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Porter Prize Japan - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Healthcare Prize What Others Are Saying Porter Prize Japan Porter Prize Japan The Porter Prize, named after Harvard Professor Michael Porter, was established to bestow recognition on Japanese companies that have achieved and maintained...
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- 16 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down
class=infogram-embed data-id=_/UddyZtUFxQwXnFZ7mkNa][/div] I was reminded of the value of slowing down during the last few days by one of my founders who is in the midst of closing a massive financing at a "unicorn" valuation. The company...
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by Jeffrey Bussgang
- 01 Jan 2008
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Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
companies is now the world—part of a well-articulated philosophy of diversification and globalization implemented by Anand Mahindra in 1994, three years after he was appointed deputy managing director of...
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- September 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Hitachi Rail Limited (A)
By: David J. Collis, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato
Hitachi must decide whether to make a British executive, who has successfully built its European rail business from scratch, head of its global rail division even though the bulk of revenues for the unit still come from Japan. The case describes the history of Hitachi...
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Global Strategy;
Leadership;
Values and Beliefs;
Human Resources;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Organizational Structure;
Rail Industry;
Japan
Collis, David J., Akiko Kanno, and Nobuo Sato. "Hitachi Rail Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 721-364, September 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
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Jewish American & AAPI Heritage Month | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
study, "Thomas J. Watson, IBM and Nazi Germany," exploring the options and responsibilities of multinationals with investments in politically reprehensible regimes.When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right...
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- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
it to evolution. The creative destruction can occur within a large innovative company (Toyota, GE, Microsoft), but it's much more likely to happen with start-ups, particularly since they now have so much access to venture capital....
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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that...
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- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50562 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
ICHOM supports a key strategic agenda item in Michael Porter’s Value-Based Health Care Delivery framework. Value-Based Health Care Delivery Initiative The VBHCD initiative engages health care providers to measure and manage patient-level...
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What Black Executives Really Want
experiences. All their companies had diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and were talking a lot about it. I asked, "How many of you would recommend your company as a place to work for young black...
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- April 2015 (Revised October 2017)
- Teaching Note
Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Annelena Lobb
On May 12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the struggling firm. Reactions from investors and industry...
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Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
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Business Exit or Shutdown;
Media;
Advertising;
Restructuring;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Publishing Industry;
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- 08 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
How I Chose My HBS Recommenders
graduating, I worked briefly for a Cambridge-based education startup named NuVu, before switching into management consulting and joining McKinsey. I spent time at McKinsey’s Dubai and New York offices, where I worked in a variety of...
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Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Questions for Hiring Organizations - Alumni
equity and support students and alumni who are searching for organizations that are committed to these same principles. Below is a sample of questions to enable HBS students and alumni to have thoughtful conversations with hiring managers...
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- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
every interaction, shut down creativity, and undermine productivity. Take the case of Jeff, a team leader at a Fortune 100 company who was working on a large, long-term, high-pressure project. Each Tuesday, Jeff and his peers had a...
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by Leslie A. Perlow
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
the chain best positioned to create a process that benefits all. In this excerpt, Rangan discusses the promise of channel stewardship. (Look for an HBS Working Knowledge interview with Rangan next month.)Senior managers of most of the...
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- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
Download Jim McNerney profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1949 Born, Providence, Rhode Island 1971 Earns BA, American Studies, Yale University 1975 Earns MBA 1975 Joins Procter & Gamble, Brand Manager 1978 Joins...
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- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
first for-profit hospital in the southern city of Chennai in 1983. Today the Apollo Hospitals Group manages more than 30 hospitals and treats patients from many different countries, according to the case. Tarun Khanna, a Harvard Business...
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
balancing budget stability with preserving the endowment’s purchasing power. The Harvard Corporation approves the final amount each year. Funds within the HBS endowment and those of the other Harvard schools are managed by Harvard View Details
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McCollum Center | About
where he served as chairman from 1947 to 1972. Leonard McCollum (1902-1993) gained a reputation as a skilled oil industry leader during his early career with Standard Oil. He joined Continental Oil when it was a medium-sized company with...
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- 2010
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Leadership in a Globalizing World
In this chapter, world-renowned business expert, author, and Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter asks the question, "Is leadership different in a globalizing world--one of broadening horizons and burgeoning sources of ideas and supplies--than in...
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Risk and Uncertainty;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Leadership;
Research;
Complexity;
Diversity
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Leadership in a Globalizing World." Chap. 20 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.