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- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
change. Look at how we personify buildings: “Headquarters wants . ” “The Pentagon says ....” In today’s fast-paced world, fixed structures can weigh you down, can make agility and resilience very difficult, and can stifle the entrepreneurial spirit, which is just as... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
and don't walk away when they should. Integration's hard to pull off, but a few companies do it well, consistently. Given that we're in the midst of the biggest merger boom of all time, that collective wisdom seems inadequate, to say the... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
performance including population density, financial development, and geographic connectedness. We also explore the impact of social structure measured by slavery and religion. We then profile the characteristics of inventors and their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
The Gift of Global Talent
Bill argues, is the world’s most precious resource. Featured Article Navigating Talent Hotspots William R. Kerr SEP-OCT 2018 | HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW How can companies most effectively harness the benefits of these urban pools of... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
for online, hybrid and face-to-face applications with content that adds dynamic, real-life perspectives to undergraduate, MBA, and executive education programs. Revenue from Corporate Learning products and services increased 18 percent from fiscal 2021. Corporate... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
Despite the increasing importance of social and environmental practices, they also had a cost for the firm and its portfolio companies. How could the firm most effectively motivate its portfolio View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Dean Nitin Nohria | About
postdoctoral scholars. The two-story, 15,000-square-foot facility on Harvard’s Allston campus is a fully-equipped and permitted laboratory and office space for early-stage companies and is adjacent to the Harvard i-lab and Launch Lab.... View Details
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Advancing Global, Public, and Societal Health - Health Care
Impact Advancing Global, Public, and Societal Health Building Affordable Health Care in Paradise Re: Tarun Khanna Health Minute: How Can Companies Bring "Missing Drugs" to Market? More “Developing Nations”... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions - Health Care
Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions What is the HBS Health Care Initiative? The HBS Health Care Initiative (HCI) was launched in 2005 to impact managerial practice and the pace of innovation in health care. The HCI does... View Details
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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
course, visit the HBS Executive Education site . For more information about a published case, click its title. CVS currently in development Founded in 1963, CVS Health (CVS) was the leading drugstore chain in the United States. Headquartered in Rhode Island, the View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
endowment, along with those of the other Harvard schools, are managed by Harvard Management Company (HMC), a nonprofit, wholly-owned subsidiary of the University. HMC has managed the Harvard endowment View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are... View Details
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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
proposals but invested in only a small percentage of them. The firm's prized portfolio companies included Circo Products (automobile tools); High Voltage Engineering Corp (high-powered generators and nuclear... View Details
- February 2010 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
International Agribusiness in China: Charoen Pokphand Group
By: William C. Kirby, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Tracy Manty and Yi Kwan Chu
The world's leading Thai agribusiness corporation and largest agribusiness investor in China, CP Group, is facing another crossroads in China as the country starts to undergo rural reform. The issues at hand for Chairman Dhanin Chearavanont is how CP can balance its... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; SWOT Analysis; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Rural Scope; Agribusiness; Change; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
Kirby, William C., Michael Shih-ta Chen, Tracy Manty, and Yi Kwan Chu. "International Agribusiness in China: Charoen Pokphand Group." Harvard Business School Case 910-418, February 2010. (Revised November 2011.)
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Future of IT Consulting
to automatically direct product to geographical points of demand. Q: Can you describe some of the enablers and drivers behind the growth of the IT consulting industry? How has globalization impacted this growth? A: The enablers and... View Details
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet
countries who have raised over $5 billion in capital. While six of the companies have achieved unicorn status, that is not the only measure of success, as Harvard Innovation Labs-enabled ventures are addressing some of the most exciting... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. Relevance to investment performance is the most frequent motivation for use of ESG data followed by client demand and product strategy, bringing change in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
- Spring 2011
- Article
CSR as Reputation Insurance: Primum Non Nocere
By: Dylan B. Minor and John Morgan
We provide a theoretical framework showing how CSR activities can insure a firm against lost reputation in the face of adverse events. We offer evidence for this linkage through a case study and a multi-year analysis of stock price responses for S&P 500 companies... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Insurance; Risk Management; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Reputation
Minor, Dylan B., and John Morgan. "CSR as Reputation Insurance: Primum Non Nocere." California Management Review 53, no. 3 (Spring 2011): 40–59.
- 02 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving
work, typically through online delivery companies such as Uber Eats, Postmates, Grubhub, and DoorDash. (Delivery services are not new, of course. In 2018, American consumers used third-party delivery services to place $10.2 billion in... View Details