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- 2018
- Article
Cracking the Organizational Challenge of Pursuing Joint Social and Financial Goals: Social Enterprise as a Laboratory to Understand Hybrid Organizing
By: Julie Battilana
While in recent decades the social and business sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, today companies are increasingly expected to generate social value in addition to profit. As a result, they also increasingly face the distinct challenge of pursuing social... View Details
Keywords: Hybrid Organizations; Hybrid Organizing; Multiple Goals; Social Enterprise; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture
Battilana, Julie. "Cracking the Organizational Challenge of Pursuing Joint Social and Financial Goals: Social Enterprise as a Laboratory to Understand Hybrid Organizing." M@n@gement 21, no. 4 (2018): 1278–1305.
- 2011
- Chapter
Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
While clusters have been known to exist at least since the days of Marshall, Michael Porter's work, first in The Competitive Advantage of Nations (Porter, 1990) and then in On Competition (originally published in 1998; updated edition in Porter, 2008), has undoubtedly... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Framework; Policy; Industry Clusters; Practice; Competitive Advantage
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Clusters and Competitiveness: Porter's Contribution." Chap. 10 in Competition, Competitive Advantage, and Clusters: The Ideas of Michael Porter, edited by Robert Huggins and Hiro Izushi, 173–192. Oxford University Press, 2011.
- 2007
- Report
Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Choosing the Future Direction of the Russian Economy
By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
The report synthesizes, interprets, and draws implications about Russia's economic progress, applying the Porter competitiveness framework. It is part of a Strategic Audit of the Russian Federation, a broader set of research activities coordinated by CSR to provide a... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Russia
Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Choosing the Future Direction of the Russian Economy." Report, Center for Strategic Research, Moscow, Russia, December 2007.
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 15 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright
program, you’re likely someone who likes to plan and have a sense of what their future looks like. Being admitted to 2+2 means that you have an incredible graduate school experience waiting for you down the line and the opportunity to explore from a career View Details
- Web
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting
Insights & Advice 26 Jan 2024 Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Locations Company Perspectives Nonprofit / Government Summer Internships Why We Recruit Emerson... View Details
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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online
learning through real-world examples and experience Harvard Business School’s signature case method. Business leaders will share challenges they’ve faced. As the story unfolds, you’ll leverage course concepts, vital tools and frameworks, and the diversity of your... View Details
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Our Curriculum - Business History
challenging decisions and ethical dilemmas entrepreneurs have faced in countries with repressive regimes and failed states in different historical eras. By reviewing the historical evidence on global entrepreneurship, it provides View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Bridging the ESG Data Gap
founders. “The sessions were terrific,” she recalls, “but camaraderie was the highlight. Hearing cohort members’ perspectives and learning from their experiences was incredibly helpful.” A cofounder of the HBS Sustainability Club as a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Allison Hughes
Looking ahead to a career in hedge funds, Hughes is enthusiastic. "Analyzing companies from a qualitative and quantitative perspective is a natural progression from case studies at HBS," she says. She credits Lone Pine founder and... View Details
Keywords: Charlie Hogg
- 10 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values
mean." The other perspective was, "No, that's not who California is." They decided to raise taxes and to continue to support a wide set of public goods, including support for the poor. Q: Your research is ultimately hopeful... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)
Any Speed, which revealed all the very fixable safety issues carmakers weren’t implementing—like making seatbelts standard equipment. We need to bring the same transparency to social media. The two history classes I took at HBS gave me such a great View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations
another week of haggling would bring huge payoffs. This difference in perspective between the manufacturer's and the union's negotiating styles resulted in a strike. Effective negotiators realize that their reputation is not just a... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
in an official institution,” Orlov says. “We didn’t have a clue about how people would react.” They were floored by the positive response. In October, the Ukrainian Parliament held a roundtable committee meeting to explore various View Details
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Financial Aid - Alumni
of experiences and perspectives to the classroom and make it possible for recipients to pursue career paths based on interest and potential impact rather than student debt. A Tradition of Philanthropy Watch this 3-minute video to learn... View Details
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Multilateral Bankruptcy Rules
By: Jerry R. Green
A classic problem in economics is the selection of a bankruptcy rule with good normative properties. The problem as usually specified is given by the “estate” E which is to be divided among the “claims” c= (c1,... View Details
- 2021
- Book
Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise
By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Family and Family Relationships; Outcome or Result; Business Model; Conflict and Resolution; Organizational Culture
Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise. Harvard Business Review Press, 2021.
- January 2012 (Revised June 2013)
- Case
Dow Chemical: Innovating for Sustainability
Dow Chemical is one of the few major American industrial corporations that was founded in the late 19th century that is still in existence. From its origins producing bromine out of the brine underneath Midland, Michigan, the company has evolved from a diversified... View Details
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Shelley Xin Li. "Dow Chemical: Innovating for Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 112-064, January 2012. (Revised June 2013.)
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
Details Concepts An Introduction to Innovation Clarify Through Observation Insights and Problem Framing The Right Enviroment for Creativity Featured Exercises Problem Framing: Reframe problems from various perspectives (deep, emotional,... View Details
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
understand what is valued in your environment, and then expanding your network to include people who can give you a different perspective as well as access to the people who control those valued resources. Once your power map is as clear... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald