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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

walks on the moon Color TV market grows Microchips expand possibilities in electronics industry Integrated circuit boards replace transistor technology First ATM installed Influence: Medium 70 1970 s 19 Beginning of biotech View Details

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

meant paying a hefty percentage of his wages for bus fare, plus a day of lost work. Click to watch. Safaricom and Vodafone initially built M-PESA, a money-transfer application that resides on a phone's SIM card, as a tool for microfinance... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

economy.” According to the researchers, “Supply chain industries are a distinct and large segment of the economy. In 2015, they accounted for over 53 million jobs, 43 percent of US employment.” “We think this is a breakthrough—a new way... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

Director & Former Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc. Former Treasurer, Harvard University Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Wesleyan University, 1952 B.A., Mathematics LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "HBS honed my View Details

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

The section discusses three topics: How asymmetries power the process of disruption How to identify the company with the shield of asymmetric motivation and the sword of asymmetric skills on its side How to identify circumstances in which... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

27 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

improvement, the research shows how powerful a tool grouping people deliberately, even if temporary, can be for managers. In other research, Valentine studied four other hospitals that implemented team... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

The power of the patient Patients like my mother have become the pioneers of change for rare diseases, advocating for themselves and educating their physicians in real time. Patient advocacy organizations and disease-focused, nonprofit,... View Details

04 Jun 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

can facilitate the transition. Is this a case in which the Internet economy is out of step with more traditional business practice? Or are we seeing an irreversible trend in some industries away from the subscription model, in part... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

June 2017
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Maggie Wilderotter: The Evolution of an Executive

By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams

In a career that spanned over 30 years, Maggie Wilderotter served as CEO of two publicly traded companies and served on 32 corporate and 9 association and nonprofit boards of directors. As CEO of Frontier Communications, a U.S. telecom company with over $25 billion in... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Managing People; Networks; Strategy And Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Social and Collaborative Networks; Gender; Power and Influence; Telecommunications Industry; United States

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13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

analyses of data covering 69 two-digit SIC industries at two points in time, 1991 and 1999. In both years, approximately half of advertisers of all sizes operated an in-house agency. Across industries, we find that the likelihood of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Financial performance is the result of operating performance. Operating performance includes all the things that a company must do to win the competitive battle in its industry to attract, retain, and profitably serve customers. It varies... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

fuzzy logic, and you have the makings of Nicholas Carr's article. Carr's examples of railroads and electric power played out over eighty years, (not forty, as he suggests), turning society, business organizations, and lifestyles inside... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

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Alumni Career Guide - Alumni

Volunteer Alumni Career Guide What are Alumni Career Guides? These are alumni who are willing to connect with current students to share industry knowledge and career advice. Career Guides agree to respond to a student's request for... View Details

June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
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VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture

This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Mozambique

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23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

invest in for their own operations. This innovative model was thoughtfully constructed and sparked many questions from our group. Key Takeaways: The Challenges of Decarbonizing Dairy One of our most powerful takeaways from this visit was... View Details

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Selected Digital Historical Resources – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Interview Process Spreading the Word The "Hawthorne Effect" Research Links Guides to Archival Collections Next Selected Digital Historical Resources Selected Digital Historical Resources Hawthorne works for the manufacture of power... View Details

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. "Relationship rituals are powerful commitment devices," Garcia-Rada says. "They help people establish a sense of who they are as a couple. Couples are protective of the special... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times (Scribner, 2017) was selected by Strategy + Business as one of the Best Business Books on Leadership in 2018. Lynn S. Paine : Winner of the 2018 Rendanheyi Badge for Lifetime... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

go well beyond the boundaries of their own groups. That’s why an event like BlackTech Week, which draws people from a variety of communities, is a powerful tool for change, she says. New pathways: How to... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

Are brand management issues faced by a powerful for-profit company such as Toyota the same as those navigated by an international non-government organization (NGO) such as the Red Cross? Yes and no. In their new book, The New Global... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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