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July 2018
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LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry

In the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company’s head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan.... View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Leadership And Change Management; Consolidation; Change Management; Leadership; Global Strategy; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Japan

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February 2009 (Revised September 2009)
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Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta

In his role as Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Minneapolis Fed), Art Rolnick and his colleague, Rob Grunewald, had written "Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return." The... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Early Childhood Education; Investment Return; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Performance Effectiveness; Nonprofit Organizations; Minneapolis; Saint Paul

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Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

CREATE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? It's a natural human tendency to hold back ideas and shy away from disagreeing with the boss. To avoid being perceived as ignorant, we don't ask questions. To avoid being thought of as incompetent, we don't... View Details

19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

01 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Choosing the Right Student Loan

be a good idea to consider these types of loans. Both domestic and international students may benefit from having a U.S. co-signer on private loans. When exploring private loan options, you may want to start with your current bank or... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Made in Italy

boundaries of the classroom. The idea stretches back to 2006, when, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a group of MBA students organized a service trip to New Orleans to study—and assist—businesses working to rebuild the city. Since... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2023
News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives Francisco Garcia Zavaleta (COO) and Gervasio Videla Dorna (cofounder and CEO), at left, and to Patricio Alba (cofounder and CIO), far right, by HBS students Maxwell Nii Laryea, third from left,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

your knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to accelerate and reinforce your learning. Exchange ideas with your classmates, broaden your perspective, and challenge your worldview. Social Join a global... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

computers operate longer. All Innovative ideas start out as half-baked propositions.— Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor, and Scott D. Anthony Companies march along a performance trajectory by introducing successive sustaining... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

17 Dec 2020
News

Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

networking, efforts to support innovation in Japanese business as well as community service and charitable works. “HBS has a great brand and reputation in Japan, and I hope we can make a difference with our initiatives around DEI,” says Tanaka. “We are always looking... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: TONL, LLC View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana Harvard Business Publishing, 2010 Abstract The idea of a contingency theory of leadership is not novel. In the 1960s several scholars conducted research and proposed such an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

mentoring children. “I volunteered with children in dream deserts whose idea of fun was throwing rocks at cars,” Kam says. “I wanted to broaden their horizons beyond their neighborhoods.” HOME REGION Fort Worth, TX UNDERGRAD EDUCATION... View Details

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

as the notion that you're supposed to delight and retain every single customer. Let's take this last idea as an example. If you listen to every customer and do what they ask you to do, you can't have a strategy. Like so many View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

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Your Alumni Community - Alumni

idea for a story, would like to submit a letter to the editor, or just want to send us a note, please do. We'd love to hear from you. Social Media Feeds Shalom everyone from the HBS Jewish Students Association! We’re taking over the CPD... View Details

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

workers, key issues such as how employees are paid and how they view the scope of their jobs can be crucial to their willingness to contribute ideas that help the company thrive, says Susanna Gallani, assistant professor at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

07 Jul 2023
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man offers food to the people in his community in need of a meal. He’s a community leader in the Robin Hood Army, a no-funds volunteer organization with a massive goal to end world hunger, community... View Details

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

value. Through their leadership they encouraged other corporate leaders to embrace this multi-stakeholder approach. Harvard Business School’s Michael E. Porter called this idea “creating shared value” in January 2011. Let’s examine how... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

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Planning a Class Session - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

allow for a natural flow of ideas during a classroom discussion. Transcript Preparing to Teach Other's Cases Ashish Nanda Professor Nanda discusses how to go about teaching a case that was written by someone else. Transcript Teaching Plan... View Details

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Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

overcome. They can help explain an apparent paradox of globalization: Ideas and technologies that can be accessed at a distance cannot serve as a foundation for competitive advantage. Effective management of locational advantages may... View Details

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