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- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
the shoulders of poorer communities. As the United States wrestles with the Omicron wave, my hope is that the health care system can learn from its recent ability to increase access in moments of broad crisis to develop strategies to help... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
and which growth option will most effectively take Endeavor in that direction. The case begins with a panel of business leaders selecting a new class of Jordanian entrepreneurs to join the ranks of Endeavor's prestigious portfolio. Their decision forces them to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
John Stuart Mill, philosophers have wrestled with the age-old questions autonomous vehicles are now raising—in new and urgent ways—for businesses and their leaders. “And by genuine ethical decisions, I mean decisions about the rights of... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “startup nation.”... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
while aiming for consistency and managing complexity. The case concludes with a description of new challenges as the district faces political unrest, shrinking enrollments, and decreased funding. Hiroshima and her team wrestle with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
practitioner visits? Hamel: All of the above, and more. John and I have spent a lot of time at the "bleeding edge" of companies that are wrestling with these issues, and we'll have many good examples to share. We've also worked... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
there’s innovation that doesn’t happen,” says Gompers. “This is true [for] women, its true for underrepresented minorities, and it’s true for the formerly incarcerated as well.” Gompers says the case poses important questions for coastal investors to View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
memoir, Decoded. Droga5 wrestles with two disparate challenges: developing a campaign for the book's launch and finding a way to drive trial for Bing, Microsoft's new search engine. Droga5's innovative solution is to kill two birds with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
students to wrestle with the often conflicting needs of multiple stakeholders. What more should HBS do? Deans and recruiters told Datar and Garvin that MBAs in general need more soft skills, such as self-awareness and the capacity for... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
internal venture capital arm in 2011, which promptly became the world's largest investor in energy related startups. In choosing to proceed, the company's New Business Development unit (NPD) wrestled with a number of challenges. How... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
Los Angeles area called Bibigo, the meeting would also touch on the restaurant's U.S. growth plans and how they might be connected to KCON. More broadly, the executives had to wrestle with the question of whether Americans would ever... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
doorsteps, and the world that business must navigate all call for a discussion that wrestles with both economic and ethical demands, trying to integrate them rather than trying to minimize one or the other. Q: What do you see as the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
wrestled with for years. German firms needed more scale and centralization—and looked to American examples in the great "rationalization" mania of the 1920s. Americanization and the bureaucratization of German corporations went... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
Under Garcia’s guidance, Johnson has made a successful transition from being a top wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment to climbing the ranks in Hollywood, becoming one of its most bankable and highest-paid actors. The two stand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
strategic decisions on whether to go deeper (expand to grades 4 and 5) or go broader to more grade 1 to 3 children. They were wrestling with the question of which option would lead to more impact and leave their social innovation in a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
cases that makes them so enduring?" Saki, Sizzle, Sayonara Case: Benihana of Tokyo Written: 1972 Copies Sold: 269,584 Touring the United States in 1959 with his Japanese university wrestling team, twenty-year-old Hiroaki... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
63-year-old CEO of Southwest Airlines had come to arm wrestle his company's latest nemesis: Kurt Herwald, the 38-year-old weightlifting CEO of Stevens Aviation, an aircraft maintenance company based in South Carolina. Herwald had recently... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
children who are victims of abuse, disability, illness, and poverty. As one of the 50 largest fundraising charities in the United Kingdom, the organization's trustees wrestle with how to meet the needs of this vast and most vulnerable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
wrestle with for 15 years. There's also the sheer energy in emerging markets, the excitement and enthusiasm that people there and now thankfully people everywhere feel about emerging markets. This too makes it possible to take a long... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace