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Podcast - Business & Environment

United States is being driven by public policy, community engagement, and new funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. He explains the U.S. EPA’s role in View Details

    Aurora Turek

    Aurora Turek is a PhD candidate in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on the future of work. In particular, she studies how flexible work practices - like remote and hybrid work - emerge and the implications of these... View Details
    • March 2004
    • Case

    L.L. Bean: A Search for Growth

    By: Rajiv Lal, Walter J. Salmon and James Weber
    In mid-2003, CEO Chris McCormick felt L.L. Bean was in a good position to begin to grow again. For nearly 90 years, the company sold clothing and gear for outdoor enthusiasts through its catalogs and a single retail store in Freeport, Maine. In the three decades prior... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Restructuring; Growth and Development Strategy; Cost Management; Sales; Performance Improvement; Diversification; Distribution Channels; Resignation and Termination; Retail Industry; Web Services Industry
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    • June 2014
    • Article

    The Price of Wall Street's Power

    By: Gautam Mukunda
    Over and over again, executives make decisions that aren't in their companies' best interests, in response to pressure from Wall Street. Though many believe this happens because firms have a "fiduciary duty" to maximize shareholder returns, U.S. executives do not, as a... View Details
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    • 02 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    What Makes a Good Leader?

    prices would plummet, their competitors would be all over them, and employees would be jumping ship.—HBS professor Joe Badaracco Some great managers struggle with change and fail to be great leaders, while a... View Details
    Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young
    • 03 May 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

    unlikely to speak to people who are very different from us unless there is some sort of mechanism that brings us together.” The work provides a deeper understanding of the importance of physical proximity as organizations seek the best ways to View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • January 2025
    • Supplement

    Negotiating with Data: Analytics FC (B)

    By: Jillian Jordan and Livia Alfonsi
    Analytics FC was a UK-based sports consultancy that focused on international football (soccer), leveraging cutting-edge data-analytic techniques to support clubs, federations, and players. In 2022, Alex Greenwood, an elite female defender, approached the company for... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; Negotiation Preparation; Gender; Analytics and Data Science; Sports; Reputation; Value Creation; Consulting Industry; Sports Industry; Europe; United Kingdom
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      D. Quinn Mills

      Daniel Quinn Mills provides thought leadership in several fields including leadership, strategy, venture capital, finance, economics and geopolitics.  He has been a director of publicly-listed firms and is currently a director of several closely-held private... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; banking; brokerage; computer; construction; consulting; e-commerce industry; education industry; information technology industry; investment banking industry; management consulting; professional services; publishing industry; venture capital industry
      • 17 Aug 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet

      addition, larger companies in this sector, such as Cisco, Google, or Adobe, have been a haven of relative stability through the current economic downturn and boost the U.S. View Details
      Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising; Publishing
      • 14 Mar 2023
      • In Practice

      What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

      single day, leaving the bank with a $1 billion negative balance, according to a regulatory filing by the company. While financial regulators have announced that the US will guarantee all deposits at SVB, its collapse has spooked customers at other banks View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking
      • 30 May 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

      online in a more widespread way, and use of secure portals has largely stabilized at that new, higher level. The platforms place new stresses on doctors and their teams, who... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health
      • Program

      Ascending the Peak: Finding the Leader Within—Virtual

      unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226. Application Review To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions... View Details
      • 15 Feb 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: Feb. 15

        PublicationsThe Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, eds. Publication:Research and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 29 Apr 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: April 29

      Business School faculty led in developing the method. A particular challenge in the writing of cases is finding the balance between enough complexity, so that the problem posed reflects reality and supports... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 27 Jan 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

      a balance between preparing and staying spontaneous in the moment. “If you over-prepare, it can immobilize you and prevent you from bobbing and... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

        James L. Heskett

        James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

        • September 2011 (Revised January 2012)
        • Case

        Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System

        By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and Mala Kaul
        The Telemonitoring at Visiting Nurse Health System case presents one home healthcare organization's efforts to use telemonitoring to improve the quality of care provided to at-risk patients who were discharged from hospitals and needed home care. After two years of... View Details
        Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Cost vs Benefits; Risk Management; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry
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        South Asia - Global

        construction products. The interactive discussion delved into critical questions about Aashiyana’s potential, Tata Steel’s digital transformation journey, and execution challenges. It sparked insightful perspectives on View Details
        • 26 Jul 2016
        • First Look

        July 26, 2016

        coming from an increase in new hires and the balance from an increase in earnings. Importantly, however, we document substantial crowding out of non-treated firms employment, particularly in counties with... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • February 2012
        • Case

        Henkel: Building a Winning Culture

        By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
        This case illustrates a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability. When Kasper Rorsted became CEO of Henkel, a Germany-based producer of personal care, laundry, and adhesives products, in 2008, he was... View Details
        Keywords: Performance Measurement; Performance Appraisals; Human Resource Management; Values; Organizational Transformations; Pay For Performance; Strategy Execution; Values and Beliefs; Work-Life Balance; Organizational Culture; Human Resources; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits
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