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One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity
community, and change the School's culture and organization. Today, we'll hear how things have gone over the past year and what's in store for the year ahead. I'm Brian Kenny, the chief marketing and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
responsibilities do amplify the inequities we’ve found. Outside studies, for example, show evidence of a “motherhood penalty.” That could mean a workplace culture that makes it difficult for anybody who has family responsibilities or the... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
production and "customization" of materials. The engineering or applied science-based culture of many German firms kept power and authority closer to the factory or subsidiaries. Craft production meant skilled workers also... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
of a purchase and final acquisition of a firearm. We show that waiting periods, which create a “cooling off” period among buyers, significantly reduce the incidence of gun violence. We estimate the impact of waiting periods on gun deaths, exploiting all View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Champion International, by contrast, resulted in culture change and some improvements in performance, but negligible enhancement of shareholder value. In the end, Professor Beer notes, neither concept on its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
should be informed early on of such things as expected shortfalls in performance, changes in tactics, new information impacting a business, and the like. The intent is to flag potential problems early on so that help can be provided in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?
team found programming documents, technical specifications, training materials, and change management documentation in the repository. Because these documents were available, Love and his team did not have to spend any time tracking down... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Important are Big Ideas?
them. This raises a new set of questions concerning the future of global competition. As Winfried Schoepf put it, "The big idea is the only thing with the ability to attract enough people around a new concept when real change is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
cultural historians, and even scholars interested in the decorative arts. Part of this new interest has been around the topic of women in business and women at work.” The problem, says Linard, was that “we really didn’t know how much... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
an Earth-shattering cataclysm changes the world forever, foretold by a prophecy from the beginning of time. Dante in China by John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press In John Barr’s poems, the ancient masters encounter the modern world. Dante... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
combination offered by Ford Motor Company’s management training program. While he excelled at leading teams to solve engineering-based manufacturing problems, it was a stint in sales and marketing that changed his life. “I was on the job... View Details
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and anti-Arabism in our community, including in our programs and courses; explore the ways they are experienced at Harvard Business School; and create avenues to raise awareness, build understanding, and cultivate inclusive mindsets. Classroom View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
poignant stories of entrepreneurial victories and losses from fellow alumni. Donna L. Dubinsky (MBA '81) discussed the challenges she has faced as president of Palm Computing. Sears, Roebuck CEO Arthur C. Martinez (MBA '65) talked about his experiences furthering View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
probably won’t be individuals. Ridesharing, says Shen, is taking off even faster in China than it is in the United States. And it’s doing so in part for cultural reasons. In China, Shen explains, ownership has historically been less... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
this important undertaking. “Good accounting rules are to good capitalism what good plumbing is to your home,” Ramanna says. No one thinks much about them until disaster strikes. “Tech startup culture and health care are colliding and... View Details
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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Trade Card. Advertising Ephemera Collection. Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, olvwork88217 Appearing in some of the earliest European prints of the so-called “New World,” images of Native people have circulated in... View Details
- September 2015
- Case
Connective Mobility
By: Nitin Nohria, Christopher Payton and Ali Huberlie
Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Nohria, Nitin, Christopher Payton, and Ali Huberlie. "Connective Mobility." Harvard Business School Case 816-051, September 2015.
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Euvin Naidoo I just received hardcover copies of two special books I have been looking forward to unpacking over the summer: Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time, by Rosabeth... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
changed the world. In this book, Doerr identifies the measurable OKRs we need to reduce emissions across the board and to arrive by 2050 at net zero—the point where we are no longer adding to the heat-trapping carbon in the atmosphere.... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
the better for it. Mary Callahan Erdoes (MBA 1993) CEO, JPM Asset Management, JPMorgan Chase & Co. “The sheer terror of a cold call changes you forever—until you realize that life is made up of cold calls in different formats. Once you... View Details