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- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
caliber, five of the starting eleven are products of FC Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia. Yet none of the trophies and accolades guarantee future success. Bartomeu faces pressing questions about the club's business model—and in...
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- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
African-American clientele, have hundreds of products for blondes." In a labor market where youth seems to hold a premium, especially for marketing jobs, this notion is deadly for those trying to sell to an aging population of baby...
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- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
apparel and footwear, when City Year requested fifty pairs of boots for its youth service corps program. "In the philanthropic relationship," Austin observes, "each side benefits modestly. The NPO receives funding, goods, or services,...
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by Nancy O. Perry
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
Foundation, focused on building the organizational capabilities of nonprofits that served the disadvantaged youth in the United States, has recently been named an intermediary in the federal government's new social innovation fund (SIF),...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
researchers say. "It wasn't authentic," Deighton says. "You really want to try to cultivate the opposite of that in the culture of your marketing team." Social media messages can also backfire when brands try too hard to be youthful and...
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- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
deceptive veneer of familiarity, cultural gulfs and local differences often remain hidden. There is an increasingly international style of management.— John Quelch, HBS Amid these conflicting realities, however, Harvard Business School alumni report anecdotal evidence...
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by Garry Emmons
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
savings, or fertility behavior in African nations. However we do find weak evidence that AIDS has lead to a slow-down in education gains, as measured by youth literacy, and a rise in poverty, as measured by malnutrition. Download working...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218099-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-007 Christine Lagarde The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde across her time at...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
behind the perception that the NFL head coach fraternity is getting younger. Rewards and risks Are these teams investing in youth making smart decisions? Perhaps. Coaching legends Jon Gruden, Bill Cowher, and Mike Tomlin were all hired at...
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- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
raised eyebrows because of her youth and because her career at McKinsey had given her no day-to-day bank management experience. ING, however, wanted a younger leader who could relate to Turkey's young and digitally savvy population. Upon...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
opportunity to democratize what was in his youth the "black art" of photography. When he got interested in cameras in 1877, they were expensive (costing about $50), extraordinarily complicated contraptions requiring considerable...
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by Richard S. Tedlow
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
treating others with respect. In many online communities, personal insults fly freely, often fueled by youth and anonymity. Wikipedians, however, do not cotton to personal attacks. "The elbows are sharp on Wikipedia. It's not cuddly. But...
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- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
she'd created for herself caused her to ignore the more intuitive part of the leadership equation, with disastrous results—until she let go of the need to appear invulnerable and reached out to another manager. Jon, a personal trainer who had virtually no experience...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
students are graduates of Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), an innovative six-year public high school program spearheaded by IBM that has improved college completion rates among disadvantaged youth and created a...
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by Kristen Senz
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
holistic childhood development, and livelihood training for youth between the ages of 6 to 18. By 2017, there were 400,000 children in its various programs. The organization had been through three phases of growth. The case poses the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
says. Everyone who faces it feels some degree of helplessness. And Jim's helplessness was juxtaposed with the fact that, for all his relative youth and inexperience, he had been put into a position of remarkable power over the lives of so...
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- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Up Harvard Business School Case 308-032 Year Up, a nonprofit job-skills training program for low-income, urban youth has run four successful programs in four cities for the past seven years. Now, after an ambitious capital campaign, the...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
used over several classes. The entire series, including its video products, was designed to be modular. The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Indian immigrant family, as he develops an entrepreneurial career, participates in the Indian diaspora, and builds a family life. It provides background on Paresh's heritage, describes his youth and education (including HBS), his learning...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
overhang from his youth that we were talking about earlier. A: In my opinion. I'm not trying to be amateur psychiatrist. If you just read about his early life, it slaps you in the face. I don't believe this point's been made elsewhere....
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