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02 Jan 2020
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Empowering Rural Communities

Utah’s coal country, where three generations of Rileys have mined and where his family still lives. But Riley thinks Guzman Energy has a role to play in that transition. “I’m trying to cultivate a culture inside the reusable-energy sector... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

researchers say. "It wasn't authentic," Deighton says. "You really want to try to cultivate the opposite of that in the culture of your marketing team." Social media messages can also backfire when brands try too hard to be youthful and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

07 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs

definitely shape how they are structured. I think there is a lot of value for MBAs to understand how taxes or tax changes affect the design of optimal transactions.” View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

22 Apr 2014
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Publications August 2013 Modernizing Insurance Regulation Comparative Regulation of Market Intermediaries: Insights from the Indian Life Insurance Market By: Anagol, Santosh, Shawn A. Cole, and Shayak Sarkar Abstract—This book provides a look into the crucial View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Cherian Kurien

people to deliver strong results in a responsible and sustainable manner, to lead businesses to engage with local communities that build lasting and meaningful relationships, and to lead organizations that pioneer positive change in the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail

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MBA > Academic-experience > Joint Degree Programs > Engineering Sciences | MBA

Close-Knit and Collaborative Students join a 30-person cohort of aspiring technology leaders. These classmates become friends, collaborators, and often future co-founders. The supportive culture extends across class years and includes an... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Taylor R. M. Keen

When Keen finally arrived at HBS in the fall of 1995, he experienced a profound sense of culture shock. "Having been on the reservation for a long stretch, I was caught off guard by all the noise," he says. "The Omaha are a very quiet... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

February 2023
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Grupo Sancor Seguros: Facing the Digital Transformation of Insurance in Argentina (A)

By: Jorge Tamayo and Jenyfeer Martínez Buitrago

In 2020, Alejandro Simón, CEO of Sancor Seguros Group, a nearly 75-year-old cooperative that had become Argentina’s insurance leader, had to decide about the Group’s digital transformation strategy. The Group’s values and history needed to be considered during the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Transformation; Organizational Culture; Cooperative Ownership; Strategy; Business Strategy; Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Insurance Industry; Latin America; South America; Argentina

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28 Oct 2024
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It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School

10-12 private companies and government entities in Mumbai and Bangalore, aiming to gain a deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges of climate related industries and doing business in India. Potential changes to last year’s... View Details

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

learn from social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs who have developed innovations with a social purpose. Finally, the course will expose students to Japanese culture and traditions, allowing them to gain a deeper appreciation of a unique... View Details

October 2010
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Organizational Designs and Innovation Streams

By: Michael Tushman, Wendy K. Smith, Robert Chapman Wood, George Westerman and Charles A. O'Reilly III

This article empirically explores the relations between alternative organizational designs and a firm's ability to explore as well as exploit. We operationalize exploitation and exploration in terms of innovation streams—incremental innovation in existing products as... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Innovation and Invention; Management Teams; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement

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05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

than others. Most wanna-dots don't rise to the challenge with the same resolve. Lacking the commitment or knowledge of how to change, the laggards go through different phases en route to the Web. First, they are in deep denial about the threat to their way of life.... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

23 Jun 2003
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Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

without informing other departments, leading to waste and duplication. Respect among peers declined. Employees regularly went to the press to air grievances, reinforcing the BBC's culture of blame.— Rosabeth Moss Kanter BBC: In 1999, the... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

03 Nov 2022
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Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains

don’t know. Maybe we should talk to a couple more prospects and compare reactions?” Full Stack Engineer: “Just so y’all know, I am probably going to revamp the pricing page layout in the next few days so if you’re thinking about changing... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Jun 2014
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Early Impact

changing needs of the School. Three new building projects focus on Executive Education, recognizing the growing reach and impact the School is achieving through the more than 8,000 participants who come to campus each year. Tata Hall... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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The Route of the Exhibition - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

exhibition then traveled to Chicago, another metropolis where the worlds of executives, advertisers, designers, photographers, and patrons of high culture merged. The NAAI show opened in the public gallery spaces at the Lakeside Press... View Details

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2015 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice 02–03 APR 2015 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Max Bazerman Harvard... View Details

21 May 2019
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS

in a tenuous balance in its journey towards a sense of true belonging, equitable inclusion, and authentic representation. We still have a long way to go, but from this imperfect reality I also derive the motivation to help tackle the work cut out for our generation.... View Details

14 Aug 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Aug 2022
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Open Market

culturally relevant as art or music—and why the retail investor is woefully misunderstood. You’ve been at Robinhood now for three-and-a-half years. How has the organization evolved in that time? The mission is the same—to democratize... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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