Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,374) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,374) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 8 of 1,374 Results →

    Karen Mills

    Karen Gordon Mills is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on U.S. competitiveness, entrepreneurship, and innovation. She served in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business... View Details

    • 14 Jan 2019
    • Op-Ed

    These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

    value. Through their leadership they encouraged other corporate leaders to embrace this multi-stakeholder approach. Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter called this idea “creating shared value” in January 2011. Let’s examine how... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

      Jay W. Lorsch

      Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School. He is editor of View Details

      • September 2016 (Revised February 2019)
      • Case

      KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (A)

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
      A case on scaling social impact for nonprofits. Founded in 1995, KaBOOM! quickly became a nationally recognized nonprofit in building playgrounds with strong corporate partnerships and volunteer-organizing capabilities. Over the years, KaBOOM! developed new programs,... View Details
      Keywords: Scaling Social Impact; Scaling; Nonprofit Scaling; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
      Related
      • November 2017
      • Case

      Passion and Strategy: Novozymes' Embrace of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

      By: Andy Zelleke and Emilie Billaud
      This case explores the sustainability efforts at Novozymes, the world's largest and oldest producer of industrial enzymes. In 2015, the Danish company became the world’s first company known to have crafted a new corporate strategy based on the United Nations... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Biotechnology Industry; Europe; Denmark
      Related
      • January 2002 (Revised June 2003)
      • Case

      Abelli and Saviotti at Banca Commerciale Italiana (A)

      By: Tiziana E. Casciaro, Kathleen L. McGinn and Massimiliano Belingheri
      In 1999, a powerful struggle amidst complex corporate and interpersonal networks led to the failed merger between Banca Commerciale Italiana and Unicredito Italiano--two of Italy's largest banking groups. This case analyzes the actions of Abelli and Saviotti, co-CEOs... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Networks; Banks and Banking; Business Strategy; Power and Influence; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; International Finance; Failure; Banking Industry; Italy
      Related

        Dutch Leonard

        Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details

        Keywords: education industry; federal government; health care; nonprofit industry; state government
        • June 2014
        • Case

        Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal

        By: Nancy F. Koehn, Kelly McNamara, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth Legris

        Starbucks Coffee Company: Transformation and Renewal analyzes the turnaround and reconstruction of Starbucks Coffee Company from 2008 to 2014 as led by CEO and co-founder Howard Schultz. The case offers executives and students an opportunity to examine in depth how... View Details

        Keywords: Howard Schultz; Starbucks; Transformation; Turnaround; Change; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Leadership; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Value; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia; South America; Middle East; Latin America
        Related
        • March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
        • Case

        In Search of Global Regulation

        By: Geoffrey Jones and Mona Rahmani
        The history of the international regulation of global capitalism is surveyed, addressing the challenges facing firms confronting international, national, and regional regulation. Follows the history of global regulation after 1914, from the League of Nations;... View Details
        Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations
        Related
        • 14 Feb 2008
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950

        Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
        • 2020
        • Book

        Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives

        By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
        This book is the first systematic scholarly study on the business history of Turkey and its predecessor the Ottoman Empire from the nineteenth century until the present. It places the distinctive characteristics of capitalism in Turkey within a global and comparative... View Details
        Keywords: Capitalism; Corruption; Business History; Ethics; Economic Systems; Crime and Corruption; Middle East; Central Asia; Turkey
        Related
        • 28 May 2019
        • Research & Ideas

        Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

        Investors rely on corporate auditors to keep impartial watch on the accounting practices of the companies they invest in. Historically, investors have not been shy about launching litigation when they believed auditors did not do enough... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting
        • 02 Feb 2023
        • Research & Ideas

        Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable

        specifically, play a strong role in keeping corporations accountable to customers, employees, and other stakeholders. With the decline in traditional media sources, particularly amid the closure of many local newspapers, Heese and Pacelli... View Details
        Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Technology
        • March 2001 (Revised April 2002)
        • Case

        Ginzel et al v. Kolcraft Enterprises et al (A)

        By: Michael A. Wheeler
        Examines the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of an infant who died after a portable crib collapsed. The manufacturer, Kolcraft, licensed the Playskool brand name from the co-defendant, Hasbro Industries. Raises difficult questions about what the two... View Details
        Keywords: Safety; Product; Negotiation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; United States
        Related
        • January 1985 (Revised March 2003)
        • Case

        Conex do Brasil

        By: Christopher A. Bartlett and John Young
        Describes interactions between Brazilian local, Latin American regional, and USA headquarters staff during the three years after establishing a manufacturing subsidiary in Sao Paulo. In a highly protected national environment, a market entry plan is developed to meet... View Details
        Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Resignation and Termination; Goals and Objectives; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Performance Expectations; Opportunities; Corporate Strategy; Latin America; United States; Brazil
        Related
        • 23 Aug 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

        corporate abuses or (2) less-developed nations roughly equal in power and with some control of corporate abuses. Unfortunately, much of today's international trade does not... View Details
        Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
        • September 2016 (Revised October 2017)
        • Case

        KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (Abridged)

        By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
        A case on scaling social impact for nonprofits. Founded in 1995, KaBOOM! quickly became a nationally recognized nonprofit in building playgrounds with strong corporate partnerships and volunteer-organizing capabilities. Over the years, KaBOOM! developed new programs,... View Details
        Keywords: Scaling Social Enterprise; Scaling Social Impact; Nonprofit Scaling; Nonprofit; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
        Related
        • 21 Feb 2022
        • News

        Good Immigration

        • 16 Feb 2016
        • Video

        The Amazing Life of one of America’s Earliest Black, Female Entrepreneurs

        • 28 Apr 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        Earth Day Reflections

        What's more, since going green is now red hot, a growing number of companies—especially in Europe and Japan—are also starting to issue Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Sustainability reports. Sometimes these are mailed with the... View Details
        Keywords: by Staff