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  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

are focusing on retraining (upskilling/reskilling) initiatives aimed at either equipping “at-risk” workers with skills relevant to new digital technologies, or helping them leverage existing skills across... View Details
  • January 2025
  • Case

A Tiger in the Tank: Exxon Sues Investors

By: Clayton S. Rose, Sarah Sasso and James Weber
In June 2024, investors were trying to make sense of ExxonMobil’s (Exxon) lawsuit against two impact investors, Arjuna Capital (Arjuna) and Follow This, that had just been dismissed by the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas. Exxon’s suit challenged the rights of two... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Demographics; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Investment Activism; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; Energy Industry; United States; Netherlands; Norway
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Online Personal Branding Course | HBS Online

Develop an action plan for leveraging your influence to empower yourself and others to lead authentically Who Will Benefit Professionals Entrepreneurs Content Creators Gain the skills and tools to effectively convey your values,... View Details
  • Web

Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Organizations & Markets Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Arthur Brooks Leadership and Happiness General Management Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Ryan Buell Managing Service Operations Technology & Operations Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Monique Burns Thompson... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

The School of Life

in the school of experience. The skills that leaders have—or lack—depend heavily on which “courses,” so to speak, they have and have not taken along the way. When the Right Stuff Isn’t Right at All Take, for example, the story of... View Details
Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management
  • Web

Print View - Course Catalog

resources available. To develop the leadership capabilities and interpersonal skills required to become an effective “implementer /operator.” Underlying Themes and Goals The industry, organization, and... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • May 2024
  • Supplement

gWorks (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
In January of 2019, Joe Heieck, CEO of gWorks, was deciding whether to proceed with his acquisition of Data Tech, that was a business roughly the same size as gWorks. gWorks, which provided geospatial software to small city and rural county governments, was acquired by... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Small Business; Cost vs Benefits; Decisions; Business Education; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Problems and Challenges; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Relationship Management; Technology Adoption; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Growth Management; Applications and Software; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Industry; United States
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  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape of global talent mobility, which is both asymmetric and rising in importance. We next consider the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Quest for Better Layoffs

A few years ago, Sandra J. Sucher received worried emails from two MBA students in her first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) class at Harvard Business School. Elana Green (now Elana Silver) and David Rosales (both HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 14 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works

of superstar talent, so any manager hoping to make blockbusters needs them on his or her side. Fourth, an entrepreneurial streak is essential, I think. Every product launch effectively involves groups of people coming together to build something truly novel. Finally,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate goods sector, entrepreneurs must... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2022 (Revised November 2022)
  • Case

When Should CEOs Speak Out Publicly? The 2021 Georgia Voting Law

By: William W. George, Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal
This case describes the March 2021 passage of a voting and elections law in the U.S. state of Georgia and reactions by corporations and corporate leaders to the law. Included are a brief history of voting rights in the United States and Georgia and an overview of the... View Details
Keywords: Voting Rights; CEO Activism; Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Forms of Communication; Announcements; Spoken Communication; Decision Making; Judgments; Voting; Demographics; Nationality; Race; Geography; Geographic Location; Geopolitical Units; Country; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Political Elections; History; Law; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Leadership; Leadership Style; Management; Management Skills; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Psychology; Status and Position; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; United States; Georgia (state, US)
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  • 22 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

capital investing has reached an all-time high. Although their background skills and experiences fall outside venture capital, they have identified a large investor and a number of smaller investors to back their small fund. They believe... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Feb 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

Howitt, and David W. Giles Abstract—Leadership in emergencies is a crucial element of becoming a high-performing Coast Guard officer. In this article, we argue that emergency leadership is not a single skill... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 1998
  • News

Diversity and Community

first annual Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership to IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (MBA '65) and Levi Strauss CEO Robert D. Haas (MBA '68). The two chief executives received the newly established award on behalf of their companies'... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 01 Mar 2007
  • News

Daniel Vasella

this one played out brilliantly. Within a decade, Dr. Daniel Vasella (PMD 57, 1989) rocketed through the ranks of Sandoz and in 1996 led the firm’s merger with Ciba-Geigy, emerging as CEO of the new company called Novartis, based in Basel, Switzerland. The merger put... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance
  • 22 Jan 2020
  • News

What It Takes

Most of that stuff, when you're young, is in sports. I was very fortunate. I was a very good athlete. In particular, a very fast runner, and I literally enjoyed using that skill in different settings. I liked winning. It's like a habit.... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

employees much more effectively—creating high-performance teams reliably, matching people to projects that fit both their skills and their interests, and dramatically increasing the probability that work will be productively creative. We... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

The Way You See It

vaunted analytical skills of HBS alumni prove to be on target? Stay tuned. What essentials shoiuld HBS stress for the future? Morals, ethics, values Globalization Entrepreneurship Technology, computers View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.