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08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Is That Really Your Best Offer?

never have a perfect image of his or her thoughts and feelings. In light of the strategic incentives to mask intentions in negotiation, the picture can be especially cloudy. Whatever impressions we form at the bargaining table should... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

01 Dec 2012
News

Rival Visions

Yorktown in Virginia. There he was put in command of three light infantry battalions— but only after still another tiff with Washington, who wanted to place a French officer in charge because it was a joint operation. Hamilton's orders... View Details

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

fundamental redirections in strategy. Since ventures attain legitimacy and resources based on original aims that constituencies find compelling, entrepreneurs’ initial claims are likely to complicate subsequent course corrections. To shed View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right." Q: In your book you emphasize the difference between self-support and what you call deep support. All our readers understand self-support: ATMs... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2024
News

Back to School

(tannins, heavy, light bodied), and taste (sweet, acidic, sour, bitter, dry). I am currently learning about food pairing, and as I progress further in level 3, I will start blind tasting, which is fascinating and exhilarating, but also... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Sep 2016
News

Code name: Miesiąc

This is his secret police file, which he obtained several years ago through the Institute of National Remembrance, established by the government to shed light on the actions of the Nazi and Communist regimes. This history of Miesiąc—Maj’s... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Piotr Malecki

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

Institutional voids can frustrate, stifle, and undermine the business models and operations of any company doing business in emerging markets. In light of these contextual challenges, some companies choose to exit or avoid emerging... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816042-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-029 Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A) In spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4

up, through acquisition, and through education. Sheds light on the complexities of the issue, highlighting the promise and the problems China faces in its quest to become the world's innovation leader. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: January 5

continuing (if much reduced) political violence and legislative deadlock in the national parliament, three actors needed to make key decisions. Jean Claude Gandur, the CEO of Addax Petroleum, needed to decide whether to continue investing in the Kurdish region in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which has gaping loopholes. Some of the arrangements behind the Indonesian projects seem not to have violated the law, but they didn't smell good in the light of public examination. In the long run,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

1:34 2025 New Venture Competition Runner-Up, Social Enterprise Track: Aidra Health Aidra Health is bridging the urgent gap in medical equipment availability by facilitating equipment sharing and redistribution through an asset light... View Details

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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

ongoing uncertainty about the pandemic, all departments scrutinized their budgets, preserving only those critical, strategically important expenses that were feasible in light of COVID-related restrictions. People were the priority. To... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

The City Solution

weatherizing an existing building’s exterior “skin” and upgrading its lighting and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning, or HVAC, systems) can only go so far. Updating infrastructure and retrofitting in older cities especially can... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

02 Dec 2016
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The Story Behind the Stories

that business is not just about fancy people in fancy rooms and places with water, power, and light and very good infrastructure. That, in fact, some of the most resourceful and savvy entrepreneurs are in the toughest parts of the world... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

under a helmet. Retailing for about $150, the cap records head blows and lights up when a significant hit occurs. Sales, Kacyvenski notes, have been "very encouraging." "The CheckLight reinforces smarter playing technique," says... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

managing change. Instead, they develop many disconnected initiatives to bring about change — initiatives that by their piecemeal nature are doomed to failure. "In light of that," Beer explains, "we formulated this profiling... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

27 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge

year filled with fast-moving developments in generative AI, the incorporation of the tools into search and shopping functions sheds light on just how powerful AI-enhanced search engines like Microsoft Bing could become. For instance,... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology

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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

S. “Public Relations in Steel.” The Public Opinion Quarterly 1 , no. 2 (April 1937): 107–111. Sullivan, Sara. “Corporate Discourses of Sponsored Films of Steel Production in the United States, 1936–1956.” The Velvet Light Trap 72 (Fall... View Details

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

Owusu-Kesse says, “I can’t tell you how rewarding it is to take a bunch of kids from Harlem to their first Knicks or Yankees game and watch their faces light up. For me, my job isn’t about charity. It’s about bringing to the world the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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