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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
Inside Chinese Business: A Guide for Managers Worldwide reveals the social and cultural values that underpin Chinese business practices and influence day-to-day corporate decisions. Written by Ming-Jer Chen, an expert on business strategy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
social enterprise work as a recruiting tool to attract the best young talent, our approach is much more sustainable in the long run because it avoids the reintegration issues that often arise when executives... View Details
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Class Notes - Alumni
The Kierans and Cattanis in Hermosa Beach, CA See the MBA 1971E notes. Nikolas Lubel with Kevin Kensler (HSPH ScD 2018) See the MBA 2018G notes. Hannah Kattermann with her husband Joe and their dog Winston See the MBA 2018G notes. Search, Browse and Read Class Notes To... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
rather than be about Trump. A successful brand is owned by its consumers. It delivers benefits that speak to their needs and aspirations. If brand Trump can project convincing superiority on those issues like jobs and national security... View Details
- 25 Jun 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Machiavelli, Morals, and You
of career-life tradeoffs, Badaracco said. "This is where we really get into these issues of accountability. And the second big test of moral leadership is not what kind of character you have or what your values are ... [but] is the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
great gadget" and improve the educational possibilities for children in impoverished environments? Tech-savvy people as well as the socially conscious have been intrigued by the idea of "one laptop per child" since it made... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
establish and administer the award. "The President hoped that such an award would elevate and honor issues of leadership in citizenship as the Baldrige awards have done for leadership in quality," Cavanagh says. Conference Board president... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
Photos by Benoit Cortet Nicholas Tiller (MBA 1998) grew up Springfield, Ohio, a farming community where 4-H was founded, and many of his classmates were in FFA, the Future Farmers of America. Yet Tiller’s education in agriculture and energy—and the ways in which the... View Details
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Eligibility | New Venture Competition
Eligibility Social Enterprise Track The Social Enterprise Track is open to students in good standing who are enrolled in a full-time graduate degree program at Harvard University. Each team must meet both of... View Details
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
warned. "Business cannot sit this one out" and ignore reality, he said. Yet the nature of any given industry today presents business with unique challenges. One session of the conference focused specifically on supply chains, led by Stacey Childress, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
Issue Focus: Leadership To keep pace with a fast-changing global business environment, “You’ve got to institutionalize the process of reinvention,” says William Fung. Photo courtesy Li & Fung Ltd. Issue... View Details
- May 1996 (Revised December 1996)
- Case
Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (B)
By: Krishna G. Palepu, V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarayu Srinivasan
A new administration/government takes power in a state in India and cancels a power project agreed upon/created by the previous state government and an American-based energy company. The project cancellation is based on allegations of irregularities, exorbitant costs,... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Conflict Management; Energy Industry; India; United States
Palepu, Krishna G., V. Kasturi Rangan, and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (B)." Harvard Business School Case 596-100, May 1996. (Revised December 1996.)
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
straight line, it will reduce the huge valuation swings that we’ve seen in the last three years. Greater transparency does not mean that all issues can or should be disclosed — otherwise a company could forfeit competitive advantage. Is a... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
Three stories in this issue will introduce you to remarkable individuals who work in strikingly different fields but who share a common passion — the pursuit of ideas that are changing the way others think and act. Gayle Lemmon (MBA ’06),... View Details
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Faculty Spotlight: HBS Racial Equity Fellow Professor Ivuoma N. Onyeador - Blog: RGE Report
parity, and consider contextualizing their commitments to pay parity and other equity initiatives in this broader context. Respect your employees’ concerns about social issues and listen with sincerity.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Research Online
objectively. In this excerpt from “Failing to Learn and Learning to Fail (Intelligently)” in the June 2005 issue of Long Range Planning, Professor Amy Edmondson and coauthor Mark Cannon (PHDOB ’98) offer a process for analyzing what went... View Details
- September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Supplement
Charles Veillon, S.A. (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Howard Reitz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Rights; Organizations; Working Conditions; Social Issues; Management Practices and Processes; Service Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Howard Reitz. "Charles Veillon, S.A. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 398-010, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
- June 10, 2021
- Article
How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader in a Capitalist World
By: Celia Bravard, John Pontillo and Andrew J. Hoffman
Today’s business school education isn’t suited to the big challenges facing the world — climate change, economic inequality and racial injustice — that the leaders of tomorrow will be expected to solve. So, how can students and young professionals succeed in a system... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Social Issues; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Opportunities
Bravard, Celia, John Pontillo, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader in a Capitalist World." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 10, 2021).
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Feedback
—Barbara Thornton (MBA 1995) Practicing PWYW Re: The Price Is Right As part of my financial services, I help retirees identify and implement their optimum Social Security claiming strategy. Pricing this service has been very difficult,... View Details