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July 2005 (Revised October 2006)
Case

Recall 2000: Bridgestone Corp. (A) (Abridged)

In September 2000, the president of Bridgestone-Firestone, the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Bridgestone Corp., was invited to appear before a U.S. congressional subcommittee investigating the August 2000 recall of more than 6.5 million tires made by the subsidiary. The... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product; Trade; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Auto Industry; United States; Japan

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01 Jun 2020
News

Vital Signs

and CEO of Natalist, a direct-to-consumer fertility company. We talked with Tecco about how the pandemic has impacted the health care startup and venture capital ecosystem. What ideas and companies have seen an increase in funding during... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele; COVID-19; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

20 Jan 2011
News

Oil Spill Solution

plants, birds, fish, and shrimp. Smith’s planned two-day visit to test his products in the Gulf last May turned into an entire summer working with residents whose lives and livelihoods have been threatened. The experience, he notes, “has... View Details

18 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

How Brand China Can Succeed

cutting-edge Chinese brands like Lenovo and Haier suffer when the misbehaviors of corrupt Chinese businessmen and government officials drag China's image down. Pretty soon, China will be exporting cars. Cars are a benchmark product that... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

healthy workers, benefit their reputations, and engender greater consumer and employee loyalty. Healthy communities also have more money to spend on non health care products and services than unhealthy ones. Underappreciated benefits... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

Student-Profile

Hummy Song

and the productivity of the health care workforce. I am currently working on several projects that examine various operational and organizational factors that may affect worker productivity and quality of... View Details

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

around private sector involvement in alleviating poverty. However, he found over his five years with the organization that aligning future generations of business leaders with the goal of creating prosperity that is shared and inclusive could offer a different and... View Details

Fast Answer

Emerging Market/Frontier Market Fellowship Resources

Data resources for HBS Fellowship students focusing on emerging and frontier markets. Industry and Market Research Passport - Market research reports about... View Details

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

The first of these, Machine/Platform/Crowd, explores the current and future impact of digital technology on people (the mind in relation to machine), product (in relation to digital platforms), and core... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2024
News

OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

Clubs News Clubs News Demystifying AI at Orange County Leadership Breakfast At its first HBS Leadership Breakfast event since before the pandemic, the HBS Association of Orange County (HBSAOC) tackled the potential of AI with a talk titled The Dawning of Artificial... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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

engage with the program and its students. Outcomes: Diverse Paths, Shared Impact Graduates pursue a range of roles across entrepreneurship, product management, engineering, and investing. Each year, 5–7... View Details

08 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

MarsYu Who says finance is boring? These stories, written about HBS faculty research and case studies, cover such diverse topics as financial adviser robots, the rise of impact investing, and the tell-tale signs that brokers are giving... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

01 Jun 2012
News

The Power of Philanthropy

announced its approval of Kalydeco, a drug produced by Vertex that will immediately help some 1,200 cystic fibrosis patients and is viewed as a breakthrough precursor drug to forthcoming products that will help all other CF sufferers.... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

Profile

Stephanie Atiase

over time,” Stephanie says, “I came to see that business was about more than making money. I firmly believe that business is a way to have a huge impact socially. For-profits with a social mission can be stronger than traditional... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Making Eco Easy

recyclable, compostable paper for shipping. Because the lightweight bottles contain no liquids and the tablets are nickel-sized, the environmental impact of delivering the products to consumers is lessened.... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

12 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent this Summer Coding

minimal viable product (MVP) for our mental health startup idea, and to achieve that, I decided to level up my technical skills through an intensive coding program for three main reasons: 1. Entrepreneurial empowerment2. Future of... View Details

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

impact their decisions to climb the corporate ladder (or not). In Studies 1 and 2, when asked to list their core goals in life, women listed more life goals overall than men, and a smaller proportion of their goals related to achieving... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

environmental impact or even save the planet. The lesson of history is that making business sustainable is a hard journey, littered with system-wide roadblocks, but it is a journey that is possible and one that is urgently needed.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2013
News

A Healthy Profit

Gita—not only impacts their daily reality but may represent a "bottom-of-the-pyramid," high-potential market for business as well. Above all, the key is the delivery of solutions. As Chu says, "A product... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

Otto Haas

Along with chemist Otto Rohm, Haas founded one of the world’s largest specialty chemical producers. Under his leadership, Rohm and Haas discovered two major products that have had a significant impact on... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial