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Firm Performance; Public-private Partnership Funding; Translational Research; Small And Medium Enterprises; Partners and Partnerships; Public Sector; Private Sector; Performance; Science-Based Business; Innovation and Invention
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  • 02 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

"Delivering phone books is the worst way to spend a Sunday when you're a kid," says Olds, now an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurship Management unit at Harvard Business School. The family lived paycheck to paycheck. And... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • March–April 2019
  • Article

The Dual-Purpose Playbook

By: Julie Battilana, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul and Marissa Kimsey
Corporations are being pushed to dial down their single-minded pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business... View Details
Keywords: Hybrid Organizing; Business And Society; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Model; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Structure; Leadership
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Recruiting Full-Time Employees | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for a fair and ethical recruiting process. Beginning in September you can interact with second-year students during the Networking Night or through a company presentation. Recruiting events for first-year students begin in November.... View Details
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Tethys | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Tethys Search Baker Library Search Search Search Overview The Tethys Mos aic Morgan Hall, Harvard Business School Founded in 300 BCE, the Syrian city Antioch-on-the-Orontes (in modern Turkey) was a major center and... View Details