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  • 2019
  • Book

The Technology Fallacy: How People Are the Real Key to Digital Transformation

By: Gerald C. Kane, Anh Phillips, Jonathan Copulsky and Garth Andrus
Digital technologies are disrupting organizations of every size and shape, leaving managers scrambling to find a technology fix that will help their organizations compete. This book offers managers and business leaders a guide for surviving digital disruptions―but it... View Details
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    Michael A. Wheeler

    Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

    Keywords: arts; construction; e-commerce industry; energy; federal government; green technology; internet; legal services; nonprofit industry; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; publishing industry; real estate; service industry; sports; state government; utilities
    • 29 Mar 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: March 29

    develop a conceptual and an empirical framework to explain how this challenge is addressed in a software and scientific context. What is shown is that the process of innovation is a cycle where actors... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • August 2012
    • Article

    Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in Teams: A Resource-based View of Team Performance

    By: H. K. Gardner, F. Gino and B. Staats
    In knowledge-based environments, teams must develop a systematic approach to integrating knowledge resources throughout the course of projects in order to perform effectively. Yet, many teams fail to do so. Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, we examine how... View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Projects; Performance Effectiveness; Knowledge Sharing; Employees; Theory; Framework; Management Practices and Processes; Research
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    • 03 Nov 2018
    • News

    Think Saving for Old Age Can’t Be Fun? Try Making It a Game

    • Video

    A Conversation on the FIELD Method at HBS

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    The Real Estate Challenge: Capitalizing on Change

    By: William J. Poorvu
    William J. Poorvu has developed a new casebook and instructor's manual for teaching how to manage change in real estate. Two chapters that describe changes that are currently affecting the industry are followed by twenty case studies-approximately 60 percent of them... View Details
    • March–April 2019
    • Article

    The Future of Leadership Development

    By: Das Narayandas and Mihnea Moldoveanu
    The need for leadership development has never been more urgent. Companies of all sorts realize that to survive in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment, they need different leadership skills and organizational capabilities from those that... View Details
    Keywords: Talent Management; Executive Education; Leadership Development; Business Education; Management Skills; Learning; Online Technology
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    • September 2007
    • Case

    Vendor Compliance at Geoffrey Ryans (A)

    Geoffrey Ryans, a regional department store, faced two major issues relating to its retail furniture line: a large percentage of stock received from East Asian vendors was not in sellable condition, and furniture pieces had high customer return rates. Discusses... View Details
    Keywords: Quality; Supply Chain; Retail Industry; East Asia
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    • November 2007 (Revised July 2010)
    • Background Note

    China: The Political System

    Offers a detailed overview of the structure and operation of the Chinese political system today. Key issues that are discussed include: 1) the relationship between the Communist Party of China and the state; 2) the relationship between central and local levels of... View Details
    Keywords: Government and Politics; System; China
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    • March 2010 (Revised February 2013)
    • Case

    NFL UK

    By: Elie Ofek, David B. Godes and Peter Wickersham
    The NFL faces a decision on how to continue efforts to grow its fanbase in the U.K. The decision needs to take into account lessons learned from previous NFL activities in Europe, market research on the U.K. sports fan, and the implications of any move on the U.S. fan.... View Details
    Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Sports; Expansion; Sports Industry; Europe; United Kingdom; United States
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    • December 2024
    • Article

    Managerial Pluralism: Thirty Years of Teaching Business Ethics

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco
    The author reflects on 30 years of teaching business ethics at Harvard Business School. The paper presents tactical lessons for teaching courses in professional ethics and introduces “managerial pluralism.” This concept is akin to Isaiah Berlin’s value pluralism and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Education; Ethics; Judgments
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    • 19 Feb 2015
    • Video

    Health Care is Every Company’s Business

    • Teaching Interest

    Managing Social Enterprise (MSE)

    This course examines how to create, develop and scale high-performing social enterprises - be they nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations. Unlike the business world where most stakeholders agree on the definition of success and are driven by market forces,... View Details
    • October 1982 (Revised September 1988)
    • Case

    Steven B. Belkin

    By: Howard H. Stevenson and Richard O. von Werssowetz
    Steven Belkin, 26 years old and 2 1/2 years out of HBS, has decided to leave a group travel company he has run for the last year to start his own similar business. In the course of several months he has written a business plan, attracted several partners and employees,... View Details
    Keywords: Business Plan; Business Startups; Decisions; Equity; Investment; Personal Finance; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; Failure; Partners and Partnerships
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    Overview

    21st Century Energy — Dr Crawford teaches this EC course, which exposes students to business models and management diilemmas, all along the energy value chain — from oil sands and pipelines, to coal and natural gas, hydro and nuclear, wind and solar, to biofuels. The... View Details
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    Kristin Brennan

    Kristin (Duke ’03) applies her background as a management consultant, nonprofit Chief Talent Officer and negotiation strategist to her work helping students and alumni chart a View Details
    Keywords: Social Enterprise
    • May 2019 (Revised June 2019)
    • Background Note

    Responsibilities in the Supply Chain

    By: Nien-hê Hsieh
    Companies are increasingly called upon to take responsibility for what occurs in their supply chains. One particular area of debate is a company’s responsibility for working conditions in supplier factories. This note provides a framework for managers to grapple with... View Details
    Keywords: Supply Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Working Conditions; Safety; Corporate Accountability
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    • March 2017 (Revised April 2021)
    • Module Note

    Responsibilities to Society

    By: Nien-hê Hsieh
    This module note for students outlines an approach to help managers deliver on their responsibilities in relation to society. The approach frames these responsibilities in terms of potential harms to third parties beyond investors, customers, and employees. The... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Political Activity; Corporate Social Responsibility; Human Rights; Role Of Business In Society; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Business and Community Relations; Rights; Society
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      F. Warren McFarlan

      Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details

      Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; nonprofit industry